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Genetic breakthrough in cereal crops could help improve yields worldwide
Clemson University scientists announce genetic breakthrough in cereal cropsCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina -- A...
Redesign of opioid medication management shows impact in rural clinics
Team-based clinic redesign of opioid medication management in primary care: Effect on opioid prescribing In rural practice, a system redesign...
‘Traffic light’ food labels reduce calories purchased in hospital cafeteria
BOSTON - A new study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators released today in JAMA Network Open, a publication of...
Are physical examinations really necessary?
Family physicians' experiences of physical examination As technology has gained ground in medicine and critics have called into question the...
New research helps predict locations of blue whales so ships can avoid them
App now in development will put information in the hands of ship crews and managersCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective A...
Nuclear physics in search of world artifacts
The first 3D images of the oldest Christian church in Russia were obtainedCredit: © NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists together...
Keeping a cell’s powerhouse in shape
Credit: Daumke Lab, MDC A German-Swiss team around Professor Oliver Daumke from the MDC has investigated how a protein of...
The Zika epidemic in Cuba, reflected by imported cases in Barcelona
A study confirms the key role of imported disease clinics in the surveillance and prevention of arboviral diseases in EuropeCredit:...
Giving nanowires a DNA-like twist
Credit: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory We see crystals all around us: snowflakes, ice cubes, table salt, gemstones, to name a...
Sloppy sea urchins
Marine scientists discover an important, overlooked role sea urchins play in the kelp forest ecosystem Sea urchins have gotten a...
Realization of a 20-year-old dream: the International Society of Chinese Health Practices
Credit: UA Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. - A chance meeting nearly 20 years ago sparked a dream between two men....
ICARUS has been switched on: Testing has started
Credit: University of Konstanz To analyze global animal movements from space and to understand how large numbers of animals and...
Cells synchronize to release toxins in unison
Credit: Kurt Hickman/Stanford News Service Crouching in the boot-sucking mud of the Baylands Nature Preserve in Palo Alto, Manu Prakash,...
Shingles vaccine safely prevents outbreaks among stem cell transplant patients
The study could offer hope to others with severely compromised immune systems DURHAM, N.C. - A newer form of shingles...
UNH research finds thicker pavement is more cost effective down the road
DURHAM, N.H. - As the summer months heat up, so will the asphalt and other materials used to make roads....
In UK’s third largest city intervention program helps reduce childhood obesity
Credit: Bar-Ilan University Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting children's health and wellbeing and leading to obesity, heart disease,...
New filter enhances robot vision on 6D pose estimation
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Aeropsace Engineering Robots are good at making identical repetitive movements, such as a simple...
A human liver cell atlas
Scientists discover previously unknown subtypes of liver cells in health and diseaseCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg, Grün The...
Study: New cars are safer, but women most likely to suffer injury
Credit: UVA Center for Applied Biomechanics Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older...
How the mosquito immune system fights off the malaria parasite
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - A new study from Iowa State University entomologists describes how mosquitoes...
