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People with depression have stronger emotional responses to negative memories
Philadelphia, March 6, 2018 - People with major depressive disorder (MDD) feel more negative emotion when remembering painful experiences than...
Logo recognition associated with kids’ choice of international junk foods
Credit: Dina Borzekowski Young children in six low- and middle-income countries prefer junk food and sugar sweetened beverages over traditional...
Running on renewables: How sure can we be about the future?
A variety of models predict the role renewables will play in 2050, but some may be over-optimistic, and should be...
Portland State receives $1m grant to aid STEM transfer students
Portland State University faculty have received a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help students transferring from...
Social status influences infection risk and disease-induced mortality
Credit: Sarah Benhaiem/Leibniz-IZW Spotted hyena cubs of high-ranking mothers have a lower probability of infection with and are more likely...
Intermountain Healthcare building new global DNA database for future genetic discoveries
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Intermountain Healthcare is creating a new global DNA registry based on medical histories from...
Lithuanians are developing drinking water treatment technology which keeps it microbe free
Credit: KTU Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU, Lithuania) are developing drinking water disinfection technology, which not only destroys...
Plants share defensive proteins in evolutionary pick ‘n’ mix
The recent research, led by the Krasileva Group of Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory, used phylogenetics (the study of...
Babies who look like their father at birth are healthier one year later
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Infants who resemble their father at birth are more...
Parent mentors improve Latino children’s health insurance coverage rates
Credit: Connecticut Children's Latino children have the highest uninsured rate in the United States. However, new study findings in the...
Bentham Science publishes sixth volume of the book series, Topics in Anti-Cancer Research
Bentham Science Publishers has published the sixth volume of its patent book series, Topics in Anti-Cancer Research. The book series...
Number of paid sick days directly impacts how Americans use preventive care like flu shots
Credit: Florida Atlantic University How much is enough? That is what researchers from Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University...
Spanish scientists discover the cause of accelerated atherosclerosis and premature death in progeria
Credit: CNIC Hutchinson-Gilford syndrome (HGPS, also known as progeria) is a very rare genetic disease that affects fewer than 400...
How are we related? A Compara-bly easy workflow to find gene families
Published in GigaScience, the open source Galaxy workflow allows researchers to make easier work of finding gene families; an important...
Biochemists zero in on key molecules that enable cells to crawl
EUGENE, Ore. -- March 5, 2018 -- Biochemists have made a discovery that sheds light on the molecular machinery that...
Restoring lipid synthesis could reduce lung fibrosis
(PHILADELPHIA) - Pulmonary fibrosis, an ongoing process of scarring that leaves patients chronically short of breath, can progress in severity...
Provide stroke patients with palliative care support minus the label
When caring for stroke patients, health care providers should focus on the social and emotional issues facing patients, rather than...
How the diagnosing of lung diseases can be improved
Credit: Stepan Likhachev Three-dimensional visualization based on computer tomography imaging provides more thorough preparation for the diagnosis of lung diseases....
Scientists found a way to postpone cell death
Credit: Vladimir Gogvadze A team of scientists from MSU and the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics of Russian Academy...
Low blood sugar poses unaddressed threat to people with type 2 diabetes
WASHINGTON--New research from the Endocrine Society and Avalere Health finds that clinicians lack the resources to identify, assess and manage...
