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Free tax services in pediatrics clinics yield high returns
BOSTON-- During its first two years, StreetCred, a free tax preparation program developed at Boston Medical Center (BMC), helped 753...
University of Cincinnati awarded $29 million to look at TPA combination stroke therapy
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--A nearly $30 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research led...
Adults with high blood pressure face higher healthcare costs
DALLAS, May 30, 2018 -- Adults with high blood pressure face $1,920 higher healthcare costs each year compared to those...
Even a shark’s electrical ‘sixth sense’ may be tuned to attack
Imagine having superhuman hearing. You're at a noisy, cocktail party and yet your ears can detect normally inaudible sounds made...
Hobbs awarded Institut de France Grand Prix for cholesterol work
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 30, 2018 - UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen Hobbs is the 2018...
UTA researcher’s technology could revolutionize testing, tracking of brain performance
Credit: UT Arlington A UTA engineering researcher has led the development of computer tests and games, that are both web-based...
What happens to plasmalogens, the phospholipids nobody likes to think about
Credit: Richard Gross Alzheimer's disease patients lose up to 60% of a component called plasmalogen from the membranes of the...
Wars and clan structure may explain a strange biological event 7,000 years ago
Starting about 7,000 years ago, something weird seems to have happened to men: Over the next two millennia, recent studies...
Smell receptor fuels prostate cancer progression
Credit: Tatjana Abaffy DURHAM, N.C. -- When scientists first described the receptors responsible for our sense of smell, they naturally...
Male thyroid cancer survivors face 50 percent higher risk of heart disease than women
WASHINGTON--Male thyroid cancer survivors have a nearly 50 percent higher risk of developing heart disease than women within five years...
How to code a functional molecular machine?
Credit: IBS An international team has developed a model that simulates protein evolution. Starting from stiff, unfunctional proteins, the computer...
Novel power meter opens the door for in-situ, real-time monitoring of high-power lasers
Credit: A. Artusio-Glimpse/NIST >[email protected] Orlando, FL - High-power lasers are now widely used in additive manufacturing and laser welding systems...
New research could improve wireless sensing and communication
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - A research team led by faculty at Binghamton University,...
Group making digital tool for documenting life on Earth adopts new organizational model
Credit: University of Kansas LAWRENCE -- For more than 20 years, scientists managing biological research collections around the world have...
First time guidance on treating red diaper syndrome in otherwise healthy breastfed infants
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 29, 2018 -- A case study and subsequent literature review...
In child-crippling mucolipidosis IV, drug shows hope in lab cultures
Credit: ML4.org Mucolipidosis IV debilitates afflicted children's nervous systems in their first year of life, steals their eyesight in their...
Engineers design color-changing compression bandage
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers Compression therapy is a standard form of treatment for patients who suffer from venous ulcers...
Invisible barrier on ocean surface can reduce carbon uptake
An invisible layer of biological compounds on the sea surface reduces the rate at which carbon dioxide gas moves between...
Scientists discover key mechanism behind the formation of spider silk
A group of scientists led by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) have examined the soluble...
With tiny particles against major diseases
Credit: (c) MPI-P The fungal disease "Esca" infects grapevines and causes great financial damage to winegrowers every year. The fungus...
