Science
The holy grail of nanowire production
Credit: Jamani Caillet / EPFL Nanowires have the potential to revolutionize the technology around us. Measuring just 5-100 nanometers in...
‘Butterfly-shaped’ palladium subnano cluster built in 3-D
Credit: 2019 Yusuke Sunada, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo - Miniaturization is the watchword of progress....
Insomnia prevalent in patients with asthma
A team of researchers from the University of Pittsburgh has found that insomnia is highly prevalent in adults with asthma...
New study shows contact lens therapy effective in slowing myopia progression in children
Myopia (nearsightedness) prevalence continues to grow and affect children worldwide CooperVision reports interim two-year data from its Clinical Evaluation of...
Scientists examine bacterium found 1,000 feet underground
Hamilton, ON Dec. 8, 2016 -- Pioneering work being carried out in a cave in New Mexico by researchers at...
Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks
Credit: Miquel Pons, University of Barcelona Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics, sometimes the bacteria simply...
Contraception influences sexual desire in committed relationships
Sex is quite wonderful when the goal is to have children. But sex can also serve as a "glue" in...
Scientists develop exciting new option for targeted cancer therapy
Credit: Eoin Scanlan, Trinity College Dublin Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have uncovered a new class of compounds - glyconaphthalimides...
Patients receiving CD for atraumatic headache in ER less likely to return within 30 days
Leesburg, VA, Dec. 7, 2016 -- A retrospective observational study illustrates that patients who underwent CT examination for atraumatic headache...
Mayo Clinic research helps refine role of gene variants in breast cancer risk
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Inherited pathogenic variants in protein coding genes BARD1 and RAD51D increase a woman's likelihood of developing breast...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Dec. 7 issue
Impaired Sound Processing May Explain Persistent Hearing Deficits in People With Cochlear Implants Cochlear implants have restored hearing in hundreds...
Sleep apnea can contribute to recurring pulmonary embolism
GLENVIEW, IL, Dec. 7, 2016 - Pulmonary embolism (PE) is a major risk for patients suffering from venous thromboembolism (VTE)...
Study proposes new protocol for treatment of thalassemia
Iron accumulation in myocardial cells, potentially resulting in heart failure or fatal arrhythmia, is one of the complications most feared...
New book on Cilia from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Image provided by Jeffrey R. Martens, Thomas H. Maren Professor and Chairman of the University of Florida, College of...
ASHG supports Genetic Privacy Provisions in 21st Century Cures Act
BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) commends Congress for strengthening privacy protections for genetics research participants...
Research aims to improve In vitro fertilization success rates
Over the past three years, Canadian women desperate to conceive a child endured more than 82,000 attempts to become impregnated...
Two UTHealth researchers elected to prestigious scientific association
Credit: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) In recognition of their efforts to develop new treatments...
High-resolution brain scans could improve concussion detection
Simon Fraser University researchers have found that high-resolution brain scans, coupled with computational analysis, could play a critical role in...
PIoneering medical geneticist, John M. Opitz, M.D., honored by Republic of Germany
(SALT LAKE CITY) -- As a teenager just moved to Iowa from war-ravaged Germany in 1950, John M. Opitz, M.D.,...
Tumor cells are dependent on fat to start metastasis
Credit: M. Minocri (IRB Barcelona A study headed by Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in...