Bristol pioneers use of VR for designing new drugs
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol are pioneering the use of virtual reality (VR) as a tool to design the next...
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Uncovering the origin of symbiosis
Credit: Research team Professor Lutz Becks Lutz Becks is a professor of limnology at the University of Konstanz's Department of Biology and director of the...
African Americans, Hispanics less likely to receive recommended lung cancer imaging
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The use of PET-CT imaging gives doctors the best possible picture of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), and this...
Artificial intelligence and family medicine: Better together
UH researchers examine benefits, challenges of AI in published commentaryCredit: University of Houston Attention all family medicine physicians: Identify a computer scientist with expertise in...
How secure are four and six-digit mobile phone PINs?
Apple and Android implement a number of measures to protect their users' devices. An international team of IT security experts has investigated how useful they...
Wireless, skin-mounted sensors monitor babies, pregnant women in the developing world
Soft, flexible devices are being tested, evaluated in Ghana, India, Kenya and ZambiaCredit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. -- Every year, 15 million babies are born...
Study: Layoffs lead to higher rates of violent offenses and property crimes
Displaced workers experienced a 20% increase in criminal charges the year after being laid offCredit: CWRU CLEVELAND-- Everyone knows that losing your job hurts, but...
Virtual reality shows promise for early detection of MS balance problems
The UNC School of Medicine lab of Jason Franz, Ph.D., created virtual reality experiments to show how a potentially portable and inexpensive test could reduce...
Validating a better way to stratify BPD risk in vulnerable newborns
Credit: Children's National Hospital Factoring in the total number of days that extremely preterm infants require supplemental oxygen and tracking this metric for weeks longer...
Microbial DNA in patient blood may be tell-tale sign of cancer
From a simple blood draw, microbial DNA may reveal who has cancer and which type, even at early stagesCredit: Photo credit: MacDill Air Force Base...
Observed: An exoplanet where it rains iron
Credit: Credits: ESO/M. Kornmesser This exoplanet, 390 light years away towards the constellation Pisces, has days when its surface temperatures exceed 2,400 Celsius, sufficiently hot...
Breastfeeding guide aims to help docs ease moms through tough 1st week
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications A new guide seeks to ensure healthcare providers are ready to help new mothers with the challenging first week...
World’s first experimental observation of a Kondo cloud
Credit: Jeongmin Shim Physicists have been trying to observe the quantum phenomenon Kondo cloud for many decades. An international research team has recently developed a...
Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston
Rice comparison of Buffalo, Brays bayous give natural form higher marks during heavy rainsCredit: Andrew Juan/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 11, 2020) - One bayou...
Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough
Credit: Picture: UNSW/Tony Melov A happy accident in the laboratory has led to a breakthrough discovery that not only solved a problem that stood for...
