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Journal publishing platform ARPHA partners with content recommendation engine TrendMD
Credit: ARPHA and TrendMD Thanks to the new collaboration between content recommendation engine TrendMD and journal publishing platform ARPHA, readers...
JBJS, Inc., NEJM Group, and Area9 collaborate on adaptive learning in orthopaedics
Loading video... Credit: The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, NEJM Group, Area9 Learning JBJS, Inc., is pleased to announce...
MIT undertakes grand challenge for innovation in global vaccine manufacturing
Credit: Samara Vise Vaccines are among the most transformative and successful outcomes of modern medicine. For countries fortunate enough to...
Death rates from cancer will fall faster in men than in women in Europe in 2017
Death rates from cancer in the European Union (EU) are falling faster in men than in women, according to the...
One-off bowel scope cuts cancer risk for at least 17 years
A one-off bowel screening test reduces the risk of developing bowel cancer by more than one third and could save...
Gut bacteria associated with cancer immunotherapy response in melanoma
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Melanoma patients' response to a major form of immunotherapy is associated with the diversity and...
Hormonal maintenance therapy may improve survival in women with chemo-resistant rare ovarian or peri
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center For women with a rare subtype of epithelial ovarian or peritoneum cancer, known as low-grade...
Sophisticated optical secrets revealed in glossy buttercup flowers
Credit: Casper van der Kooi Buttercup flowers are known for their intense, shiny yellow colour. For over a century, biologists...
Winners, losers among fish when landscape undergoes change
Credit: Julian Olden/University of Washington As humans build roads, construct buildings and develop land for agriculture, freshwater ecosystems respond ?...
Successful insomnia treatment may require nothing more than a placebo
A new study published in Brain indicates that successful treatment for insomnia may not actually require complicated neurofeedback (direct training...
Unlocking the heart-protective benefits of soy
Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 22, 2017 - A product of digesting a micronutrient found in soy may hold the...
Seizures tracked with apple watch app linked to stress, missed sleep
MINNEAPOLIS - New research using an Apple Watch app to track seizures in people with epilepsy finds triggers are often...
Chemist awarded Sloan research fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Ming Lee Tang, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of California, Riverside,...
Peptide reverses cardiac fibrosis in a preclinical model of congestive heart failure
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina Cardiac fibrosis, an abnormal thickening of the heart wall leading to congestive heart failure,...
Brightest neutron star yet has a multipolar magnetic field
Scientists have identified a neutron star that is consuming material so fast it emits more x-rays than any other. Its...
Columbia University Professor among 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship Recipients
Credit: Sebastian Will An assistant professor at Columbia since 2016, Will's research interests include ultracold molecules and dipolar quantum gases,...
NASA’s fermi finds possible dark matter ties in andromeda galaxy
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Scott Wiessinger, producer NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has found a signal at the center...
In great shape
In 2015 UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer and materials scientist Jonathan Berger developed an idea that could change the way...
Likelihood of dieting success lies within your tweets
There is a direct link between a person's attitude on social media and the likelihood that their dieting efforts will...
Twitter researchers offer clues as to why Trump won
Credit: Wang and Luo Jiebo Luo and Yu Wang did not set out to predict who would win the 2016...