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‘Monstrous’ new Russian saber-tooth fossils clarify early evolution of mammal lineage
Credit: Matt Celeskey Fossils representing two new species of saber-toothed prehistoric predators have been described by researchers from the North...
Close encounters of the fishy kind
Credit: Global Fishing Watch Washington, DC. June 8th - To mark World Ocean Day, Global Fishing Watch (GFW) has increased...
Unexpected new dynamics for large DNA molecules in liquid suspension
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Polymer physicists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are today reporting the unexpected and...
Gene editing just got easier
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international team of researchers has made CRISPR technology more accessible and standardized by simplifying...
Ukrainian villages still suffering legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on
Credit: Denis Sinyakov/Greenpeace Milk in parts of Ukraine has radioactivity levels up to five times over the country's official safe...
Ex-smokers might be better off with high rather than low nicotine e-cigs
Vapers using low rather than high nicotine e-cigarettes may be using their devices more intensely, potentially increasing the risk of...
‘Supersized alcopops’ pose unique danger to youth
Credit: Creative Services, George Mason University College students seriously underestimate the effects of drinking a new class of beverages being...
Face transplantation — An established option to improve quality of life in patients with severe facial trauma
June 8, 2018 - Thirteen years after the first successful face transplant, US trauma surgeons should be aware of the...
Increased safety in diagnosing cardiac infarction with more sensitive analytical method
Credit: Photo by Pernilla Lundgren Five percent more cardiac infarctions detected and 11 percent fewer patients suffering a relapse. That...
Holes in the head
Credit: University of Miami Even with a highly skilled neurosurgeon, the most effective anesthesia, and all the other advances of...
New method helps make orthotopic brain-tumor imaging clearer and faster
Credit: ZHENG Hairong Nowadays, tumors inside the complex central nervous system remain one of the most challenging cancers to diagnose....
Consumers beware: High user ‘star ratings’ dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...
Schools join research into the effect of air pollution on children’s health
Over 3,000 primary school children in polluted areas of London and Luton will have their lung health monitored over a...
Virtual brain gives insights into memory deficits in depression
Credit: RUB, Marquard During a depressive episode the ability of the brain to form new brain cells is reduced. Scientists...
ORNL launches Summit Supercomputer
Credit: Carlos Jones, Oak Ridge National Laboratory/U.S. Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., June 8, 2018--The U.S. Department of Energy's...
$8.1 million grant funds new center to research highly aggressive form of lung cancer
Vanderbilt University has been awarded a five-year, $8.1-million grant from the National Cancer Institute to serve as a research center...
Reducing opioids not associated with lower patient satisfaction scores
A Kaiser Permanente study of nearly 2,500 patients who used high doses of opioids for at least six months showed...
Visual worlds in mirror and glass
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The beautifully bright and clear colorful rays of light offered...
Carbon dioxide reduces belly fat
Technique performed outside U.S., but no previous randomized trial to study effectiveness Non-invasive fat reduction increasingly sought after by patients...
Consumers beware: High user star ratings dont mean a mobile medical app works
(Johns Hopkins Medicine) By screening 250 user reviews and comments for a once popular -- but proven inaccurate -- mobile...
