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Bone marrow edema in lower spine is common in young athletes
New research indicates that young recreational and elite athletes commonly accumulate excess fluid in the bone marrow around the joint...
8 faculty-led projects funded under UCI Confronting Extremism initiative
Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2018 -- From a massive open online course countering science skepticism to intimate culinary workshops fostering...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
Credit: Misagh Naderi, LSU One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects...
Gifted Lancaster scientist invited to meet Nobel Laureates
Credit: Lancaster University Dr Rhiannon Edge from Lancaster Medical School has been invited to the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting....
Hunger guides mountain lions’ actions to enter residential areas
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife In late February, CBS News Denver reported that mountain lion sightings were on the rise...
Study debunks fears of increased teen suicide risk from popular flu drug
Credit: UIC/UI Health A new study published by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago suggests that the drug...
New guidelines on preventing and treating ‘equine strep throat’
Just as strep throat can run rampant in elementary schools, strangles, the "strep throat" of horses, caused by a different...
Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product
DALLAS, March 13, 2018 - Generic anti-platelet drugs seem to work as well as a brand name drug for heart...
Where language pionieer Paul Broca and alien music meet
Credit: Nature Scientific Reports Vincent Cheung, along with Angela Friederici, has been investigating non-local dependencies in music and trying to...
Schedule announced for Nutrition 2018 Meeting
Can food allergies be prevented? Does what we eat affect our susceptibility to diseases like dementia or cancer? Why does...
Screening mammography for women 40-49 detects more cancers compared with older age groups
Leesburg, VA, March 13, 2018 - When compared to the screening population ages 50 and over, screening mammography in women...
Toothpaste alone does not prevent dental erosion or hypersensitivity
The rising prevalence of dental erosion and dentin hypersensitivity has led to the emergence of more and more toothpastes on...
Caloric restriction in combination with low-fat diet helps protect aging mouse brains
A low-fat diet in combination with limited caloric consumption prevents activation of the brain's immune cells -- called microglia --...
Digging up the precambrian
Credit: Tatsuo Oji Researchers led by Nagoya University discover penetrative trace fossils from the late Ediacaran of western Mongolia, revealing...
Critical limb ischemia treatment shows no improvement at three months
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Patients with foot ulcers or gangrene who received the experimental drug JVS-100 did not show...
A revolutionary technique allows to image all the cells in a region of the brain
Credit: © Jan Tønnesen & Valentin Nägerl. Microscopy is a basic tool in research into the biology of any organism...
The changing voices of North Atlantic right whales
Researchers have found that right whale calls, much like human voices, change as individuals age. In a study published in...
Glass matters
Better known as glass, silica is a versatile material used in myriad industrial processes, from catalysis and filtration, to chromatography...
Scientists use nanotechnology to detect molecular biomarker for osteoarthritis
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Photography WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 12, 2018 - For the first time, scientists at...
Bush-crickets could lead to sensors which more accurately mimic true hearing
A new research project which will examine the three steps of hearing in the bush-cricket's ear could lead to improved...
