Antibiotics no help for mysterious lung-scarring disease, large trial finds
Doctors have hoped that antibiotics could benefit patients with chronic lung diseases, but a new study has found no benefit for patients with life-threatening idiopathic...
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Target protein identified for improving heart attack treatment
A new study led by researchers at Washington State University has identified a protein that could be the key to improving treatment outcomes after a...
Future Pandemic? Consider Radically Altering Animal Agriculture Practices
FAU Bioethicist Offers Plausible Solutions to Mitigate Zoonotic Risk from Agriculture and Food Production for Public Health As early as the Neolithic period (circa 3900...
Mapping intermittent methane emissions across the Permian Basin
The Permian Basin, located in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico, is the largest oil- and gas-producing region in the U.S. The oilfield operations emit...
World’s smallest, best acoustic amplifier emerges from 50-year-old hypothesis
Acousto-electric devices reveal new road to miniaturizing wireless tech ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories have built the world's smallest and best acoustic...
$3 million grant aims to prolong life for dialysis patients
Statisticians take deep dive into mortality factors The five-year survival rate for people on dialysis is under 50 percent. University of California researchers are hoping...
Synthetic SPECIES developed for use as a confinable gene drive
Researchers create novel CRISPR-based fly species as a new method of controlling gene drive spread CRISPR-based technologies offer enormous potential to benefit human health and...
Researchers explore ways to detect ‘deep fakes’ in geography
Can you trust the map on your smartphone, or the satellite image on your computer screen? So far, yes, but it may only be a...
Ben-Gurion U. studies show promise using drones to elicit emotional responses
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...June 2, 2021 - As drones become more ubiquitous in public spaces, researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) have conducted the first...
Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism in Healthcare awarded to immigrant cofounders of pre-health dreamers
The Vilcek Foundation and The Arnold P. Gold Foundation have announced Dr. Jirayut 'New' Latthivongskorn and Dr. Denisse Rojas Marquez as joint recipients of the...
Better popping potential for popcorn
Popcorn. What would movies and sporting events without this salty, buttery snack? America's love for this snack goes beyond these events. We consume 15 billion...
Newly identified atmospheric circulation enhances heatwaves and wildfires around the Arctic
Scientists have uncovered a summertime climate pattern in and around the Arctic that could drive co-occurrences of European heatwaves and large-scale wildfires with air pollution...
How an elephant’s trunk manipulates air to eat and drink
Animal's "Swiss Army Knife" could help build better robots New research from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that elephants dilate their nostrils in order...
Optic nerve firing may spark growth of vision-threatening childhood tumor
NIH-funded pre-clinical study supports key role of neural activity in brain cancers In a study of mice, researchers showed how the act of seeing light...
Clinical Trial Evaluating Mixed COVID-19 Vaccine Schedules Begins
NIH Trial to Evaluate Safety, Immunogenicity of Various Vaccine Booster Regimens The National Institutes of Health has started a Phase 1/2 clinical trial in which...
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