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Low vitamin K levels linked to mobility limitation and disability in older adults
Credit: ponce_photography -- PIxabay BOSTON (June 13, 2019)--Low levels of circulating vitamin K are linked to increased risk of mobility...
Breathing new life into dye-sensitized solar cells
Japanese researchers are poised to reboot the field of aromatic-fused porphyrin sensitizers for dye-sensitized solar cells, the most efficient solar...
The app teaching anorexics to eat again
More patients go into long-term remission by re-learning how to eat, than through CBT or drugsCredit: Copyright © 2018, Journal...
Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner
Credit: Insplorion/Johan Bodell Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe - and 7 million worldwide,...
£2m to boost cyber power behind wind energy production
The University of Nottingham is leading a £2m High Performance Computing (HPC) project to optimise the sustainable exploitation of wind...
New assay detects patients’ resistance to antimalarial drugs from a drop of blood
New technique simplifies detection of single nucleotide polymorphisms and can provide critically important information quickly, even in resource limiting facilities,...
Radiation plus chemotherapy doesn’t improve endometrial cancer recurrence-free survival
Surprised by finding, scientists say this may change locally advanced endometrial cancer care Standard of care has been radiation and...
A microscopic topographic map of cellular function
A decade of research leads MU scientists to a better understanding of how materials move out of cellsCredit: University of...
The Wikipedia gender gap
Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who...
Penn researchers influence CDC’s clarification on prescribing opioids for cancer pain
Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) - To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose...
Adults with sleep apnea are more likely to experience involuntary job loss
Sleep apnea can impair mental and physical functioning, which may impact job performance SAN ANTONIO - Recently unemployed people with...
Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications
Laser catapulting creates miniaturized lenses with customized shapes and optical properties for cameras, solar cells and microscopes WASHINGTON -- A...
Researchers discover trigger for muscle-wasting condition
Credit: OU Medicine Among all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the highest rate of death - 93 percent of patients...
Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning
Credit: Joshua-Tor lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Noroviruses are a leading cause of food-borne illness outbreaks, accounting for...
Does pornography use affect heterosexual women’s intimate experiences with a partner?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2019--A new study has shown that the relationship between...
Sickle cell disease needs more attention
Article signed by researchers affiliated with institutions in the US, UK, Ghana and Brazil highlights recent progress in diagnosis and...
Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems
Few sun-like stars have these massive planets, making our sun unusualCredit: GPIES team, with animation by Paul Kalas, UC Berkeley....
Astrophysicist announces her discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die
Credit: Michelle Vigeant LAWRENCE -- At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick,...
Table salt compound spotted on Europa
Finding prompts a rethinking of the icy moon's subsurface ocean A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on...
Sensitive, noninvasive platform detects circulating tumor cells in melanoma patients
Credit: E.I. Galanzha et al., Science Translational Medicine (2019) Scientists have created a laser-based platform that can quickly and noninvasively...
