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National poll: 1 in 7 parents haven’t discussed vaccines with their child’s primary care provider during pandemic period
Parents may not always turn to health professionals for vaccine advice – and a small subset could even be avoiding...
CPR mannikins used in instructive social media posts lack diversity, influencing patient outcomes and disparities in training and care
Philadelphia, November 21, 2022 – Investigators found that there is a marked lack of diversity in the mannikins depicted by...
A regime shift in an Arctic marine ecosystem likely to become permanent
Findings of unexpected large numbers of fin and humpback whales in the previously ice infested waters of East Greenland now...
Tumour matrix profiling gives clues to progression of some lung cancers
Scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research have identified molecular profiles of the surrounding matrix of a common type...
Scientists optimize methods to study brains at rest in a key model organism
Tokyo, Japan – A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified the best methods to study the...
Healthcare utilization varies among community-living people with spinal cord injury by demographic, injury-related, and socioeconomic factors
East Hanover, NJ. November 18, 2022. A survey of community-living people with spinal cord injury revealed healthcare utilization below the...
Kessler partners with BrainQ on national trial of innovative approach to stroke rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ. November 18, 2022. Researchers from Kessler Foundation and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (collectively “Kessler”) are enrolling participants...
New study identifies connection between diabetes medications, multiple sclerosis
TUCSON, Arizona — A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that people older than 45 whose Type 2 diabetes was...
Brain organoids reveal in detail the harms of prenatal alcohol exposure
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy poses significant peril to the healthy development of the unborn child. There is no known safe...
Rice turns asphaltene into graphene for composites
NEWS RELEASECredit: Illustration by M.A.S.R. Saadi/Rice University NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 [email protected] Mike Williams 713-348-6728 [email protected] HOUSTON –...
‘Butterfly bot’ is fastest swimming soft robot yet
Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot...
Soft skills: Researchers invent robotic droplet manipulators for hazardous liquid cleanup
CSU researchers have created the first successful soft robotic gripper capable of manipulating individual droplets of liquid, according to a recent...
Forecasting the health returns of tobacco tax proposals
Scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are leading a five-year, $3.5 million study to predict the...
Dietary change starves cancer cells, overcoming treatment resistance
Nov. 18, 2022Credit: Sumeet Solanki Nov. 18, 2022 For more information, contact: Nicole Fawcett, [email protected] 734-764-2220 For immediate...
Biologist applies quality control for quail
A University of Cincinnati biologist is using tech more commonly found in Amazon distribution warehouses to care for birds in...
Corporate pledges to recycle or reduce plastics aren’t translating into less plastic use
Plastic pollution is overwhelming landfills, littering Earth’s coastlines, and affecting the health of animals, including humans, while also contributing to...
With training, people in mind-controlled wheelchairs can navigate normal, cluttered spaces
A mind-controlled wheelchair can help a paralyzed person gain new mobility by translating users’ thoughts into mechanical commands. On November...
You are “what you eat”, but you are not “where you live”
Genetic studies of the past 20 years have extensively shown how, across human populations worldwide, the majority of genetic differences...
Study reveals the intrinsic immune mechanism that boosts axon regeneration in the adult nervous system
Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent...
Dream Chemistry Award 2022 is coming
Nothing is better than dreaming about progress, innovation, and the future. All scientists have a dream, but not everyone dares...
