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Is 2016 US presidential election associated with preterm births among Latina women?
Bottom Line: A national population-based study suggests the 2016 U.S. presidential election may have been associated with an increase in...
Newly discovered neural pathway processes acute light to affect sleep
Different pathways process long-term circadian rhythms and short-term exposure to light EVANSTON, Ill. -- Either to check the time or...
Offering children a wide variety and large quantities of snack food encourages them to eat more
Less focus on plate size and more on reducing quantity and variety of food key to getting children to snack...
TU Dresden retains its title as University of Excellence
Credit: Sven Geise/TUD TU Dresden is one of a total of 11 Universities of Excellence in Germany and the only...
Chest X-rays contain information that can be harvested with AI
Study finds chest X-rays contain 'hidden' information that can be harvested with artificial intelligence to predict long-term mortality BOSTON -...
Flexible user interface distribution for ubiquitous multi-device interaction
Credit: KAIST KAIST researchers have developed mobile software platform technology that allows a mobile application (app) to be executed simultaneously...
Study reveals genetic similarities of osteosarcoma between dogs and children
TGen and Tufts University novel findings for this deadly bone cancer could lead to better treatments for people and pets...
Successful application of machine learning in the discovery of new polymers
Credit: npj Computational Materials, Ryo Yoshida, Junko Morikawa A joint research group including Ryo Yoshida (Professor and Director of the...
Marijuana use among northern California women before, during pregnancy
Bottom Line: An observational study of pregnant women in Northern California suggests marijuana use before and during pregnancy has increased...
How long does a surgery take? Researchers create model
Of all the data captured, greatest variability was between surgeonsCredit: University of Washington School of Medicine Operating rooms are a...
2007, 2012, 2019: University of Excellence in Konstanz
Success in all funding lines of the German Excellence Strategy competition: after the positive funding decision for two Clusters of...
X-ray laser sight reveals drug targets
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have published a review on serial...
In the Global South less than one-third of high blood pressure patients treated
International research team with Göttingen and Heidelberg participation finds inadequate careCredit: Heidelberg University Healthcare in low- and middle-income countries is...
Understanding the mode of action of the primaquine: New insights into a 70 year old puzzle
Researchers at LSTM have taken significant steps in understanding the way that the anti-malarial drug primaquine (PQ) works, which they...
Probiotic research paves way for microbe ‘microbreweries’ to benefit human health
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Health System A young scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received...
Operative versus non-operative treatment for 2-part proximal humerus fracture
Credit: PLOS Medicine The results of a recent Nordic collaboration study showed that there is no difference in functional results...
Understanding the molecular link between sex hormones and aging in skeletal muscles
Andrea Vasconsuelo's new book explains how steroid hormones have a role to play in age-related changes that trigger apoptosis Sarcopenia,...
Study reveals unusually high carbon stocks and tree diversity in Panama’s Darien forest
Credit: Sean Mattson/Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Forests in Darien, an eastern province of Panama, are crucial for carbon storage, biodiversity...
3q29 deletion survey: distinct social profile, high ASD risk
Chromosomal deletion connected to both schizophrenia + autism A survey of 93 people with 3q29 deletion syndrome reveals a distinct...
What do the red ‘ornaments’ of female macaques mean?
Credit: Lucie Rigaill Many human cultures associate the colour red with sexuality and fertility. Among nonhuman primates too, red skin...
