Carpal tunnel syndrome is not just an office workers’ condition
Researchers find that manufacturing workers experience more incidence of the common hand, wrist injuryCredit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Health...
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Dark Energy Survey physicists open new window into dark energy
For the first time, DES scientists can combine measurements of the distribution of matter, galaxies, and galaxy clusters to advance our understanding of dark energy.Credit:...
Alien raindrops surprisingly like rain on Earth
Credit: Image Credit: AGU WASHINGTON--Raindrops on other planets and moons are close to the size of raindrops on Earth despite having different chemical compositions and...
New perspective to understand and treat a rare calcification disease
Researchers developed a new animal model to study a rare genetic disease that can lead to blindness at the age of 40-50.Credit: Photo: Dániel Csete,...
SwRI’s 100-kg small satellite platform added to NASA’s RDSO catalog
SwSP-100 now available through the $6 billion Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV contractCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- April 6, 2021 -- NASA has selected Southwest Research...
Testing a new way to tackle cancer
Michigan State University, Spectrum Health and Lansing-based company Niowave have teamed up to develop a new strategy to fight cancerCredit: Creative commons via Pxhere A...
UCI awarded 5-year, $4.2M grant to study rare muscle disorder affecting aging Americans
Currently untreatable, sporadic inclusion body myositis (sIBM) causes muscle weakness and severe disabilityCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - April 6, 2021 - The...
How preprints accelerated science communication during the pandemic
Credit: Image by cromaconceptovisual from Pixabay During the early phase of the pandemic, approximately 40% of the COVID-19 literature was shared as preprints - freely...
‘Brain glue’ helps repair circuitry in severe TBI
Reparative hydrogel mimics the composition and mechanics of the brainCredit: University of Georgia At a cost of $38 billion a year, an estimated 5.3 million...
Houston Methodist, Rice University launch neuroprosthetic collaboration
Center for Translational Neural Prosthetics and Interfaces to focus on restoring brain function after disease, injuryCredit: Courtesy of Rice University HOUSTON - (April 6, 2021)...
Leptin puts the brakes on eating via novel neurocircuit
Energy balance includes modulation of dopamine reward signalingCredit: Elsevier, 2021 Philadelphia, April 6, 2021 - Since the discovery of leptin in the 1990s, researchers have...
Assessing the impacts of nodule mining on the deep-sea environment
European Consortium monitors first in situ test of a prototype collector vehicle in the PacificCredit: ROV KIEL6000, GEOMAR. Joint press release of GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre...
New USGS report shows high levels of arsenic and uranium in some wells
Connecticut public health officials urge private well owners to test water qualityCredit: Tiziana Shea, Connecticut Department of Public Health A new U.S. Geological Survey study...
Study links prenatal phthalate exposure to altered information processing in infants
Credit: Photo by Steve Drake CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Exposure to phthalates, a class of chemicals widely used in packaging and consumer products, is known to...
Screening for skin disease on your laptop
New artificial neural network design can differentiate between healthy and diseased skinCredit: University of Houston The founding chair of the Biomedical Engineering Department at the...
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