School meals would be even healthier if compliant with US nutrition standards, study finds
Today’s school meals are much healthier than they were for the parents of American kids, but still 1 in 4 school meals are of poor...
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NIH launches long COVID clinical trials through RECOVER Initiative, opening enrollment
Monday, July 31, 2023Credit: Pfizer EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE Monday, July 31, 2023 Noon EDT Contact NIH Office of Communications and Public Liaison NIH News Media...
For the first time bioelectronic medicine researchers at the Feinstein Institutes restore feeling and lasting movement in man living with quadriplegia
MANHASSET, NY – In a first-of-its-kind clinical trial, bioelectronic medicine researchers, engineers and surgeons at Northwell Health’s The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research have successfully implanted microchips into...
Nanoneedles formed on an electrocatalyst improve hydrogen production
The low-cost, efficient production of hydrogen is an important step toward developing alternative, clean energy sources. Electrochemical water splitting, which splits water into its hydrogen...
67 percent of vaccinated Brazilian women had a cervical screening test | BGI Insight
With Brazil's National Cancer Institute estimating 17,010 new cases in 2023, cervical cancer is the third leading cause of morbidity among Brazil's female population. Recognizing...
When electrons slowly vanish during cooling
Many substances change their properties when they are cooled below a certain critical temperature. Such a phase transition occurs, for example, when water freezes. However,...
Water-durable perovskite-oxynitride supported nickel catalysts for ammonia decomposition
Hydrogen has become the beacon of clean energy owing to its high energy density and carbon-free emissions. Despite these advantages, hydrogen fuel is still far...
Luzio, who lived in São Paulo 10,000 years ago, was Amerindian like Indigenous people now, DNA reveals
An article to be published on July 31 in Nature Ecology & Evolution reveals that Luzio, the oldest human skeleton found in São Paulo state...
Way cool: UVA professor developing ‘freeze ray’ technology for the Air Force
You know that freeze-ray gun that “Batman” villain Mr. Freeze uses to “ice” his enemies? A University of Virginia professor thinks he may have figured...
To spread or slide? Scientists uncover how foams are spread on surfaces
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered the physics behind how foams are spread on surfaces. Balls of foam placed on a...
Registration opens for Pennington Biomedical’s 2023 Men’s Health Summit
The 2023 Men’s Health Summit at Pennington Biomedical Research Center returns Saturday, Aug. 26, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Themed “Empowering Men to Live...
New study findings underscore the importance of timely newborn screenings in early care for cystic fibrosis
Aurora, Colo. (July 28, 2023) – The Journal of Pediatrics has published a manuscript by Stacey Martiniano, MD, pulmonary specialist at Children’s Hospital Colorado and associate...
Royal Society of Chemistry honors Hong with fellow selection
The Royal Society of Chemistry has named Yi Hong, a distinguished university professor of bioengineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, as a fellow.Credit:...
A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages, the survival rate is nearly 100 percent. However, for tumors detected in later...
Michael Bayewitch, PhD named Head of BD and Licensing North America for Insilico Medicine
Insilico Medicine, a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, has appointed Michael Bayewitch, PhD, as Head of Business Development and Licensing North America,...
