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Nicotine dose in a single cigarette blocks estrogen production in women’s brains
A dose of nicotine, equivalent to that found in a single cigarette blocks estrogen production in women’s brains. This may...
Telemedicine reduces odds of no-show clinic visits by more than two-thirds for surgical patients
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Telemedicine significantly lowers likelihood of no-show clinic visits among surgical patients and...
Even without symptoms, trauma patients who test positive for COVID fare worse than comparable patients who do not have the virus
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Compared with trauma patients who tested negative for COVID, asymptomatic trauma patients...
Marijuana-dependent patients at higher risk for infection after knee or shoulder arthroscopy procedures
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways A higher infection rate found by new research should raise a “red...
Operations for diverticulitis decreased in 2020, but the degree of disease severity increased
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Overutilization of intubation respirators early in the pandemic may have masked signs...
Livers have the potential to function for more than 100 years
Key takeaways Credit: American College of Surgeons Key takeaways Understanding the characteristics of livers that live to 100 could potentially expand...
Patients with clinical depression “stopped seeking treatment” during the COVID waves
In the first study of its kind, German researchers have shown that the COVID pandemic saw a huge drop in...
Robotic intracellular electrochemical sensing for adherent cells
A research team from Southern University of Science and Technology developed an automated intracellular sensing system, which provides a high-efficiency...
Scientists use surfactant to help make “inert” templates for nanotube growth
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have used a surfactant to disperse insulating boron nitride nanotubes and coat...
Building the tools to make environmental data more accessible and forecasts more accurate
Before you start your next Google search, stop for just a minute. You may not know it, but whether you’re...
Eating well and avoiding the news gave the best mental health outcomes during COVID
A healthy diet and avoiding the news helped prevent anxiety and depression during COVID, even better than interacting with friends,...
NASA’s Swift, Fermi missions detect exceptional cosmic blast
Astronomers around the world are captivated by an unusually bright and long-lasting pulse of high-energy radiation that swept over Earth...
Disposable, eco-friendly sensors for precise wearable dosimetry
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, DOI 10.29026/oea.2023.220020 discusses nanowires based degradable high-performance photodetectors for eco-friendly green electronics.Credit: OEA A new...
Thirty years of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA)
Thirty years of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA)Credit: OEA Thirty years of optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA) ...
Possible target for treating and preventing osteoarthritis found in little-studied protein
JUPITER, Fla. — Wear and tear on joints can lead to inflammation, breakdown of cartilage and development of osteoarthritis. Scientists...
An energy-efficient light-weight deep learning algorithm for future optical artificial intelligence
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances, DOI 10.29026/oea.2023.220049 discusses a high performance “non-local” generic face reconstruction model using the lightweight Speckle-Transformer...
Pain-sensing gut neurons protect against inflammation
Neurons that sense pain protect the gut from inflammation and associated tissue damage by regulating the microbial community living in...
Deadly piston pump: how a colonization factor is secreted by bacterial type 4 pili
Osaka, Japan – Bacterial infectious diseases are still a huge contributor to global disease burden and with antibiotic resistance on...
How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolution
How fluctuating oxygen levels may have accelerated animal evolutionCredit: Dr Emily. G. Mitchell – University of Cambridge How fluctuating oxygen...
Bumblebees have poor, but useful memories
Bumblebees don’t seem to keep memories for how sweet a flower was, but instead only remember if it was sweeter...
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