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Smoked Out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
Chemical engineering researchers from Brigham Young University have developed an advanced model that can help predict pollution caused by wildfire...
Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind
It has long been assumed that the content of dreams can tell us something about the person's well-being. However, so...
Nanotubes change the shape of water
Credit: Multiscale Materials Laboratory/Rice University First, according to Rice University engineers, get a nanotube hole. Then insert water. If the...
Scientists have developed an effective marker for cancer diagnosis and therapy
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research group consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS, the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum...
Protecting your health data — healthcare leaders share their experience with cybersecurity strategy
August 24, 2018- Like other data-driven organizations, healthcare networks are vulnerable to potentially crippling cyberattacks - but may lag behind...
Decline in uninsured hospitalizations for cardiovascular events after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a decline in the proportion of uninsured...
How low is too low? Study highlights serious risks for intensive blood pressure control
Kaiser Permanente research published today in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found if patients with hypertension taking prescribed medications...
New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol
SEATTLE - A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. The study, published today in...
The Lancet: Alcohol is associated with 2.8 million deaths each year worldwide
Globally, one in three people drink alcohol (equivalent to 2.4 billion people), and 2.2% of women and 6.8% of men...
Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the ’90s, showing island’s dynamism
Credit: Jonathan Pauli MADISON, Wis. -- After decades of trapping, the last known American marten was spotted on Isle Royale...
Handheld probe images photoreceptors in children
Credit: Theodore DuBose DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have developed a handheld probe that can image individual photoreceptors in...
National Academies announce winners of 2018 Communication Awards
WASHINGTON -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today the recipients of the 2018 Communication Awards. Supported...
Research reveals gene regulation can be digital and stochastic
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Every cell in our body has the same set of genes, or genome, and can...
Wiley and The Royal Entomological Society announce publishing partnership renewal
John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and The Royal Entomological Society are proud to announce the renewal of their...
New study highlights shark protections, vulnerability to fishing
Credit: Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D., University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--A new analysis shows that the...
Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats...
Two new truffle species discovered in Florida pecan orchards
Credit: Photo courtesy of Rosanne Healy GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots...
Discovery of two new Chinese dinosaurs by international research team
Credit: Professor Jonah Choiniere Professor Jonah Choiniere from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa was a leading member...
How did alvarezsaurian dinosaurs evolve monodactyl hand?
Credit: SHI Aijuan Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the 'horse series'...
Smartphones may be used to better predict the weather
Flash floods occur with little warning. Earlier this year, a flash flood that struck Ellicott City, MD, demolished the main...
