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Heroin users aware of fentanyl, but at high risk of overdosing
Survey of users highlights need for more proactive overdose-prevention strategies Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by...
Kids with cochlear implants since infancy more likely to speak, not sign
Experts urge early cochlear implantation of deaf infants as a public policy priority Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie...
Integrated therapy treating obesity and depression is effective
An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and...
Updated dietary reference intakes for sodium and potassium
Sodium and potassium dietary reference intake values updated in new report; introduces new category for sodium based on chronic disease...
Computer science professor Omri Weinstein wins NSF Career Award
His award will be used to explore data structures and information retrievalCredit: Timothy Lee Photographers New York, NY--Feb 28 2019--Omri...
Molecular and materials research: sharing data easily
'Science Data Center for Molecular Materials Research' develops digitization modules for scientific data -- from acquisition to processing to public...
Study to investigate how sexual trauma increases HIV susceptibility in women
Sexual violence produces adverse social and behavioral impacts -- and biological tooCredit: THRIVE Study and UC San Diego School of...
Nanoparticles help realize ‘spintronic’ devices
Researchers demonstrate nanoparticle systems crucial for new high-speed devicesCredit: ©2019 Ohya Laboratory For the first time researchers have demonstrated a...
Grant allows researcher to study ‘scissor-like’ protein in cancers
Credit: OU Medicine OKLAHOMA CITY -- Much like a mechanic fixing a car, a cell biologist must understand how the...
UMaine-led team discovers protein, lipid connection that could aid new influenza therapies
The connection between an influenza virus surface protein and a host cell lipid has been discovered by researchers at the...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, March 2019
Credit: Jeff Warren/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Neutrons--Fighting superbugs As the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria known as...
Molecular puzzle reveals unknown stages of fetal development
By applying gene analysis to individual cells from early mouse embryos, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have discovered previously...
A new prevention strategy for college drinking
Heavy drinkers learning by exampleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston Moores professor of psychology Clayton Neighbors is using the...
NTU Singapore and Volvo unveil world’s first full size, autonomous electric bus
First of two Volvo Electric buses will soon begin trials at the NTU Smart Campus before being extended to public...
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