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Meet the six-legged superfoods: Grasshoppers top insect antioxidant-rich list
Grasshoppers and silkworms have antioxidant capacity similar to fresh orange juice, says studyCredit: Professor Mauro Serafini For the first time,...
Infanticide by mammalian mothers
Female mammals kill the offspring of their competitors when resources are scarceCredit: Alecia Carter In previous studies, males have been...
Study examines association of cognitive reserve accumulated over lifetime with dementia risk
What The Study Did: This study of 1,600 older adults free of dementia at baseline examined whether accumulation over a...
Is healthy lifestyle associated with lower risk of dementia regardless of genetic risk?
Bottom Line: This observational study looked at whether a healthy lifestyle was associated with a lower risk of dementia regardless...
Healthy lifestyle may offset genetic risk of dementia
Living a healthy lifestyle may help offset a person's genetic risk of dementia, according to new research. The study was...
Athletes at a higher risk for ACL injury after return to sport
Young athletes who do not achieve a 90 percent score on a battery of tests that measure fitness to return...
Does use of headgear reduce the rate injuries in high school women’s lacrosse?
Headgear worn during women's lacrosse practice and games can reduce the rate of head and face injuries as well as...
Adults with HIV who have compassionate care providers start and remain in treatment longer
Rutgers researchers find patients who perceive their primary care providers as lacking empathy and not willing to include them in...
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,...
