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Improved model could help scientists better predict crop yield, climate change effects
Credit: RIPE Project CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - A new computer model incorporates how microscopic pores on leaves may open in response...
Research shows that drinking Matcha tea can reduce anxiety
Credit: Dr. Yuki Kurauchi Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese Matcha tea is growing in popularity around...
Treatment target pinpointed for liver cancer in teens and young adults
The suspect, an abnormal, fused protein, gathers enzymes that drive uncontrolled cell growthCredit: Mitchell H. Omar New findings show how...
Kidney patients are neglected in clinical trials
Kidney diseases affect 850 million people worldwide, a figure twice as high as that of diabetes. Yet patients with chronic...
Pitt/UPMC to lead $19.2 million trial to test red cell exchange in sickle cell disease
PITTSBURGH, July 9, 2019 - Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but...
Dartmouth study finds that parental ‘memory’ is inherited across generations
Are our personalities and behaviors shaped more by our genes or our circumstances? While this age-old "nature vs. nurture" question...
Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean
Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's...
Cardiac arrest among hospitalized patients may be underestimated
Journal of the American Heart Association Report DALLAS, July 9, 2019 -- Significantly more patients suffer cardiac arrests in U.S....
This Travel Essential Will Banish Holiday Headaches
Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase font size for large screens and...
Old protein, new tricks: UMD connects a protein to antibody immunity for the first time
New applications of a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protein could represent a breakthrough in persistent infection, immunology, with many therapeutic prospects...
Blue Water Vaccines, developing universal flu vaccine, closes $7 million led by CincyTech
Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, research from University of OxfordCredit: Blue Water Vaccines Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models,...
The folds in our grey cells
Dr. Silvia Budday receives DFG funding for junior research group investigating the mechanics of the human brain. We all know...
New technique developed to detect autism in children
Researchers have developed a new technique to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children....
Blue light at night increases the consumption of sweets in rats
A new study demonstrates that just one hour of exposure to blue light at night - the kind of light...
Strengthening muscle may be healthier than losing fat
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 9, 2019) - Focusing on strengthening our muscles rather than...
Herbal supplement used to treat addiction and pain found unsafe by researchers
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York. BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The herb kratom is increasingly being used to manage...
Participating in local food projects may improve mental health
A new study soon to appear in the Faculty of Public Health's Journal of Public Health suggests that participating in...
Quantum computing: Forschungszentrum Jülich and Google announce research partnership
Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Kurt Steinhausen Berlin / Mountain View / Jülich, 8 July 2019 - Forschungszentrum Jülich and Google...
Pneumonia patients get too many antibiotics — especially as they leave the hospital
Too-long prescriptions found in 2/3 of pneumonia patients at 43 Michigan hospitals, most written as part of the discharge process,...
AJTMH tip sheet for July 2019
Your advance look at three new studies publishing online on July 8, 2019 in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine...
