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Late premature birth increases risk of recurrent hospitalization for respiratory illness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--A new study of children up to 2 years...
New study examines relationship between emotion regulation and brain connectivity in ASD
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--Emotional control varies among children with autism spectrum disorder...
CPAP improves respiratory and survival rates in children in Ghana
June 21, 2017 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health...
New femto-camera with quadrillion fractions of a second resolution
Credit: ITMO University Researchers from ITMO University have built a setup for recording holograms of tiny objects like living cells...
Screen time or story time?
Pediatricians, educators, and parents have always agreed on at least one thing: reading to your toddler - early on in...
Drip by drip
This might considerably speed up crystal growth that is of major importance in a number of materials and applications. The...
Common water treatments could damage DNA
Scientists are warning that a water treatment widely used in developing countries could be damaging the DNA of those drinking...
Is there an alternative to disposable diapers?
You know that disposable diapers are ecologically questionable, but cloth diapers seem too messy for you and your child --...
U study finds recognition technology a step closer to use in courtroom
In most crime scenes, there is some information that is known only by investigators and the actual perpetrator. Only the...
UV-sensing protein in the brain of a marine annelid zooplankton
Credit: INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE Researchers at Institute for Molecular Sciences reported that a photoreceptive protein expressed in the brain...
Allen Institute releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for...
Regional ‘hot spot’ of Borna disease discovered in upper Austria
Credit: Michael Bernkopf/Vetmeduni Vienna Bornaviruses cause a lethal form of encephalitis, called Borna disease, among horses and sheep. To date...
Domestication genetics: The career of the cosmopolitan cat
A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two...
Biological fingerprint of tuberculosis meningitis discovered in children
Credit: Ursula Rohlwink Children with tuberculosis meningitis - a brain and spinal cord infection that leads to disability and death...
Researchers find new mechanism for genome regulation
Credit: Amy Strom/Berkeley Lab The same mechanisms that quickly separate mixtures of oil and water are at play when controlling...
Analysis indicates that insurance expansion improves access to care, health, and survival
Boston, MA - There is strong evidence that expanding health insurance increases access to care, improves health in a variety...
HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus likelier to pass virus that causes AIDS to infant
Credit: UCLA Health HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus, or CMV, in their urine at the time of labor and delivery are...
Drowsy dormice doze into decline
Credit: Thames Water & People's Trust for Endangered Species Britain's population of hazel dormice, famed for their sleepy lifestyle, has...
Advances in AI for drug discovery to be presented at the AI Pharma Innovation Summit 2017 in Boston
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, June 21, 2017, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based artificial intelligence company focused on drug...
Hot summer frequents Europe-west Asia and northeast Asia after the mid-1990s
Credit: Xiaowei Hong After the mid-1990s, the global surface temperature presents a significant warming trend. According to the World Meteorological...
