Calcium in arteries is shown to increase patients’ imminent risk of a heart attack
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute About six million people come into an emergency department every year with chest pain, but not all of them are...
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Blood flow restriction therapy may protect against bone loss following ACL reconstruction
LAS VEGAS, NV - Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction patients often face bone and muscle loss immediately following the procedure. Researchers presenting their work today...
Patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears may have another surgical option
LAS VEGAS, NV - The arthroscopic superior capsule reconstruction (SCR) surgical technique offers patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears restored shoulder function and the opportunity...
Early sports specialization tied to increased injury rates in college athletes
LAS VEGAS, NV -Sixty million kids participate in organized athletics each year with ever increasing amounts of children specializing in one sport before the age...
Diabetics more likely to experience high blood sugar after joint surgery
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery People with diabetes who undergo joint replacement surgery are at sharply higher risk of experiencing elevated blood sugar after the...
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight — NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of...
NASA sees development of Tropical Depression 03W near Yap
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite revealed 03W that formed near the island of...
Uncovering uncultivated microbes in the human gut
Human gut microbiome serves as model to demonstrate efficacy of computational toolsCredit: Zosia Rostomian/Berkeley Lab A tree's growth is dependent on nutrients from the soil...
Nitrogen pollution’s path to streams weaves through more forests (and faster) than suspected
Collaboration compiled data from 13 states and 1 province over 21 yearsCredit: Stephen Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service NEWTOWN SQUARE, Penn. (March 15, 2018) - Nitrogen...
Honey bee gut microbiome research — NSF grant
Credit: Richard Fell, Professor Emeritus at Virginia Tech Researchers from Virginia Tech were part of a collaborative $958,415 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study...
The genomic history of the Iberian Peninsula reconstructed
The findings, published in Science, show an invasion of steppe descendants who replaced almost all men 4,000 years ago Published in the journal Science, it...
Seeing through a robot’s eyes helps those with profound motor impairments
Credit: Henry Clever/Phillip Grice An interface system that uses augmented reality technology could help individuals with profound motor impairments operate a humanoid robot to feed...
Satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Savannah moving away from Indonesia
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Savannah continued to move in southerly direction in the Southern Indian Ocean,...
Team receives grant to recreate the ‘sound signature’ of cultural heritage sites
Sungyoung Kim will lead 'The Soundscape Project' to preserve aural heritage Advanced audio technologies being developed are helping to preserve the unique sounds of historic...
Researchers measure near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors
Credit: Ella Marushchenko Tiny, easy-to-produce particles, called quantum dots, may soon take the place of more expensive single crystal semiconductors in advanced electronics found in...
