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Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties - soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible - that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. An international...
Pitt physicians devise emergency and trauma care referral map for US
Credit: David Wallace/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2018 - In response to repeated calls for an integrated and coordinated...
Molecular basis of neural memory — reviewing ‘neuro-mimetic’ technologies
The overwhelming quest in cognitive science has been (and still is) to scientifically describe mental processes on a molecular level,...
Neurocognitive risk may begin before treatment for young leukemia patients
Credit: Seth Dixon/St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Leukemia itself, not just side effects related to its treatment, may increase the...
What stops mass extinctions?
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) What slows or stops a disease epidemic if the pathogen is still present? It appears that...
Hockey victories may increase heart attack risk in Canadian men
Philadelphia, March 29, 2018 - The thrill of a hockey victory may put younger men at an increased risk for...
Is your Easter egg bad for the environment?
With Easter fast approaching, the thought of chocolate is probably on all our minds, but could the UK's love of...
Access, affordability of health care in years after ACA for cancer survivors
Bottom Line: Cancer survivors were more likely to be insured but they still reported greater difficulties accessing and affording health...
Lesson learned? Massive study finds lectures still dominate STEM ed
Credit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska-Lincoln An analysis of more than 2,000 college classes in science, technology, engineering and...
Dietary supplement shows promise for reversing cardiovascular aging
Scientists have long known that restricting calories can fend off physiological signs of aging, with studies in fruit flies, roundworms,...
Twisting graphene into spirals
Credit: Kyoto Univesrity / Matsuda Lab Japan -- It's probably the smallest spring you've ever seen. Researchers from Kyoto University...
Accurately diagnosing genetic disease prevents cancer, saves lives
Credit: The Ohio State Comprehensive Cancer Center A single, upfront genomic test is more effective for detecting Lynch syndrome in...
UMD Researchers explore how personality affects gamified diabetes self-management
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Mobile health (mHealth) apps using gamified elements, like Empower by Ayogo and Fitocracy, for improving behaviors...
Flipping lipids for cell transport-tubules
Credit: Kyoto University / Tomoki Shimizu / Shin Lab Researchers are getting closer to understanding the molecular processes that cause...
New work from Ron Crystal’s lab on treating hereditary adrenal disorders
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 29, 2018--A new study has definitively shown that a single...
Child sexual abuse in US costs up to $1.5 million per child death, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Child sexual abuse in the United States is costly, with an average lifetime cost of $1.1...
Decade of fossil collecting gives new perspective on Triassic period, emergence of dinosaurs
Credit: Christian Sidor/University of Washington After a great mass extinction shook the world about 252 million years ago, animal life...
Simulations document self-assembly of proteins and DNA
What makes particles self-assemble into complex biological structures? Often, this phenomenon is due to the competition between forces of attraction...
Public willing to pay to improve water quality
COLUMBIA, Mo. - In the wake of the recent water crisis in Flint, Michigan, in which studies confirmed lead contamination...
Double danger: The peril of childbirth for women with rheumatic heart disease
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Today, most people in the United States rarely think of rheumatic heart disease (RHD)-or the rheumatic fever...
