Trinity study finds over a quarter of adults aged 50+ are deficient in vitamin D
Over a quarter of adults aged 50+ are deficient in vitamin D according to researchers from Trinity College Dublin who announced their findings today (Thursday,...
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Rutgers scientist creates ‘virtual biopsy’ device to detect skin tumors
Credit: Rutgers University Using sound vibrations and pulses of near-infrared light, a Rutgers University scientist has developed a new "virtual biopsy" device that can quickly...
Perfect diamagnetism observation of high-temperature superconductivity in compressed H2S
Credit: ©Science China Press The discovery of the extremely high superconducting temperature (Tc) of ~200 K reported in the sulfur hydride system above 100 GPa,...
Wits enters the quantum computing universe with IBM Q
IBM expands its quantum computing program with Wits as its first partner in Africa on the IBM Q NetworkCredit: Wits University IBM (NYSE: IBM) today...
Cardiology medication affordability in Russia studied in a new report
Regulatory measures in Russia proved to be effective in lowering prices In 2010, Professor Liliya Ziganshina (Head of Cochrane Russia), one of the co-authors of...
New record: 3D-printed optical-electronic integration
Credit: ©Science China Press Optoelectronic integration offers a promising strategy to simultaneously obtain the merits of electrons and photons when they serve as information carriers,...
Making the ‘human-body internet’ more effective
Human body communication can make data networks radically saferCredit: Dairoku Muramatsu & Yoshifumi Nishida Source: Equivalent Circuit Model Viewed from Receiver Side in Human Body...
Can break junction techniques still offer quantitative information at single-molecule level
Credit: ©Science China Press Single-molecule break junction techniques offer unique insights into the charge transport at the molecular level. The conductance through single-molecule junction consists...
Cooking vegetables: healthier with extra virgin olive oil
Mediterranean diet for better healthCredit: University of Barcelona Cooking vegetables in the sofrito (sauté) with extra virgin olive oil favours the absorption and release of...
New quantum dot microscope shows electric potentials of individual atoms
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich / Christian Wagner A team of researchers from Jülich in cooperation with the University of Magdeburg has developed a new method...
Secondhand horror: Indirect predator odor triggers reproductive changes in bank voles
The rodent mothers are more likely to become pregnant after smelling odors produced by conspecific males frightened by predatorsCredit: University of Jyvaskyla Reproducing in a...
Bacterial chemical ‘signatures’ a sign of damaged gut microbiome in critical illness
Chemicals produced by healthy bacteria could be used to assess the health of the gut microbiome and help identify critically-ill children at greatest risk of...
Lower risk of Type 1 diabetes seen in children vaccinated against ‘stomach flu’ virus
Type 1 diabetes rates one-third lower in children who received all doses of the rotavirus vaccine; study also shows many children did not get the...
New application can detect Twitter bots in any language
Thanks to fruitful collaboration between language scholars and machine learning specialists, a new application developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Linnaeus...
American Cancer Society and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance launch research collaboration
Four multidisciplinary teams to be funded to study survivorship In a new collaboration, the American Cancer Society and Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance have joined forces...
