Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires hospitals to make translated documents...
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Life in dead wood
Credit: (Photo: Elisa Stengel) Waldsterben 2.0 - this term has made the rounds in Germany. It refers to the death of various tree species as...
Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm, according to a user survey
Researchers say findings underscore need for research and regulation, but not an outright ban on salesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Using results of a survey of...
How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution
Harvard-led study examines functional diversity in mammalian backbonesCredit: Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology. A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of...
New study links autism to specific cell, paves way for potential approach to treatment
Postmortem brain tissue from autism patients reveals impairment of 'myelination' process that ensures neurons can communicate; efforts now turn to evaluating drugs that could correct...
A material benefit to society, Sandia scientist elected AAAS fellow
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories A perennial inventor of advanced materials has been elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Tina Nenoff...
The sleeping Sigma-Factor
A previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistanceCredit: Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology/Iyer Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology in Marburg...
How nature tells us its formulas
Developing a quantum description for a many-body system is extremely hard; TU Wien (Vienna) and Heidelberg University found a way to obtain quantum theories directly...
French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver
With their astonishingly precise spiral webs, orb-weaving spiders are the arachnid analogy of first-class mathematicians, note the researchers behind the studyCredit: Anatoliy Ozernoy Despite being...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells. In recent years, it has...
Scientists discover new non-sticky gels
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists from the University of Bristol and Université Paris-Saclay have discovered a new class of material - non-sticky gels. Until now...
Ancient Greek tholos-like architecture composed of archaeal proteins
A unique archaeal protein complex having a spacious center surrounded by five columnsCredit: © Biomolecular Organization Research Group Proteins often form assemblies and thereby perform...
Showing how the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilation
Credit: Original credit: R. Hurt/Caltech-JPL, NASA, and ESA Credit: Kavli IPMU - Kavli IPMU modified this figure based on the image credited by R.Hurt/Caltech-JPL, NASA,...
Seeing the invisible — A novel gas imaging system
Credit: Department of Biomedical Devices and Instrumentation,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University develop a novel gas imaging system to simultaneously visualize and measure...
Hepatitis B: New therapeutic approach may help to cure chronic hepatitis B infection
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have developed a...
