Finding pearls in the mud: eco-friendly tungsten recovery from semiconductor waste
Semiconductor industry waste is typically seen as a costly disposal problem and an environmental hazard. But what if this waste could be transformed into a...
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Children can inherit early aging symptoms from parents who abuse alcohol, researchers find
Researchers at the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) have discovered that parents who struggle with alcohol use disorders can pass...
Tsinghua University Press and ResearchGate announce first Journal Home partnership from China
Beijing (China) and Berlin (Germany) August 8, 2024 – Tsinghua University Press (TUP), the leading university press in China, and ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers,...
Alcohol use in older adults doubles risk of brain bleeds from falls
Nationally, falls remain the leading cause of both fatal and non-fatal injuries in older adults and are the leading cause of traumatic brain injury. In...
Recurrent wheezing in children linked to ‘silent’ viral infections
Nearly a quarter of children with recurrent wheezing have “silent” lung infections that would be better treated with antiviral medications than commonly prescribed steroids that...
Are birds flying atoms?
A crowd or a flock of birds have different characteristics from those of atoms in a material, but when it comes to collective movement, the...
Exploring the impact of attentional uniqueness and attentional allocation on firm growth
According to the attention-based view, a firm’s actions and growth performance are directly influenced by its attentional allocation to specific issues. The consequences of organizational...
Breakthrough in molecular control: new bioinspired double helix with switchable chirality
The deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, the molecular system that carries the genetic information of living organisms, can transcribe and amplify information using its two helical...
Cleveland Clinic study adds to increasing evidence that sugar substitute erythritol raises cardiovascular risk
August 8, 2024, Cleveland: New Cleveland Clinic research shows that consuming foods with erythritol, a popular artificial sweetener, increases risk of cardiovascular events such as heart...
$11.3 million Program Project grant helping identify causes of vascular disease
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 8, 2024) – With a new $11.3 million Program Project grant from the National Institutes of Health, experts from the Vascular Biology Center...
When mammoths roamed Vancouver Island: SFU and Royal BC Museum delve into beasts’ history in our region
Mammoths, the massive pre-historic ice age cousins of the modern-day elephant, have always been understood to have inhabited parts of British Columbia, but the question...
Ochsner Health welcomes Mary Claire Curet, MD, as first Ochsner Physician Scholar
Lafayette, La. – Ochsner Health is excited to announce that Mary Claire Curet, MD, is joining the team at St. Martinville Family Medicine, an Ochsner...
Impact of drought on drinking water contamination: disparities affecting Latino/a communities
Long-term exposure to contaminants such as arsenic and nitrate in water is linked to an increased risk of various diseases, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, developmental...
How fungi elude antifungal treatments
Every year, life-threating invasive fungal infections afflict more than 2 million individuals globally. Mortality rates for these infections are high, even when patients receive treatment.Credit:...
Forever chemical pollution can now be tracked
Organofluorine compounds — sometimes called ‘forever chemicals’ — are increasingly turning up in our drinking water, oceans and even human blood, posing a potential threat...
