Tiny magnetic beads produce an optical signal that could be used to quickly detect pathogens
Getting results from a blood test can take anywhere from one day to a week, depending on what a test is targeting. The same goes...
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‘You just emotionally break’: understanding COVID-19 narratives through public health humanities
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- A new health humanities essay from the University of Missouri highlights how the narrative of many news stories detailing the challenges of...
Move over pythons: These snakes are the real champion eaters
Pythons have huge appetites, but which snake would win an eating contest?Credit: Bruce Jayne Pythons have huge appetites, but which snake would win an eating contest? Surprisingly,...
The Texas Heart Institute awarded a National Institutes of Health grant to advance organ bioengineering
HOUSTON (Aug. 25, 2023) — The Texas Heart Institute recently received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of...
How fast does the charge migrate in molecules?
To discover how light interacts with molecules, the first step is to follow electron dynamics, which evolve at the attosecond timescale. The dynamics of this...
Celebrating excellence: Inaugural cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows
University of Houston, the Energy University, is proud to introduce the inaugural cohort of UH-Chevron Energy Graduate Fellows – eight graduate students who are actively...
Deforestation limits nesting habitat for cavity-nesting birds
With an extendable pole fitted with a small camera, Alison Ke could get a clear view of the inside of a nest box, including one...
Longevity gene from naked mole rats extends lifespan of mice
In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved health and...
Wondisford named dean of College of Medicine – Phoenix
Following an extensive national search, the University of Arizona Health Sciences has named Fredric Edward Wondisford, MD, MS, MBA, dean of the University of Arizona College of...
Education levels and child age shaped caregivers’ concerns amid Covid-19 pandemic, NIH study suggests
A caregiver’s education level and their child’s age played large roles in determining their primary sources of stress during the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers found in...
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the last 30 years from 61% to 71%, but “significant gaps” in access to healthcare remain
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the last 30 years from 61%...
Many traits of autism are perceived as “male traits”, which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and explicit associations
Many traits of autism are perceived as "male traits", which may hinder the diagnosis and understanding of women with autism, in study of implicit and...
Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones – but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they died of asphyxiation
Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones - but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they...
Opportunistic sperm and northern bottlenose whales frequently observed swimming behind deep-sea trawler net to feed on escaping fish
Sperm and northern bottlenose whales were frequently observed following a trawler off the coast of Newfoundland to feed on fish escaping from the net as...
Shift work may impair memory and cognition, per data on nearly 50,000 Canadian adults
Exposure to night shift work and rotating shift work is associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment among middle-aged and older adults, according to...
