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Key barriers to quality end-of-life care for ethnic minorities
New Rochelle, NY, Nov. 18, 2015 — A new study identifies six main patient-reported barriers to receiving quality end-of-life (EOL)...
University of Missouri researchers receive $1.3 million NIH grant to…
Credit: Photo courtesy of Jianlin Cheng. Jianlin Cheng has been in the business of protein structure prediction since before coming...
Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained
Credit: Matthew Bowler/EMBL The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a silent success. It infects up to 95% of people in many...
Critical link between obesity and diabetes has been identified
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 28, 2017 – UT Southwestern researchers have identified a major mechanism by which obesity...
Walnuts may support sperm health, according to new animal research
Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., Feb. 28, 2017 – New animal research suggests eating a walnut-enriched diet may improve...
Fossilized bees were finicky pollen collectors
The ancestors of honeybees, living 50 million years ago, were fairly choosy when it came to feeding their offspring. This...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’…
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African biodiversity hotspot
Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life...
Are patients sufficiently shielded against stray radiation during CT…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2017–Radiation exposure during diagnostic imaging such as computed tomography...
Research shows new neurons created through exercise don’t cause…
Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Research has found that exercise causes more new neurons to be formed in a...
Surprising discovery — how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts...
Strathclyde professor receives RSE Royal Medal from Her Majesty the…
Credit: Gary Doak Photography, courtesy of the RSE. A University of Strathclyde Professor has received a prestigious award from the...
Born to love superheroes
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — We recognize justice before we can talk, reports a research team in Nature Human Behaviour....
How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to unconscious state?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns...
DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study on steelhead trout in Oregon offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are...
TSRI study identifies new type of protein clump that may be implicated…
LA JOLLA, CA – March 10, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
New approach could make bone marrow transplants safer
Credit: BD Colen Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that would...
Simple tasks don’t test brain’s true complexity
Credit: Xaq Pitkow/Dora Angelaki The human brain naturally makes its best guess when making a decision, and studying those guesses...
Top performance thanks to optimal settings
Credit: Photo: KIT/Markus Breig Participants in the hardest bicycle races in the world, such as the Race Across America (4800...
The upside of worrying
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Worry – it does a body good. And, the mind as well. A new...
