UT Southwestern Voice Center study profiles hundreds of injured singers
An analysis of more than 400 singers who sought treatment at UT Southwestern Medical Center for vocal injuries provides a wealth of data on a topic...
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Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by theme (violence, language, flashing lights, etc.) and media type
Content and trigger warnings from 32 countries and 10 different sectors analyzed to produce a new framework of classification by theme (violence, language, flashing lights,...
ORNL’s Chi elected Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America
Miaofang Chi, a scientist at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been elected a Fellow of the Microscopy Society of America, or...
Study identifies factors that shape vaccine preferences
A study involving hypothetical COVID-19 vaccines suggests that vaccine effectiveness and risk of side effects significantly influence people’s preferences for one vaccine over another, and...
The 2014 Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion had positive spillover effects, increasing participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by almost 3 percentage points (or 7%) among low income individuals
The 2014 Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion had positive spillover effects, increasing participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by almost 3 percentage points (or...
As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people – with those who are female, older, or in deprived areas being especially unlikely to exercise enough
As few as 1 in 20 English adults may be meeting physical activity guidelines, especially strengthening exercise, in study of over 250,000 people - with...
Links between paranormal beliefs and cognitive function described by 40 years of research
In a review of 71 studies that explored links between belief in paranormal phenomena and cognitive function, most of the findings align with the hypothesis...
Like a pebble in a whirlpool
Osaka, Japan – Scientists from the Graduate School of Engineering Science at Osaka University have shown how silicon nanoparticles can become trapped inside the vortices...
Scientists engineer new tools to electronically control gene expression
Researchers have created an improved method for turning genes on and off using electrical signals.Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have created an improved method for...
Resistance to COVID-19 drug detected in lab study
The virus that causes COVID-19 can develop partial resistance to the antiviral drug remdesivir during infection of cultured cells in the laboratory by more than...
Founding family renews philanthropic commitment to Libin Cardiovascular Institute
The Alvin and Mona Libin Foundation is renewing its commitment to improving the cardiovascular health of Canadians, announcing a $7.5 million gift to the Libin...
Devil in the coronavirus fusion details
The mystery of exactly how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects human lung cells remains largely hidden to experimental scientists. Now, however, the devilish details of the...
How mosquito brains encode human odor so they can seek us out
Mosquitos. Bane of backyard picnics — and deadly in Zika- and dengue-prone regions.Credit: Photo by Denise Applewhite, Princeton University Office of Communications Mosquitos. Bane of...
Researchers manipulate demographic of bacterial community with novel electronic technology
Clusters of microscopic bacteria exist all around us. These invisible communities, known as biofilms, are found in habitats ranging from our skin surface to sewer...
Tethers bring distant genes together to coordinate embryo development
Organisms such as plants, mammals and insects undergo a carefully orchestrated developmental program as they transition from single-celled embryos to their multicellular adult forms. In...
