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Nearly 14 million additional adolescents need HPV vaccination to reach public health goal
ATLANTA -October 2, 2018,- Nearly 14 million additional adolescents (11-12 years of age) beyond those who will be vaccinated based...
Single atoms break carbon’s strongest bond
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory An international team of scientists including researchers at Yale University and the U.S. Department of Energy's...
How the African elephant cracked its skin to cool off
Credit: Michel Milinkovitch An intricate network of minuscule crevices adorns the skin surface of the African bush elephant. By retaining...
Cross-cutting issues in environmental quality and agriculture symposium
Farmers and agronomists must continue to focus on yield when creating their management plans, as the world's population keeps growing....
Studded winter tires cost more lives than they save
Credit: Ilya Plekhanov Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now shown that studded winter tyres cost more lives...
Computer model may help scientists split up, reassemble proteins on command
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost...
New knowledge on how neurons talk to muscles
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered a new way in which nerve cells can control movement. In a...
University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have discovered how to slow aging
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- October 2, 2018- Previous research published earlier this year in Nature Medicine involving University of Minnesota Medical School...
Northwestern to lead national team studying aging and neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Northwestern University Northwestern University has received a $12.6 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National...
First experiments at new X-ray laser reveal unknown structure of antibiotics killer
Credit: Illustration: DESY/Lucid Berlin An international collaboration led by DESY and consisting of over 120 researchers has announced the results...
Miniature magnetic swimming devices to revolutionise diagnostics and drug delivery
Scientists have created miniature magnetic swimming devices - which mimic the appearance of sperm cells - that could revolutionise disease...
Biofilm reactor promises to cut production costs on vitamin K
Credit: Ehsan Mahdinia/Penn State In an innovative study that promises to reduce production costs for the most potent form of...
Text messages quickly track health care use during Ebola outbreak
Credit: GeoPoll Text messages aren't just a way to chat with family and friends--they are a viable method for rapidly...
Study finds gene variant predisposes people to both Type 2 diabetes and low body weight
A research team at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health found that...
An upper-class woman with higher education: The profile of the homeopathy user in Spain
A new study identifies the typical pattern of homeopathy consumers in Spain, based on data from the CIS (Centre for...
Salk’s Janelle Ayres receives NIH Pioneer Award for novel approaches to infectious disease
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 2, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded a 2018 NIH Director's Pioneer Award...
Temple Lung Center director reports ongoing positive results for emphysema treatment study
Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - Dr. Gerard Criner, MD, FACP, FACCP, Chair and Professor of Thoracic Medicine...
A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with NAFLD
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty...
Editorial praises childhood obesity study that finds ‘genes are not destiny’
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- University at Buffalo childhood obesity experts are praising a study published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics that rigorously...
Molecule studies reveal potential treatment for stroke patients
Credit: NatComm, doi: 10.1038/s41467-018-06133-0 CLEMSON, South Carolina - In an extension of research published a month ago in Nature Methods,...
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