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‘Big Food’ companies have less power than you might think
A Dartmouth study finds that "Big Food" companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but...
Finland has the world’s most energy-saving supermarket
Savings are also being achieved by levelling out power consumption peaks Under VTT's leadership, Finland has the world's most energy-efficient...
Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or...
Researchers discover what may be earliest stage of Alzheimer’s disease
Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques -- but otherwise normal cognition -- experience faster mental decline suggestive of...
E. coli bacteria’s defense secret revealed
Credit: Ace George Santiago, Cornell University By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how...
New technology enables effective simultaneous testing for multiple blood-borne pathogens
Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2017 - The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola,...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credit: Stefan_Schranz/ pixabay, CC 0 FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the...
Female and male mice suffer, recover from TBI differently
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2017) -- Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury...
Researchers show how a cancer gene protects genome organization
Credit: (Illustration by Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga) CHAPEL HILL, NC - UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about...
New window improves the view of science on orbiting laboratory
Credit: NASA One of the busiest work stations on the International Space Station got a major upgrade recently, and it...
Clinical study shows TempTraq detects fevers quicker than the current standard-of-care method
(Falls Communications) A University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center (UH) study shows TempTraq, a patented, wearable, Bluetooth continuous temperature monitor in...
A SMARTer way to discover new stroke treatments
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A sequential multiple assignment randomized (SMART) trial allows researchers to test two hypotheses...
Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously thought
How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to...
Study sheds light on determining surgical margins for feline tumors
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way for more precision in determining surgical margins for...
Lloyd Paul Aiello receives JDRF Award for Excellence in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research
Credit: John Soares Boston - (June 12, 2017) - The JDRF has awarded Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., the 2017...
‘Overturning established fact’ leads to new new target in MLL-rearranged leukemia
The human gene MLL is named for the mixed lineage leukemia it creates. Specifically, the gene may break apart and...
Study shows pharmacists knew more about penicillin allergy than MDs
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (June 13, 2017 - 12:01 am ET) - If you have gone through life avoiding certain antibiotics...
Do anti-wrinkle creams work? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 -- Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm...
Birds of a feather
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have...
Argonne X-rays used to help identify a key Lassa virus structure
Credit: Image courtesy of Scripps Research Institute. Before Ebola virus ever struck West Africa, locals were already on the lookout...
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