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Longtime University of Kentucky child neurologist receives Governor’s Service Award
FRANKFORT, Ky. (May 19, 2023) — On Wednesday, May 17, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear and Cabinet for Health and Family Services...
FDA clears bionic pancreas developed in BU Lab for people with type 1 diabetes
A bionic pancreas—a wearable, pocket-sized, automated insulin delivery device—that was first developed in a Boston University lab has been cleared...
USC Health System Board appoints Paul B. Rothman, MD, as board member
LOS ANGELES — Paul B. Rothman, MD, has been appointed as a member of the USC Health System Board, which...
Primary care clinicians report benefits and challenges in using telemedicine during COVID-19 pandemic
Researchers interviewed primary care clinicians to identify trends, facilitators and barriers in implementing and using telemedicine technologies in response to...
‘Light shining through a wall’ experiment ALPS starts searching for dark matter
The ALPS (Any Light Particle Search) experiment, which stretches a total length of 250 metres, is looking for a particularly...
Element creation in the lab deepens understanding of surface explosions on neutron stars
Led by Kelly Chipps of the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, scientists working in the lab have produced...
Insilico Medicine founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov, Ph.D., presents on AI Drug Discovery for NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder and CEO of Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, will present...
Ready, set, go: New study shows how marathon running affects different foot muscles
With the current trend of fitness consciousness, many people have taken up long-distance running as a part of their exercise...
HKU holds inauguration ceremony for the New Cornerstone Science Laboratory
The laboratory of Professor Shuang Zhang, Chair Professor of the Department of Physics and the Department of Electrical and Electronic...
Heat stress can be contagious
Heat-stressed fish embryos release chemical signals that change the appearance, behavior, and development of fish embryos that were not heat...
ICUconnect app helped clinicians address unmet palliative care needs across course of ICU care
Session: C16, The Road to Recovery: Improving Long-Term Outcomes After Critical Illness Date and Time: 9:24 a.m. ET, Tuesday, May...
HKU Physicist Dr Yi YANG selected as Physical Science Fellow in 2023 Asian Young Scientist Fellowship
The Asian Young Scientist Fellowship (AYSF) announces its inaugural Fellows for 2023. After a rigorous selection process, the AYSF has...
Global flows of toxic mercury
Almost half of mercury exposure comes from mercury embedded in global trade, according to an analysis of the global flows...
Researchers build bee robot that can twist
PULLMAN, Wash. – A robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions has been developed by Washington State University researchers.Credit:...
How the COVID-19 pandemic impacted social cohesion
Did the pandemic bring societies together or increase the drifting apart? That was one of the central questions posed by...
Prescribed burns encourage foul-smelling invaders
Though prescribed burns reduce wildfire threats and even improve habitat for some animals, new research shows these fires also spread...
Viewers actually ‘binge-watch’ TV with a lot of self-control
If viewers sometimes feel guilty about binge-watching television programing, they really shouldn’t. Though its name implies impulsive behavior, binge-watching TV...
What marsupials can teach us about brain development
Credit: Adobe Journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI 10.1073/pnas.2208654120 Method of Research Experimental study Subject of Research...
Open fully funded PhD positions at McGill Nanofactory, McGill University
Credit: By Changhong Cao.
Grant funds study of cannabis effects on HIV-infected brain tissue
Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $11.6 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) of the National...
