New in the Hastings Center Report, January-February 2019
Credit: Courtesy of the artist, www.johnstuartstudio.com Social Media, E-Health, and Medical Ethics Mélanie Terrasse, Moti Gorin, and Dominic Sisti Given the profound influence of social...
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‘Goldilocks’ thinking to cut cost of fuel cells in electric vehicles
Credit: Johns Hopkins University image/Lei Wang WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The 2019 Toyota Mirai electric vehicle touts zero emissions, thanks to a fuel cell that...
Study looks at seasonal and geographic trends in syphilis
Much of the public health impact of syphilis revolves around its impact on fetuses and neonates through the mother-to-child transmission of the disease. Researchers reporting...
NASA infrared image shows powerful center of Typhoon Wutip
Credit: NASA/NRL NASA's Aqua satellite provided a look at the temperatures in Tropical Cyclone Wutip as it threatens Chuuk and Yap States in the Southern...
JILA researchers make coldest quantum gas of molecules
Credit: Steven Burrows/JILA JILA researchers have made a long-lived, record-cold gas of molecules that follow the wave patterns of quantum mechanics instead of the strictly...
Leadership in biomedical engineering
UD's Dawn Elliott honored by Orthopaedic Research SocietyCredit: Photo by Evan Krape Some professors shine most brightly in the lab. Others are particularly excellent mentors,...
Quantum dots can spit out clone-like photons
System that generates coherent single particles of light could help pave the way for quantum information processors or communications CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - In the global...
Signals on the scales
How are the images cast on the retina reassembled in the brain? Researchers in Munich and Tuebingen find that processing of visual stimuli occurs at...
NJIT’s Sagnik Basuray is named a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors
Credit: NJIT New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Sagnik Basuray, an assistant professor of chemical engineering who develops novel sensors, diagnostic devices and drug delivery...
UTA biology researcher looks for new ways to eliminate parasitic disease
Eradication goalCredit: UT Arlington A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington is using a new grant to look for ways to finish off...
New paper provides design principles for disease-sensing nanomaterials
The detailed findings could lead to more precise, effective methods of treating and diagnosing a variety of diseases, including cancersCredit: Jiye Son, originally appeared in...
Recent drought may provide a glimpse of the future for birds in the Sierra Nevada
Many birds respond positively to the warmer climate conditions associated with droughtCredit: Brent Campos/Point Blue How wildlife respond to climate change is likely to be...
Phantom limb sensation explained
New study reveals functional changes among sensitive and motor brain areas after limb amputation, shedding light on the mechanisms behind the false idea that the...
Scientists discover new type of immune cells that are essential for forming heart valves
UCLA study sheds new light on critical role of heart-derived macrophagesCredit: Developmental Cell/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center UCLA researchers have identified for the first...
Current tools have low accuracy for predicting delayed ischemia after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Study among the first to appear in Critical Care Explorations, the Society of Critical Care Medicine's new open-access journal February 21, 2019 - Both CT...
