Teen jobs: Some parents cautious about negative impact on grades, sleep and social life
For many teens, that first formal job as a fast-food cashier, barista or lifeguard is a rite of passage.Credit: University of Michigan Health C.S. Mott...
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A new breakthrough in Alzheimer disease research – visualizing reactive astrocyte-neuron interaction
Recently, a team of South Korean scientists led by Director C. Justin LEE of the Center for Cognition and Sociality within the Institute for Basic...
Erik Paulson gaveled in as president of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
Honolulu, HI | April 16, 2023—Erik K. Paulson, MD, chair of the radiology department at Duke University, has been named the 123rd President of the...
Study of cerebral blood vessels uncovers potential new drug targets for treating stroke
Strokes cause numerous changes in gene activity in affected small blood vessels in the brain, and these changes are potentially targetable with existing or future...
Trees in savanna areas of Cerrado produce three times more bark than species in forest areas
In tropical regions of the planet, savannas and forests often coexist in the same area and are exposed to the same climate. An example is...
Tracking a new path to octopus and squid sensing capabilities
Along their eight arms, octopuses have highly sensitive suckers that allow methodical explorations of the seafloor as they search for nourishment in a “taste by...
Company owned by TTUHSC researchers named to Regional Incubator Program
In an important step toward commercialization, a company co-owned by Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) researchers Ted Reid, Ph.D., vice chairman for the...
Scientists develop new way to measure wind
Wind speed and direction provide clues for forecasting weather patterns. In fact, wind influences cloud formation by bringing water vapor together. Atmospheric scientists have now...
Tastes differ – even among North Atlantic killer whales
Killer whales (also known as orcas) are intelligent predators. While it’s known that killer whales in the Pacific Northwest exploit widely different food types, even...
Healing the unhealable: New approach helps bones mend themselves
Young babies and newborn mice can naturally heal damage to the bones that form the top of the skull, but this ability is lost in...
Finding the dream team to beat the heat
Associate Professor Jonathan Boreyko leads a team at Virginia Tech that has built a strong portfolio of work with ice and water, exploring the possibilities for de-icing...
International consensus highlights the importance of molecular testing for antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis management
A multidisciplinary group of tuberculosis experts from the TBnet and RESIST-TB networks have reached a consensus on key issues related to the molecular prediction of Mycobacterium tuberculosis antibiotic sensitivity or resistance...
Designing “human-centric” smart cities
Policy making, technology and data are useless without the heart of the people. Much has been written and is being written about smart cities. This...
Researchers developed an AI-based method to replace chemical staining of tissue
Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Turku, and Tampere University have developed an artificial intelligence-based method for virtual staining of histopathological...
New family of wheel-like metallic clusters exhibit unique properties
While the wheel does not need to be reinvented, there are benefits to the development of new nano-wheels, according to a multi-institute research team based...
