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The Vilcek Foundation has announced that in 2023 it will award three Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. The foundation has allocated $150,000...

What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to Neandertals for answers

Examining the spines of Neandertals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in a...

An oral medication shows benefits treating Type 1 diabetes for at least two years after diagnosis

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Use of the drug verapamil to treat Type 1 diabetes continues to show benefits lasting at least two years, researchers report in...

Mummification in Europe may be older than previously known

Mummification of the dead probably was more common in prehistory than previously known. This discovery is made at the hunter-gatherer burial sites in the Sado...

Dr. Richard Whitlock preforming heart surgery

Better assessment of risk from heart surgery results in better patient outcomes

Better assessment of risk from heart surgery results in better patient outcomesCredit: Hamilton Health Sciences Better assessment of risk from heart surgery results in better...

The physics of fire ant rafts could help engineers design swarming robots

Noah rode out his flood in an ark. Winnie-the-Pooh had an upside-down umbrella. Fire ants (Solenopsis invicta), meanwhile, form floating rafts made up of thousands...

UMass Amherst nurse innovator receives $750,000 grant for research to prevent hospital-acquired pneumonia

A University of Massachusetts Amherst nurse innovator and a research partner have received a $750,000 grant from Illinois-based Delta Dental Foundation to test an oral health strategy aimed at...

Threespine stickleback fish with parasites

University of Minnesota study details how some fish cope with parasites, with implications for human health

They thrive everywhere from bustling cities to remote rainforests — even in our own backyards. Pervasive and unapologetic mooches, parasites rely on other organisms for...

From ‘boops’ to ‘unks,’ how scientists are using fish sounds to conserve underwater ecosystems

Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds tweet. And fish, it turns out, make all sorts of ruckus.Credit: Photo credit: Kieran Cox Cows moo. Wolves howl. Birds...

National Athletic Trainers’ Association position statement: Reducing intentional head-first contact behavior in American football players published in Journal of Athletic Training

DALLAS, TX – The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) published its position statement, “Reducing Intentional Head-first Contact Behavior in American Football Players” today in the...

LiDAR map showing the Sapelo Island Shell Ring Complex

Native American shell ring villages may have been occupied then abandoned because of climate change

Mollusk shells at 4,000-year-old Native American shell ring villages indicate that environmental change may have driven the formation and abandonment of these coastal communities, according...

Mitochondria act as microlenses in photoreceptors

Vision scientists discover new angle on path of light through photoreceptors

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have discovered that power-producing organelles in the eye’s photoreceptor cells, called mitochondria, function as microlenses that help channel...

Percentage of medical professionals who are women in volunteers’ home regions

In one cleft surgery NGO mission trip in Morocco, an all-female healthcare team empowered volunteers to seek further mentorship as well as to mentor others

In one cleft surgery NGO mission trip in Morocco, an all-female healthcare team empowered volunteers to seek further mentorship as well as to mentor othersCredit:...

Cerebrospinal fluid may be able to indentify aggressive brain tumors in children

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Allyn DiVito FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It may be possible to identify the presence of an aggressive brain tumor in children by studying...

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