SHINE trial sheds light on deadly stroke complication
An ambitious, nationwide clinical trial led by UVA Health’s Karen Johnston, MD, has provided doctors with long-needed insights into the importance of managing stroke patients’...
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Taking electroretinography to the next level with a soft multi-electrode system
Eye diseases are becoming more prevalent worldwide, partly because of the aging population, but also because of our greatly increased screen time compared to previous...
New Study: The price tag of phasing-out coal
Coal phase-out is necessary to solve climate change, but can have negative impacts on workers and local communities dependent on coal for their livelihoods. Researchers...
Over 115 million pills containing illicit fentanyl seized by law enforcement in 2023
Law enforcement seizures of illicit fentanyl increased dramatically in number and size between 2017 to 2023 in the U.S., especially in pill form, according to...
An auxiliary CHD diagnostic system based on multi-view and multi-modal transthoracic echocardiograms
Congenital heart disease (CHD) is one of the most common congenital anomalies worldwide, which brings a heavy health and financial burden to patients. Early CHD...
Study traces an infectious language epidemic
“Sticks and stones may break my bones,” the old adage goes. “But words will never hurt me.” Credit: Photo by Peter Means for Virginia Tech. “Sticks...
INRS Publications: A significant work for understanding coded optical imaging
Credit: Gaëtan Jargot, PhD, Research Associate, Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS)
A retrospective look at Human Computer Interaction – free public lecture by Professor Manolya Kavakli
The latest inaugural lecture at Aston University will look at the complex relationship between humans, computers and technology. Professor Manolya Kavakli will discuss progress so far...
UCF student’s comparative analysis of primitive asteroids provides context for further research, future NASA missions
By Eddy Duryea ’13Credit: Antoine Hart, University of Central Florida By Eddy Duryea ’13 ORLANDO, May 9, 2024 – The primitive asteroids that UCF...
Designer peptoids mimic nature’s helices
RICHLAND, Wash.—Nature is filled with extraordinarily precise molecular shapes that fit together like a hand in glove. Proteins, for example, can assemble into a wide...
Scientists convert chicken fat into energy storage devices
The global move toward more sustainable, green energy has increased power reserves and the demand for energy storage devices. Unfortunately, some materials for these devices...
AI systems are already skilled at deceiving and manipulating humans
Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. In a...
“What was that?” — How brains convert sounds to actions
You hear a phone ring or a dog bark. Is it yours or someone else’s? You hear footsteps in the night — is it your...
First detection of hepatitis E virus from urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in the Republic of Korea
A team of researchers from Korea University College of Medicine, including Professor Jin-Won Song from the Department of Microbiology, Professor Ji Hoon Kim from the...
A study reveals the need to review temperature control measures in hospitals to manage legionella
A work of the Clinical and Environmental Infectious Diseases Study Group (CEID) at Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP), led by Dr. Laura Gavaldà from the...