Health
Study shows Cannabis terpenes provide pain relief, contribute to ‘entourage effect’
Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences/Noelle Haro-Gomez When it comes to the medicinal and therapeutic properties of Cannabis sativa, an...
How does exhaled heated tobacco aerosol behave in the air?
Considerable research informs the dynamics of exhaled e-cigarette aerosols, but how much do we know about the same processes for...
Study highlights need to replace ‘ancestry’ in forensics with something more accurate
Credit: Marc Hall, NC State University A new study finds forensics researchers use terms related to ancestry and race in...
Chemistry discovery could remove micropollutants from environment
Credit: Cornell University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Army-funded research identified a new chemistry approach that could remove micropollutants from...
LETI’s research will help apply magnetotactic bacteria in oncology
Kamil Gareev, Associate Professor at ETU "LETI," justified the prospects of using magnetotactic bacteria to treat malignant tumors.Credit: Saint Petersburg...
UTA developing technology using nanoparticles, ultrasound to detect tiny breast tumors
A new diagnostic tool for small tumors in breastsCredit: UT Arlington A bioengineering professor at The University of Texas at...
Limiting incident NA for efficient wavefront shaping through thin anisotropic scattering media
Credit: UNIST A team of researchers, affiliated with UNIST has succeeded in developing a new optical microscope technology, capable of...
Liquid metal sensors and AI could help prosthetic hands to ‘feel’
Study first to use liquid metal sensors and machine learning on a prosthetic handCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Each...
New WHO study links moderate alcohol use with higher cancer risk
One in four new breast cancers and one in five colon cancers in Canada attributed to alcoholCredit: World Health Organization's...
Impairments found in neurons derived from people with schizophrenia and genetic mutation
UMass Amherst molecular neuroscientist continues research with $2.25 million grantCredit: UMass Amherst A scientific team has shown that the release...
Rats prefer to help their own kind; humans may be similarly wired
New study reveals brain mechanism that drives rats to act out of kindnessCredit: Photo courtesy of Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal A...
COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality: Sex differences
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 13, 2021--Males with COVID-19 had significantly higher rates of hospitalization...
USF awarded four-year, $69.9 million NIH grant to continue type 1 diabetes research
The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young study is led by USF Health's Jeffrey Krischer, who has built a...
US citizen migrant children in Mexico lacking adequate health insurance
Researchers call for transborder policies to address place-based inequity in health coverageCredit: University of Houston While attending a conference at...
Experts address the challenges of health disparity in the care of patients with cerebral palsy
Disparities of care and limitations of access are the main focus of this special issue on cerebral palsy, published by...
Aerin Medical announces results of randomized controlled trial supporting VivAer® for treatment of nasal airway obstruction with nasal valve collapse
Treatment with VivAer, a non-invasive, temperature-controlled, radiofrequency (RF) device, resulted in significant symptom relief, superior to sham controlCredit: (C) Aerin...
Empathy may drive rats and other mammals to help friends over strangers
A new study identifies the brain regions involved in rats' tendency to help members of their own social group over...
WVU researcher leads effort to reduce data-transfer error in radiation therapy
The work of Ramon Alfredo Siochi and other members of a task group will help ensure the accuracy of data...
Supermarket model to guide safer shopping amid pandemic
Credit: Skoltech A Skoltech team has developed a model for assessing infection risks for supermarket customers. The researchers believe that...
Preventing lung cancer’s unwelcome return
Credit: Sordella lab/CSHL, 2021 When a doctor gives a patient antibiotics for a bacterial infection, they usually require them to...
