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Study provides new guidelines for assessing severity of head and neck cancers
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES – Jan. 24, 2018 – Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a new, more accurate set of guidelines...
Adults with autism overcome childhood language challenges
Credit: Emily Coderre Results of a small study of adults with autism at Johns Hopkins has added to evidence that...
Study from Harvard and Yale shows positive psychological effects of hormone therapy in…
IMAGE: Transgender Health is the first peer-reviewed open access journal dedicated to addressing the healthcare needs of transgender individuals throughout...
Tracking wastewater’s path to wells, groundwater
Credit: Natalie Senger. We often "flush it and forget it" when it comes to waste from toilets and sinks. However,...
Mitigation techniques fall short of preventing electrocution of golden eagles on power poles
Credit: EDM International Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian-friendly standards, electrocution remains a...
Yellow or black, large or small? Ant color and body size respond…
A University of Liverpool study of ants across three continents has revealed that their colour and size is strongly influenced...
Pandas don’t like it hot: Temperature, not food is biggest concern for conservation
Credit: Photo by Mingxi Li. Although a new Drexel study found that the metabolism of giant pandas is higher than...
Pathways leading to beta cell division identified, may aid diabetes treatment
Credit: UC San Diego Health Pancreatic beta cells help maintain normal blood glucose levels by producing the hormone insulin —...
IU study examines sexual risk-taking, HIV prevention among older adults in Africa
Credit: Photo provided by the IU School of Public Health-Bloomington BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — One of the most common myths around...
Small molecules to help make SMARTER cereals
University of Adelaide researchers are rethinking plant breeding strategies to improve the development of new high-yielding, stress-tolerant cereal varieties. In...
Georgetown author says radiation fears will be…
WASHINGTON (March 3, 2016) — It's a common paradox. Why is it that some people fear using cellphones believing radiation...
Elsevier announces the launch of a new journal: Forensic Chemistry
Amsterdam, March 29, 2016 – Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and solutions, today announced...
Tooth wear sheds light on the feeding habits of ancient elephant relatives
Credit: drawing by Nicola Heath How can we ever know what ancient animals ate? For the first time, the changing...
E-cigarettes potentially as harmful as tobacco cigarettes, UConn study…
Credit: Image courtesy of Karteek Kadimisetty and the journal ACS Sensors. Copyright 2017 American Chemical Society. A study by chemists...
Computer accurately identifies and delineates breast cancers on digital tissue slides
Credit: Anant Madabhushhi A deep-learning computer network developed through research led by Case Western Reserve University was 100 percent accurate...
Condemned prisoners prefer formalwear at executions, UC study finds
Credit: New York World, 1899 What would you wear to your own execution? It's a moot question in the United...
Queen’s University Belfast researcher turning dirty tinfoil into…
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A researcher at Queen's University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into...
Gene study to shed light on how some people stay sharp in old age
Credit: University of Edinburgh More than one thousand people have had their entire genetic make-up decoded as part of a...
More blood vessels in adipose tissue may alleviate type 2 diabetes
Researchers at Wihuri Research Institute and University of Helsinki, Finland, in collaboration with scientists from Vanderbilt and Groningen Universities used...
Highly organized structures discovered in microbial communities with…
IMAGE: A "hedgehog " structure in dental plaque, collected from a healthy volunteer using a toothpick. Corynebacteria, shown in magenta,...
