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Let’s draw!: New deep learning technique for realistic caricature art
Credit: Image courtesy of Kaidi Cao Caricature portrait drawing is a distinct art form where artists sketch a person's face...
Powerful new map depicts environmental degradation across Earth
Credit: Tomasz Stepinski/UC A powerful new map by the University of Cincinnati illustrates one motivating force behind migrant caravans leaving...
Research offers hope for simpler cancer diagnosis and treatment
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Monitoring cancer can often be an intrusive and exhausting process for patients. But with Brigham Young...
Freeze-frame microscopy captures molecule’s ‘lock-and-load’ on DNA
Credit: Eva Nogales lab, UC Berkeley Pushing the limits of cryo-electron microscopy, University of California, Berkeley, scientists have captured freeze-frames...
Researchers discover a new gear in life’s clock: Vitamin D
New research from Portland State University finds vitamin D, or a lack thereof can trigger or suspend embryonic development in...
Study finds 45 minutes of patient education improves chronic disease management
CHICAGO--November 19, 2018--Just 45 minutes of patient education can improve outcomes for patients with chronic diseases, according to a study...
Teens increasingly choose pot over alcohol, cigarettes
NEW YORK (November 19, 2018)--The "gateway pattern" of adolescent substance use is changing, and marijuana is increasingly the first substance...
High risk of death in the year after ICU discharge; more hospital days linked to higher mortality
November 19, 2018 - Nearly one in five intensive care unit (ICU) survivors die within one year, and increased hospital...
A symposium on the brain’s compass
The sense of direction is one of the most important human abilities. From 27 to 29 November 2018, about 70...
Using Skype to beat the blues
Imagine your family has moved across the state or across country. You're retired, and your spouse has passed away. Lacking...
Having poor vision can raise risk for falls among older adults
Vision impairment and blindness affect one in 11 Americans age 65 and older. Because our population is aging, the number...
Study links shoulder ultrasound brightness with type 2 diabetes
Credit: Henry Ford Hospital DETROIT - Henry Ford Hospital researchers may have unknowingly happened on a new predictor of type...
Cannabis youth prevention strategy should target mental wellbeing
High school students with positive mental health are less likely to consume cannabis, a recent University of Waterloo study has...
Ohio University research into obesity-stopping protein receives NIH funding
ATHENS, Ohio (Nov. 19, 2018) - A research project headed by a faculty member from the Ohio University Heritage College...
Proposed cancer treatment may boost lung cancer stem cells, study warns
Epigenetic therapies -- targeting enzymes that alter what genes are turned on or off in a cell -- are of...
To resolve inflammation, location matters
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Health conditions that involve inflammation run the gamut, from multiple sclerosis and lupus to arthritis, diabetes,...
Researchers offer perspective on legal, ethical implications of lost eggs and embryos
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- On March 3, 2018, a liquid nitrogen storage tank at the University Hospitals Fertility Center in Cleveland...
Researchers find multisystem disorder caused by CCDC47 variants
STRASBURG, PA & TOPEKA, IN- Researchers and clinicians through a multicenter collaboration have identified a novel multisystem disorder caused by...
When it comes to love: Personality matters: QUT research
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication Men with a greater range of personality traits, especially those deemed extraverted, emotionally stable, agreeable...
Mount Sinai researchers study second-hand marijuana smoke in children
(NEW YORK -November 19, 2018) - In a study designed to evaluate second-hand marijuana smoke exposure among children--a topic that...
