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Mother and child vulnerable to endocrine disruptor exposure
A Canadian research team highlights placental sensitivity to such environmental contaminants during pregnancy.Credit: INRS A Canadian research team highlights placental...
Changing guidelines for treating mild chronic hypertension in pregnancy
A study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine proves through a large clinical trial that treating high blood pressure—even...
Inclusive design and research methods will lead to more innovative, intelligent technology
A few years ago, when Carnegie Mellon University design researcher Christina Harrington was still making home visits for her research,...
A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of...
Developing inorganic lead-free perovskite for broadband emission
Artificial lighting accounts for one-fifth of global electricity consumption, and developing efficient and stable luminescence materials is critical to avoid...
Brookhaven chemist Minfang Yeh wins 2021 DPF Instrumentation Award
UPTON, NY—Minfang Yeh, a senior scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, has won the American Physical...
A sharper image for proteins
Proteins may be the most important and varied biomolecules within living systems. These strings of amino acids, assuming complex 3-dimensional...
UTHealth Houston’s UTMOVE program receives distinguished Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
UTHealth Houston’s Movement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Fellowship Training Program (UTMOVE fellowship program) has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation...
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center finds CAR-T therapy effective in Black And Hispanic patients
April 28, 2022 (BRONX, NY)—CAR-T therapy, a form of immunotherapy that revs up T-cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells,...
New study finds climate change could spark the next pandemic
WASHINGTON — As the earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats...
Discovery of 30 exocomets in a young planetary system
For the past thirty years, the star β Pictoris has fascinated astronomers because it enables them to observe a planetary...
How brains form visual maps
Maps have played an important role in scientific progress. Claudius Ptolemaeus transformed our understanding of the world with his map...
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
The spinal column is the central supporting structure of the skeleton in all vertebrates. Not only does it provide a...
Mould, pesticides, toxic chemical exposures reported in survey of Canadian child care professionals
Nearly half of some 2,000 professionals in child care programs across Canada report unhealthy conditions for children, according to survey...
Huge new ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals ever, uncovered high in the Alps
Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have...
Giant marine reptiles at 2,800 meters above sea level
The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago. They had...
Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide “precision” treatment targets
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 28, 2022) – About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway...
Keysight and Singapore’s Quantum Engineering Programme to accelerate research, development and education in quantum technologies
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading provider of advanced design and validation solutions, and Singapore’s Quantum Engineering Programme (QEP)...
Hype up fitness to support kids’ health post-lockdowns
As COVID-19 reaches record levels in the UK, health experts are calling for a focus on children’s physical fitness as...
Non-invasive examination of conjunctival goblet cells in live rabbits
A Korean research team led by Professor Ki Hean Kim, Ph.D. candidates Seonghan Kim and Jungbin Lee (Department of Mechanical...
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