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Emergency physicians debunk ‘dry drowning’ myths, highlight drowning risk in older swimmers
June 6, 2018 - Parents have been reading--and sharing--alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to "dry...
Insilico to present advances in AI and blockchain for healthcare at Data Science in Africa Workshop
Wednesday, June 6, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for...
Antibody blocks inflammation, protects mice from hardened arteries and liver disease
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that they can block...
Aircraft microbiome much like that of homes and offices, study finds
Credit: Georgia Tech What does flying in a commercial airliner have in common with working at the office or relaxing...
Increased electrical activity in eye may relieve short-term dry eye pain
Rockville, Md. (June 6, 2018)-- A boost of electrical activity in the eye's mucous membranes may lead to new treatments...
Early indicators of bone loss after hip replacement discovered
Hip replacements relieve pain and restore mobility for hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States each year, but...
A laser that smells like a hound
Credit: Credit: Sarah Scholten University of Adelaide researchers have created a laser that can "smell" different gases within a sample....
Imaging technology detects vascular disorders, brain injuries
Credit: (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed an analytical imaging technology based on functional MRI...
Invasive species of coral boasts amazing capacity for regeneration
Detected for the first time in Brazil on the coast of the Southeast region in the late 1980s, when oil...
Researchers want to give drones the ability to navigate like a bat
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To get drones to fly around complicated obstacles in the dark by themselves, University...
Surprising recovery of red spruce shows value of Clean Air Act
Credit: Alexandra Kosiba Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce...
Study in Fiji finds that removing sea cucumbers spells trouble for shallow coastal waters
Credit: Sangeeta Mangubhai/WCS. NEW YORK (June 5, 2018)--The lowly sea cucumber strikes observers as a simple sausage-like creature, one that...
Fungi-produced pigment shows promise as semiconductor material
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are looking at a highly durable organic pigment, used by humans in...
Scientists reveal structure of amino acid transporter involved in cancer
Credit: University of Groningen The human glutamine transporter ASCT2 is upregulated in several forms of cancer. It is also the...
New study provides information on the secret life of an enigmatic Antarctic apex predator
Credit: John Dickens @ British Antarctic Survey Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have, for the first time, tracked the...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to identify, count, describe wild animals
Credit: Snapshot Serengeti A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reports how a cutting-edge...
I saw that — brain mechanisms create confidence about things seen
Credit: Georgia Tech / Karcz / Guberman / Brumfield There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the...
Research reveals how Tau aggregates can contribute to cell death in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine New evidence suggests a mechanism by which progressive accumulation of Tau protein in brain cells...
Blowing bubbles for cancer treatment
Credit: Dui Qin/Xi'an Jiaotong University WASHINGTON, D.C., June 5, 2018 -- Embolization -- the use of various techniques to cut...
A new material capable of the adsorption of organic pollutants in water
Credit: University of Seville The appearance of criteria and emerging pollutants in water is a modern theme that has caused...