Are women using e-cigarettes during preconception and/or pregnancy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--A new study of 1,365 racially/ethnically diverse, low-income pregnant women found that 4% reported...
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Solving the riddle of superbug toxin damage to gut
A powerful Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI) collaboration has revealed that a bacterial superbug can prevent stem cells in the gut from carrying out their...
Cancer drug with better staying power, reduced toxicity promising in preclinical trial
Credit: iQ Group Global A drug candidate has been found in preclinical trials to stop tumor growth entirely, deliver more cancer-busting power than many commonly...
Scientists have discovered the origins of the building blocks of life
Rutgers researchers retraced the evolution of enzymes over billions of yearsCredit: Vikas Nanda/Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have discovered the origins of the protein structures responsible...
Machine learning technique sharpens prediction of material’s mechanical properties
Credit: MIT Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and Brown University have developed new approaches that significantly improve...
Coronavirus-infected patients needing emergency surgery: Anesthesia standards
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc,, publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 16, 2020--Physicians describe the standardized procedure of surgical anesthesia for patients with COVID-19 infection requiring...
NIH clinical trial of investigational vaccine for COVID-19 begins
Study enrolling Seattle-based healthy adult volunteersCredit: NIH Adults in the Seattle area who are interested in joining this study should visit https://corona.kpwashingtonresearch.org/. People who live...
APS tip sheet: Origins of matter and antimatter
Study suggests an 'axiogenesis' mechanism for the explanation of the matter to antimatter ratio in the UniverseCredit: Co et al. Physical Review Letters (2020) and...
New low-cost approach detects building deformations with extreme precision in real time
With the ability to detect submillimeter movements in real time, new method could be valuable for monitoring historic structures and adaptive buildings of the futureCredit:...
New kind of CRISPR technology to target RNA, including RNA viruses like coronavirus
New genetic screening platform using CRISPR technology for targeting thousands of genes in a massively-parallel fashion; accurate and fast method of finding best guides to...
App detects harsh side effect of breast cancer treatment
Credit: LymphaTech / Georgia Tech Some 20 percent of breast cancer survivors will suffer from lymphedema, a potentially severe side effect of treatment that makes...
Bargain-hunting for biodiversity
New tool pinpoints conservation targetsCredit: Nathan Bendik, City of Austin KNOXVILLE --The best bargains for conserving some of the world's most vulnerable salamanders and other...
A new strategy for the management of inflammatory pain
Immune cells produce endogenous pain-relieving substancesCredit: Machelska/ Charité A group of researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin has discovered a new mechanism of long-lasting pain...
Unraveling the puzzle of Madagascar’s forest cats
Credit: Michelle Sauther In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has had a number of chance...
Against overfishing: save the oldies!
Harvest slots protect fish stocks without compromising fisheries yieldCredit: Philipp Czapla Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish through measures such as minimum-landing...
