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£1.4M EPSRC Fellowship for physicist
(Lancaster University) A Lancaster University physicist has been awarded a £1.4M EPSRC Career Fellowship over five years.Dr Dmitry Zmeev is...
Nanoparticles: What is their fate and how do they change?
The purpose of the international research project NANOaers (= Fate of aerosolised nanoparticles: The influence of surface active substances on...
Clinical trial shows traditional treatment is better for iron-deficiency anemia
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although current treatments for iron-deficiency anemia can be effective, they commonly fail because pediatric patients...
Pediatric nurses miss care more often in poor work environments, Penn study finds
In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing's Center for Health Outcome and Policy Research...
Finland has the world’s most energy-saving supermarket
Savings are also being achieved by levelling out power consumption peaks Under VTT's leadership, Finland has the world's most energy-efficient...
Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or...
Charred flowers and the fossil record
Credit: Geology, Victoria A. Hudspith and Claire M. Belcher Boulder, Colo., USA: One of the main types of fossil used...
Makeup of vaginal microbiome linked to preterm birth
Credit: Robert Boston More than 10 percent of babies in the United States are born prematurely, yet very little is...
Why does an anesthetic make us lose consciousness?
Credit: Stefan_Schranz/ pixabay, CC 0 FRANKFURT. To date, researchers assumed that anesthetics interrupt signal transmission between different areas of the...
Female and male mice suffer, recover from TBI differently
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2017) -- Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury...
Is Palmer amaranth developing traits that make it harder to control?
Credit: Photo by Ramon Leon Palmer amaranth is widely considered to be one of the most damaging and difficult to...
3-D-printed patch helps guide growing blood vessels
Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other...
Human reproduction likely to be more efficient than previously thought
How difficult is it to conceive? According to a widely-held view, fewer than one in three embryos make it to...
Study provides further support for genetic factors underlying addictions
(Boston) -- Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge...
Rare genetic disorders: New approach uses RNA in search for genetic triggers
In about half of all patients with rare hereditary disorders, it is still unclear what exact position of the genome...
Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...
Do anti-wrinkle creams work? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 -- Want a younger, more perfect-looking you? Skin can stay firm...
Scientists discover more effective, and potentially safer, crystallized form of DDT
A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the...
Making art activates brain’s reward pathway — Drexel study
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University Your brain's reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a new...
Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function
Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before...
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