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Despite fewer looking for work, gains continue for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - June 1, 2018. Job gains continued for Americans with disabilities in May, although...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
COLUMBUS, Ohio--Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand--and much faster than recently...
New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that...
When doctors assume, patients lose
PHILADELPHIA - Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity, or "SO/GI," data has valuable public health benefits and potential clinical benefits...
Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke study of an iPhone app to screen young children for signs of...
The advances in artificial intelligence for longevity to be presented at the CogX 2018
Friday, June 1st, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence...
Microscope technology provides 4K and 3D visualization beyond the surface of the brain
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System (New York - May 31, 2018) The Department of Neurosurgery at the Icahn School of...
Hydropower in Cambodia could threaten food security of region
Credit: Kenneth Olson URBANA, Ill. - Farmers and anglers in Cambodia depend on the Mekong River's predictable seasonal patterns, but...
Mother knows best — how plants help offspring by passing on seasonal clues
Credit: John Innes Centre New research carried out by the John Innes Centre has delved into the genetic memory systems...
The genes from Icelanda’s first settlers reveal the origin of their population in detail
In just over 1,000 years, Icelanders have gone through numerous changes in their gene pool, to the extent that Iceland's...
Dead in the water: Utah State spider silk lab awarded Navy grant aimed at maritime defense
Credit: NAVSEA LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- Envisioning a device the U.S. Navy is developing with Utah State University synthetic spider...
Cool weather can amplify attacks of tree-killing bark beetle
Credit: Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - May 31, 2018 - As a warming climate invites the destructive southern pine beetle...
The primordial fuse is lit
The building blocks of life and how they evolve have long fascinated UC Santa Barbara biochemist and biophysicist Irene Chen...
An artificial nerve system gives prosthetic devices and robots a sense of touch
Stanford and Seoul National University researchers have developed an artificial sensory nerve system that can activate the twitch reflex in...
Applying ecological principles to gut health
When disturbances upset the balance of a forest, field, or stream, ecologists practice ecological restoration to assist ecosystem recovery. In...
Discovery reveals how cells try to control levels of key HIV protein
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 31, 2018) One of the many challenges in treating HIV is that the virus can...
Deep breath: New ‘rebreather’ helps navy divers beneath the waves
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) ARLINGTON, Va.--The muscular U.S. Navy diver hoisted a 60-pound life-support regulator onto...
The genome guardian turns to the dark side: Opportunity for drug discovery against cancer?
Credit: Guilherme A. de Oliveira It has long been known that abnormal changes in the p53 protein are associated with...
Organoid profiling identifies treatments for pancreatic cancer
Credit: Tuveson Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Patient-derived organoids, hollow spheres of cells cultured from tumors, can quickly...
