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Chinese Medical Journal study identifies major risk factors of pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with pneumoconiosis in China
Pneumoconiosis comprises a group of heterogeneous lung diseases resulting from the inhalation of mineral dust. It is an occupational hazard...
JAMA Network names new editor in chief of JAMA Internal Medicine
Chicago, March 1, 2023 — Sharon K. Inouye, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Milton...
Book tackles myths about science of menstruation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new book from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign anthropology professor Kathryn Clancy takes an unflinching look at...
Woodcocks have the brightest white feathers ever measured
The mainly brown woodcock uses its bright white tail feathers to communicate in semi-darkness, reflecting 30% more light than any...
Pink + pink = gold: hybrid hummingbird’s feathers don’t match its parents
The Pink-throated Brilliant hummingbird, Heliodoxa gularis, has, unsurprisingly, a brilliant pink throat. So does its cousin, the Rufous-webbed Brilliant hummingbird,...
Ochsner Health Network leads the way in value-based care
Ochsner Health Network (OHN), the Gulf South’s largest clinically integrated network (CIN) and nationally recognized leader in value-based care, has...
Illinois researcher receives $5.8 million grant to develop modular quantum computing platform
An initiative led by Wolfgang Pfaff, an assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, has received a...
Wastewater sector emits nearly twice as much methane as previously thought
Municipal wastewater treatment plants emit nearly double the amount of methane into the atmosphere than scientists previously believed, according to...
School-based wellness initiative shown to reduce average student BMI
Health impacts students’ ability to learn. Leaders at MUSC’s Boeing Center for Children’s Wellness (MUSC BCCW) believe that lessons on...
Aging | Telomere shortening linked to depression and cognitive impairment in older adults
“ we believe that our findings will help prevent and treat depression and cognitive impairment in the healthy elderly.”Credit: 2023...
SFI Press reissues Complexity, Entropy, and the Physics of Information
FEBRUARY 28, 2023Credit: Santa Fe Institute FEBRUARY 28, 2023 For a few days early in the summer of 1989, roughly...
Mysterious new behavior seen in whales may be recorded in ancient manuscripts
In 2011, scientists recorded a previously unknown feeding strategy in whales around the world. Now, researchers in Australia think they...
Novel method of analyzing microplastic particle pollution can facilitate environmental impact assessment
In the last decade, growing numbers of researchers have studied plastic pollution, one of the world’s most pressing environmental hazards....
BIAL Award in Biomedicine worth 300,000 Euros
The third edition of the BIAL Foundation's international award, the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, is now underway, with nominations open...
Better metric for prioritizing conservation of “evolutionarily distinctive” species
An updated metric for prioritizing species’ conservation that incorporates scientific uncertainty and complementarity between species, in addition to extinction risk...
Sexting found to be associated with negative mental heath
A new study has shown that sexting was associated with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and compulsive sexual behaviors. The study...
Report: Science rejected, lives lost – how society can do better
The international group of scientists who successfully lobbied the World Health Organisation to recognise the airborne transmission of COVID-19 have...
Artificial intelligence with a human touch
Despite the remarkable progress in artificial intelligence (AI), several studies show that AI systems do not improve radiologists' diagnostic performance....
Study finds association between lifetime experiences of discrimination and incidence of dementia
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2023 – According to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, people who experience...
St. Jude approach prevents drug resistance and toxicity
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – February 27, 2023) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have demonstrated how drug makers can avoid two...
