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DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits. Findings from the...

Freshwater habitats are fragile pockets of exceptional biodiversity

While much research has focused on the striking differences in biodiversity between tropical and temperate regions, another, equally dramatic, pattern has gone largely unstudied: the...

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Safety of furosemide in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia: A randomized controlled trial

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A randomized controlled trial evaluates the safety of furosemide in preterm infants at risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Findings from the...

Table 1. Association between fetal brain volumes and 18-month infant neurodevelopmental outcomes in congenital heart disease.

Impaired prenatal brain growth predicts adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants with congenital heart disease

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study reports that selective impairments in regional fetal brain growth predict adverse cognitive, language and motor outcomes in...

Table 1. Themes and illustrative quotations around adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks of TikTok use

Adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use

DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study examines adolescent perspectives on mental health benefits and risks associated with TikTok use. Findings from the study...

Safely storing dangerous gasses in pores

A highly flammable industrial gas can be stored and released more safely and efficiently using cylinders containing porous coordination polymers (PCPs), also known as metal...

Establishment of a pancreatic cancer animal model using the pancreas-targeted hydrodynamic gene delivery method

Niigata, Japan – The research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University have established a novel pancreatic carcinogenesis model in wild-type rats utilizing the pancreas-targeted...

Firearms kill more children than car crashes, new report finds

Gun violence in the United States has increased to the point that it now kills more children than any other cause, including car accidents, and...

COVID-19 can directly infect and damage human kidney cells

DURHAM, N.C. – The virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, can directly infect a specialized type of kidney cell. The discovery helps explain why acute kidney...

Dual delivery of BMP2 and IGF1 promotes cranial bone defect healing

A new dual delivery system designed to sequentially release BMP2 and IGF1 in microparticles in an injectable hydrogel successfully healed an 8-mm cranial defect in...

This algorithm has opinions about your face

When two people meet, they instantly size each other up, making snap judgments about everything from the other person’s age to their intelligence or trustworthiness...

Kauai’s 2018 record-setting rain caused by a series of supercell thunderstorms

A record-setting rainstorm over Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i in April 2018 resulted in severe flash flooding and estimated damage of nearly $180 million. The deluge damaged or...

“Spring-loaded” system pops phosphorus into molecular rings

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus...

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New Alzheimer’s biomarker may facilitate rapid diagnosis

Genetic breakthrough offers novel approach to controlling Africa’s East Coast fever, which kills a million cattle a year