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Measuring quality of life after pediatric kidney transplant
Credit: Children's National VANCOUVER, British Columbia - After receiving a kidney transplant, children may experience quality-of-life difficulties that underscore the...
Believing machines can out-do people may fuel acceptance of self-driving cars
GLASGOW, Scotland -- In order for self-driving cars to hit the streets, more people may need to concede that machines...
Cancer screening rates decline when patients see doctors later in day
Compared to patients who see their primary care doctor earlier in the day, cancer screening rates decline significantly as the...
A dance of two: Tailoring interactions between remote fluids of excitons
Credit: Paulo V. Santos, Mikhail Lemeshko, and Ronen Rapaport An international collaboration involving European, Israeli, and US scientists realize for...
A metal sheet stamping simulation promises improved car part production
Kanazawa University-led researchers simulate the industrial process of stamping features into metal sheets without causing the sheets to tear, twist,...
Increased risk of post-traumatic stress disorder among children with immigrant father
Children born in Finland who had an immigrant father were two times more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than...
Eat or be eaten: Street food vendors resist and adapt to changing society
Kanazawa University study of Indonesian street vendors finds them continually grappling with aggressive urbanization, but resisting by forging relationships, engaging...
Making a meal of it: Mosquito spit protein controls blood feeding
Kanazawa University-led researchers show that inactivation of the mosquito salivary protein AAPP affects feeding on host blood, thus significantly reducing...
New efficient way to engineer nanostructures mimicking natural immune response complexes
Novel method to engineer large multi-antibody-like nanostructures using DNA nanotechnology; the results demonstrate the potential for assembly of multiple proteins...
HIV prevention drug can curb the epidemic for high-risk groups in India
Making pre-exposure prophylaxis available in India would be a cost-effective way to reduce the spread of HIV and increase survival...
Study finds Wi-Fi location affects online privacy behavior
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Does sitting in a coffee shop versus at home influence a person's willingness to disclose private...
999 trial shows value of live video streaming
Using live video streaming from the scene of accidents and medical emergencies to the dispatch team of a Helicopter Emergency...
Location and brand affect people’s trust in cloud services
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- People's stereotypes regarding different locations around the world influence whether they feel secure in storing their...
Statins’ potential to treat MS unrelated to lowering cholesterol
Peer reviewed | modelling and randomised controlled trials | people The widely prescribed statin, simvastatin, can medically help patients with...
Inspired by a soft body of a leech — a wall-climbing robot
180 degree rotation from one side of the wall to the otherCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS...
A new system for treating type 1 diabetes mellitus
A piece of research by the UPV/EHU-CIBER BBN reduces the technical problems in microencapsulating pancreatic islets when treating type 1...
First international blockchain for science: Bloxberg
Max Planck Digital Library initiates global research projectCredit: MPDL Securing scientific information online and worldwide with no risk of manipulation:...
New progress in developing an animal model of hepatitis C
Small mutations lead to significant impacts on hepatitis C virus replication in miceCredit: Credit: Jenna Gaska, Princeton University Small differences...
With uncanny accuracy, computer model predicts how certain policies impact air pollution
In the February 11 issue of Nature Sustainability, a multi-institution team unveiled a new tool for understanding and controlling the...
Treatment to restore natural heartbeat could be on the horizon for heart failure
A new therapy to re-engage the heart's natural electrical pathways - instead of bypassing them - could mean more treatment...
