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Portable device can be used to diagnose eye disease remotely
An app operating the optical device sends images of the retina over the internet to Eyer Cloud, which stores and...
Common antidepressants interact with opioid med to lessen pain relief
Findings from University Hospitals study could help explain certain apparent opioid drug-seeking behavior and opioid overuse CLEVELAND -- Common antidepressants...
Shot could remove side effects from late-stage head and neck cancer therapy
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- For advanced stages of head and neck cancer, one of the best treatments is so aggressive...
Algorithm designed to map universe, solve mysteries
ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers have developed an algorithm designed to visualize models of the universe in order to...
Permafrost researcher from Yukon College joins international project on Herschel Island
Credit: Louis-Philippe Roy Louis-Philippe Roy stands at the edge of the Arctic Ocean on the northernmost edge of Yukon, Canada....
Molecular imaging suggests smokers may have impaired neuroimmune function
Restoring the immune system may help smokers quit by improving cognitive function ANAHEIM, CA (Embargoed until 10:30 a.m. PDT, Tuesday,...
Repeat ER users changed how they used ERs after gaining medicaid coverage
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) expanded health insurance coverage, including eligibility for Medicaid, the public insurance program for low-income Americans....
New research hopes to identify individuals at risk of clinically significant COPD
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham provides evidence, for the first time, for physicians to continue using...
NCI awards $3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center immunotherapy team
Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina received a $3 million grant from the National Cancer...
Radioactive tadpoles reveal contamination clues
Amphibian larvae help monitor environmental contaminationCredit: Terry [email protected] Aiken, S.C. - Tadpoles can be used to measure the amount of...
Olga Dudchenko named to MIT Technology Review’s TR35
Her methods enable assembly of an endangered species' genome for under $1,000Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 25, 2019)...
National trash: Reducing waste produced in US national parks
Credit: Zach Miller/Utah State University When you think of national parks, you might picture the vast plateaus of the Grand...
Study reveals elevated cancer risk in children with birth defects
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Childhood cancer is a rare occurrence in the overall population but may be somewhat more...
Private foundation grants Georgia State $1 million for new child and family policy lab private found
Credit: Georgia State Georgia State University has received a $1 million grant from Arnold Ventures to help start a new...
Hearts and stripes: A tiny fish offers clues to regenerating damaged cardiac tissue
Zebrafish and mammals share key cellular features; researchers have identified how the former repair their damaged hearts and now wonder...
Using 3D-printing to stop hair loss
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Columbia researchers have created a way to grow human hair in a dish, which...
Predictors of cognitive recovery following mild to severe traumatic brain injury
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 25, 2019--Researchers have shown that higher intelligence and...
The making of ‘warm ice’
Development of ice controlling technology using pressureCredit: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) Can water freeze at room...
Adding clinical variables improves accuracy of lung allocation score
Improved scoring better identifies sickest cystic fibrosis and COPD patients Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Cleveland: Implemented back in 2005, the...
Hubble finds tiny ‘electric soccer balls’ in space, helps solve interstellar mystery
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer...
