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...
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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...
Acacia bushlands prevent climate warming in Eastern Africa
Credit: Petri Pellikka Changes to the vegetation cover of land surfaces constitutes the biggest cause of increasing carbon dioxide emissions after the use of fossil...
Demographics linked to choice not to vaccinate children in Texas, study finds
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Texans who are college-educated, live in suburban or urban areas, have higher median incomes and are ethnically white are...
Newer anti-HIV drugs safest, most effective during pregnancy
Dolutegravir-containing regimen exhibited superior safety profile in large, NIH-supported study of pregnant womenCredit: NIAID The antiretroviral drugs dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (DTG+FTC/TAF) may comprise...
NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of tropical storm 21S
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters...
Newly confirmed biochemical mechanism in cells is key component of the anti-ageing program
Credit: Jan Zwilling Ageing is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are ageing very differently than others, even than very similar ones. Naked...
Antibiotics: City dwellers and children take the most
Publication by the University of Bonn examines 73 studies on the use of antibioticsCredit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn City dwellers take more antibiotics than...
Underwater adhesive technology moves to the market
Credit: (Mussel Polymers Inc. A novel underwater adhesive technology, based on a glue used naturally by marine creatures, soon may provide a safer adhesive option...
