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People with Internet addiction react the worst when WiFi fails
London, November 1, 2018 Do you get frustrated and angry when your WiFi connection stops working? It could be because...
New study finds evidence of brain injuries in football players at surprisingly young age
Credit: Orlando Health There have been more and more cases confirming that repeated hits to the head have lifelong consequences...
Supply chain transparency needed to combat soaring insulin costs
WASHINGTON--Spiraling insulin costs have created a dangerous barrier for many people with diabetes who need to access lifesaving treatments. The...
New images show serotonin activating its receptor for first time
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Serotonin (3A) receptors are common drug targets in the treatment of pain,...
Insilico to present its latest research in AI for longevity biotechnology
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, November 1, 2018 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing...
Take a lot of sick days? Who you know and where you live might be partly to blame
New research led by Lijun Song, associate professor of sociology at Vanderbilt University, and graduate student Phillip Pettis suggests that...
MDM2 inhibitors could be promising new treatment for uveitis
Credit: Jill Johnson, UNTHSC Ocular inflammation uveitis is a serious disease that can destroy eye tissue and cause irreversible blindness....
2D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...
Shape-shifting robots perceive surroundings, make decisions for first time
ITHACA, N.Y. - General-purpose robots have plenty of limitations. They can be expensive and cumbersome. They often accomplish only a...
Empathetic machines favored by skeptics but might creep out believers
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Most people would appreciate a chatbot that offers sympathetic or empathetic responses, according to a team...
UTA researcher developing chip-scale system for quantum communications
Credit: UT Arlington Distributing information through quantum communication is an extremely secure method because it relies on the quantum nature...
Researchers find the origin of an isolated bird species on South Atlantic island
Credit: Photo by Peter G. Ryan EUGENE, Ore. -- Oct. 31, 2018 -- By wings or maybe riding on debris,...
Gut bacteria may control movement
Credit: Image courtesy of Dreamstime|©Captainhe. A new study puts a fresh spin on what it means to "go with your...
2-D magnetism: Atom-thick platforms for energy, information and computing research
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (10/31/2018) Two-dimensional magnetism has long intrigued and motivated researchers for its potential to unleash new states of...
University of Arizona researchers make next move in the fight against ovarian cancer
Credit: University of Arizona Ovarian cancer claims the highest mortality rate of all gynecologic cancers, as high as 70 percent...
Mycoplasma pathogens sneaking past our line of defense
(Stockholm University) New research reveals that Mycoplasma pathogens make DNA in a unique way that may protect them from our...
Muscle-building proteins hold clues to ALS, muscle degeneration
Credit: CU Boulder Toxic protein assemblies, or "amyloids," long considered to be key drivers in many neuromuscular diseases, also play...
Too many fishers in the sea: The economic ceiling of artisanal fisheries
Credit: Photo: Octavio Aburto/International League of Conservation Photographers A new study shows that even if fishers used the most efficient...
A wilderness ‘horror story’
Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (OCT. 31, 2018) - Producing the first comprehensive fine-scale map of the world's remaining...
AGU Fall Meeting in Washington, D. C.: Housing deadline Nov. 14
WASHINGTON, DC -- Discover the latest Earth and space science news at the 51st annual AGU Fall Meeting this December,...
