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Study gives insight into sun-induced DNA damage and cell repair
Breakthrough study fills a 'missing gap,' Baylor University researcher saysCredit: Robert Rogers/Baylor University A team led by a Baylor University...
Over-conditioning kills: Non-traumatic fatalities in football is preventable
Most non-traumatic fatalities among high school and college football athletes do not occur while playing the game of football, but...
Outcomes of non-operatively treated elbow ulnar in professional baseball players
Professional baseball players with a low-grade elbow injury that occurs on the humeral side of the elbow have a better...
Small horned dinosaur from China, a Triceratops relative, walked on two feet
With fossils from more than 80 individual dinosaurs, Auroraceratops rugosus, an early horned dinosaur, is one of the best represented...
Maintaining large-scale satellite constellations using logistics approach
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aerospace Engineering Today, large-scale communication satellite constellations, also known as megaconstellations, have been more...
Automated system generates robotic parts for novel tasks
When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system can step in.Credit: Subramanian Sundaram...
An itch to scratch: NCATS, NIDCR scientists identify potential approach to chronic problem
Credit: Hans Juergen Solinski, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Chronic itch goes beyond being just a simple annoyance;...
New technology improves atrial fibrillation detection after stroke
A new method of evaluating irregular heartbeats outperformed the approach that's currently used widely in stroke units to detect instances...
Improving care quality for hospitalized socially at-risk patients
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 12, 2019) - Nurses play a pivotal role in caring for hospitalized patients with social...
Shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty, PSU study finds
Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon...
Weyl fermions discovered in another class of materials
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Markus Fischer A particular kind of elementary particle, the Weyl fermions, were first discovered a few years...
Tightening the tumor-targeting abilities of checkpoint blockade immunotherapy
Seeking to improve upon existing checkpoint inhibitor therapies, scientists have developed a common checkpoint inhibitor (anti-PD-L1) in a nanoparticle formulation,...
Elegant antibody nanoparticles override immunological tolerance of tumors
Credit: Image by WANG Dangge Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy using the antibody that combats the programmed cell death ligand...
New study highlights advantages of living-donor liver transplant over deceased donor
PITTSBURGH, July 12, 2019 - Living-donor liver transplant offers numerous advantages over deceased-donor transplant, including better three-year survival rates for...
Taking opioids for pain may make it harder to find primary care, study finds
'Secret shopper' study reveals 40% of primary care clinics won't take a new patient who takes opioid painkillers on an...
Researchers show how AI can be used to more quickly and accurately diagnose breast cancer
New paper addresses need for early and accurate tools in diagnosing cancer Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related...
Hear them roar: How humans and chickadees understand each other
High-arousal vocalizations are understood by both humans and other species in the animal kingdom, study says Is there something universal...
C. difficile resists hospital disinfectant, persists on hospital gowns, stainless steel
Washington, DC - July 12, 2019 - Surgical gowns and stainless steel remained contaminated with the pathogen Clostridium difficile even...
Recognizing kidney injury due to burns is improved by artificial intelligence
Machine learning cuts critical time to managing acute kidney injury Many burn victims suffer acute kidney injury (AKI), but early...
Novel nanoparticles deliver CRISPR gene editing tools into the cell with much higher efficiency
Researchers used lipid nanoparticles to deliver CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tools for potential treatment of hyperlipidemia.Credit: From animation by Visual Science...
