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Researchers publish comprehensive review on respiratory effects of vaping
UNC School of Medicine researcher Rob Tarran, PhD, led a review of all published scientific literature on the effects of...
Teen study reveals how schools influence e-cigarette use, outlines prevention strategies
Credit: Unsplash: Lucas Clarysse When e-cigarettes hit the U.S. market in 2007, they were promoted to adult smokers as a...
Quantum material goes where none have gone before
Alloy behaves strangely while traversing potential 'spin liquid' stateCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Sept. 30, 2019) --...
Bertha Madras receives Innovator Award from the College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Credit: McLean Hospital The College on Problems of Drug Dependence (CPDD) has presented McLean Hospital's Bertha K. Madras, PhD, with...
Georgia State research finds early life racial discrimination linked to depression, accelerated aging
Credit: Georgia State Early life stress from racial discrimination puts African Americans at greater risk for accelerated aging, a marker...
NASA sale launches HRL laboratories’ commercial 3D-printed aluminum effort
NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center is the first customer for commercial sale of feedstock for additive high-strength aluminumCredit: HRL Laboratories,...
Microbes in warm soils released more carbon than those in cooler soils
Warming tropical soils could cause a 9% increase in atmospheric CO2 this centuryCredit: Andrew Nottingham As one descends a mountain,...
What did ancient crocodiles eat? Study says as much as a snout can grab
Credit: Envato While most people imagine alligators and crocodiles as being much the same now as they were during the...
Study explains molecular mechanism of botanical folk medicines used to treat hypertension
Lavender, fennel and chamomile among herbs discovered to act upon a shared therapeutic target in blood vesselsCredit: Bo Abbott Irvine,...
NIH forms new collaborative influenza vaccine research network
Credit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has initiated...
Researchers develop program aimed at reducing dating violence among students
Credit: UTHealth A program developed to encourage healthy relationships and reduce dating violence was effective among early middle school students,...
UBC study highlights need to improve health care access in Vancouver, Portland and Seattle
Credit: UBC UBC researchers have developed a data science method that analyzes how easily citizens can access hospitals and walk-in...
German fishermen’s scepticism towards EU impedes compliance with its regulations
Game of chance experiment: In a relationship with an unpopular regulator, the truth is somewhat elasticCredit: Stefan Drupp Leipzig/Hamburg/Kiel: Negative...
Brave new world: Simple changes in intensity of weather events ‘could be lethal’
Credit: NOAA Hurricane Dorian is the latest example of a frightening trend. Extreme weather events are becoming more frequent, more...
NASA finds Typhoon Mitag’s eye east of Taiwan
Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Terra satellite captured an image of Typhoon Mitag's cloud-filled eye, located east of Taiwan. On Sept....
RUDN University mathematicians help improve efficiency of data centers using Markov chains
Credit: RUDN University RUDN University mathematicians created a model of maximum efficiency of data centers. It is based on a...
NASA finds tropical storm Narda bringing heavy rainfall to western Mexico
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of Tropical Storm Narda along Mexico's west coast in the...
Underwater manatee chatter may aid in their conservation
Credit: Sean Mattson/STRI Listening in on manatee conversations could help restore populations of this endangered marine mammal. Each manatee has...
Purple martin migration behavior perplexes researchers
Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Susan Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Purple martins will soon migrate south for their usual...
Multifactor models reveal worse picture of climate change impact on marine life
Credit: FSU Photo/Bruce Palmer Rising ocean temperatures have long been linked to negative impacts for marine life, but a Florida...
