What features make text-based counseling effective?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 10, 2020--A fascinating new study has shown that the duration of a text-based counseling session,...
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New study confirms value of family meals
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Injection strategies are crucial for geothermal projects
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NCCN releases recommendations for standardizing quality measurement in oncology
NCCN Quality and Outcomes Committee's endorsements of impactful and feasible quality and outcomes measures offer opportunities to advance the quality of cancer care in AmericaCredit:...
Inverse design software automates design process for optical, nanophotonic structures
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NorthShore neurosurgeon first in Illinois to offer new targeted therapy for brain tumors
Credit: GT Medical, Inc. NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) neurosurgeon, Julian Bailes, MD, is the first in Illinois to begin offering GammaTile® Therapy, a new approach...
Observed: An occultation of a brown dwarf by another
Credit: University of Birmingham / Amanda J. Smith. The finding was by chance, when the scientists were working on the results from the first light...
Crosstalk captured between muscles, neural networks in biohybrid machines
A platform designed for coculturing a neurosphere and muscle cells allows scientists to capture the growth of neurons toward muscles to form neuromuscular junctionsCredit: Image...
APS tip sheet: correlating matter’s distribution in the universe with gamma rays
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Arming the body’s immune cells
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Hot time in the city: Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance
Credit: Kristin Winchell / Washington University Faced with a gritty landscape of metal fences, concrete walls and asphalt pavement, city lizards in Puerto Rico rapidly...
Tracking down false parkers in cancer cells
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Disease-causing virus manipulates crop plants to favor its vector
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The virus that causes barley yellow dwarf, the most widespread disease of cereal crops, manipulates its...
Chip for liquid biopsy will help to detect prostate cancer
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Grad student names new treehopper species after Lady Gaga
She represents a new genus and species of treehopper, one of the most diverse bug groups on the planetCredit: Photo courtesy Brendan Morris CHAMPAIGN, Ill....
