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October 22, 2025

Young drivers with autism spectrum disorder may need more time to learn basic driving skills

June 12, 2018 - When first learning to drive, young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have more difficulty with...

Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain aging

Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain ageing The rate of...

National Academies report on sexual harassment in academia

WASHINGTON -- A systemwide change to the culture and climate in higher education is needed to prevent and effectively respond...

Platform uses artificial intelligence to diagnose Zika and other pathogens

A platform that can diagnose several diseases with a high degree of precision using metabolic markers found in patients' blood...

AACR to host international lymphoma meeting in Boston

The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its Inaugural AACR International Meeting: Advances in Malignant Lymphoma later this...

People who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain

Credit: (SMU) People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study...

Frequent use of the ER fell after the Affordable Care Act

The odds of being a frequent user of California's emergency departments dropped in the two years following the implementation of...

UTSA researchers create method that can quickly and accurately detect infections

Credit: Photo courtesy of The University of Texas at San Antonio (SAN ANTONIO, June 12, 2018) -- A new study...

Getting to the heart of congenital cardiac defects

Credit: UNC School of Medicine June 12, 2018 - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Heart defects are the most common type...

Researchers map brain of blind patient who can see motion

Credit: Western University, Canada Neuroscientists at Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, have confirmed and detailed a rare case of...

Honey may reduce injury in children who have swallowed button batteries

Ingestion of button batteries, which are frequently found in the household setting, can rapidly lead to caustic esophageal injury in...

Potential new treatment for drug addiction relapse revealed

Research published in Addiction Biology by scientists at the University of Bath reveals a new potential mechanism for combatting drug...

Kessler Foundation awarded four grants by NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, N.J., June 12, 2018. The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Injury Research has awarded...

Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population

1. Long periods of viral suppression shown to prevent cancer in aging HIV population Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2094 URLs go live when...

Doing right by the whales

These are not good times for the North Atlantic right whale. Ship strikes and gear entanglement play major roles in...

PNNL technology clears way for ethanol-derived jet fuel

Credit: PNNL/Andrea Starr RICHLAND, Wash. -- ASTM International recently revised ASTM D7566 Annex A5 -- the Standard Specification for Aviation...

Stanford nectar research sheds light on ecological theory

Credit: Manpreet Dhami, Tadashi Fukami and Lydia-Marie Jouber A sticky drop of nectar clinging to the tip of a hummingbird's...

Volcanic activity, declining ocean oxygen triggered mass extinction of ancient organisms

Credit: Stephen Bilenky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Global climate change, fueled by skyrocketing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide, is siphoning oxygen...

Orange peels may hold secret to airborne medicine, safer bridges

Credit: Dr. Andrew Dickerson's lab Bartenders and cooks have long recognized the value of an orange twist, but thanks to...

Making the oxygen we breathe, a photosynthesis mechanism exposed