Implicit bias prevents women from obtaining prompt treatment for health problems
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For some women who experience serious and chronic physical or mental health conditions, one of their most daunting challenges is obtaining the...
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Zoonotic disease in dogs rises in Southern Chile after deworming program cancelled
A parasitic disease, canine echinococcosis, has increased in Chile’s Tierra del Fuego province after a governmental dog deworming program was cancelled in 2004, according to...
Fermi kinetics transport program models high-speed semiconductor devices better, Journal of Applied Physics editor’s pick study says
Electronic devices made from the semiconductor gallium nitride stand to revolutionize wireless communications. They can operate at higher speeds and temperatures than devices made from...
NTU Singapore doctors find mental health chatbots are effective in helping treat symptoms in people with depression
Clinician scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have found that mental health chatbots are able to effectively engage people with depression in empathetic...
Bringing high-performance computing and machine learning closer to the action
It will likely be the first of its kind. In the world.Credit: Doug Benedict/Academic Image for Lehigh University It will likely be the first of...
Why don’t T cells destroy solid tumors during immunotherapy?
CHAPEL HILL, NC – The great hope of cancer immunotherapy is to bolster our own immune cells in specific ways to keep cancer cells from...
Too much information – Aston University researchers to tackle global data storage crisis
Credit: Intersection Digital The global datasphere is predicted to increase by 300%. New surfaces around 10,000 times smaller than a human hair will increase data...
Chiropractic spinal manipulation associated with reduction in low back surgery
CLEVELAND – A recent study from University Hospitals (UH) Connor Whole Health found that adults who initially visit a chiropractor to receive spinal manipulation for...
Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises
NEWS RELEASECredit: Stadler Research Group/Rice University NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 [email protected] Mike Williams 713-348-6728 [email protected] Daylong wastewater samples yield surprises Rice method to find...
What triggers flow fluctuations in heavy-ion collision debris?
UPTON, NY—Scientists in the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC)—an atom smasher at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory—have published a comprehensive...
The clever glue keeping the cell’s moving parts connected
Researchers from Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and ETH Zurich have discovered how proteins in the cell can form tiny liquid droplets that act as a...
American Roentgen Ray Society names Jon A. Jacobson 2023 ARRS Distinguished Educator
Leesburg, VA, December 19, 2022—The American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) is pleased to announce Jon A. Jacobson, MD, FACR, as the 2023 ARRS Distinguished Educator....
In the case of brand name drugs versus generics, patents can be bad medicine, WVU law professor says
In the competition between brand name pharmaceuticals and their generic counterparts, drug companies use patent gamesmanship to their advantage, one West Virginia University patent expert...
Measuring gamma-ray bursts’ hidden energy unearths clues to the evolution of the universe
Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the universe, allowing astrologists to observe intense gamma rays in short durations. Gamma-ray bursts are classified as...
Mouse study suggests new therapeutic strategy to reduce cardiovascular disease in cancer survivors
Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York have discovered that common cancer treatments, such as radiotherapy or anthracycline drugs, cause long-term...
