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Regenstrief scientists receive prestigious award for innovation in biomedical informatics
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Burke Mamlin, MD, and Paul Biondich, MD, of the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School...
Biologic therapies for rheumatoid arthritis may protect against rapid bone loss
A new review by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Chronic Inflammation and Bone Structure (CIBS) Working Group concludes that early...
Pollution emitted near equator has biggest impact on global ozone
Credit: Jonathan Gardiner, UNC-Chapel Hill Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much...
Most mammals have a greater life expectancy in zoos
How long do animals live? Although the question seems trivial, it is not easy to answer - especially in the...
Herbivory and climate change factors may significantly increase BVOC emissions from boreal conifers
Boreal conifer forests are sources of biogenic volatile organic compound (BVOC) emissions into the atmosphere. Global warming exposes boreal trees...
Patagonian fossil leaves reveal rapid recovery from dinosaur extinction event
Credit: Peter Wilf, Penn State Ancient feeding marks from hungry insects in South American leaf fossils are shedding new light...
Nanocellulose in medicine and green manufacturing
Credit: Martin Chiang, National Institute of Standards and Technology. What if you could take one of the most abundant natural...
Three key practices in hospital HR departments linked to exemplary patient care
COLUMBIA, Mo. (Nov. 7, 2016) -- While employee salaries and wages can account for up to 80 percent of the...
Results from PRISON IV presented at TCT & published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
WASHINGTON - Nov. 2, 2016 - Results from a randomized, multicenter trial failed to show non-inferiority of hybrid, ultra-thin strut...
Real-world US post-FDA approval usage of the Watchman device presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 2, 2016 - Results from the U.S. real-world, post-FDA approval experience of the Watchman device found high...
TGen discovers potential drug targets to reduce pain in pancreatic cancer patients
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Nov. 7, 2016 -- The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) has discovered potential drug targets to reduce...
Rice U. lab creates open-source optogenetics hardware, software
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nobody likes a cheater, but Rice University bioengineering graduate student Karl Gerhardt wants people to copy...
New coral research exposes genomic underpinnings of adaptation
Credit: Carly Kenkel Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have observed for the first time that separate populations...
Human Evolution: Our Brains and Behavior by Robin Dunbar
The story of human evolution has fascinated us like no other: we seem to have an insatiable curiosity about who...
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