Immigration and transition: Emerging trends in spina bifida care
In this collection of studies published in the Journal of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine experts document the shifts in age and ethnicity of spina bifida patients...
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First randomized clinical trial found no harms from dementia screening in primary care
Dementia screening did not induce depression or anxiety in older adultsCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Research scientists at Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of...
Drinking 1% rather than 2% milk accounts for 4.5 years of less aging in adults
High-fat milk consumption is connected to significantly shorter telomeresCredit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo A new study shows drinking low-fat milk -- both nonfat and 1% milk...
Reinventing the computer: Brain-inspired computing for a post-Moore’s Law era
As Moore's Law comes to an end with a limit to the number of transistors that fit on a chip, a paradigm of brain-inspired neuromorphic...
Study challenges concerns over hospital readmission reduction practices
UT Southwestern determines heart failure patients not at increased riskCredit: UTSW DALLAS - Jan. 15, 2020 - A UT Southwestern study is challenging concerns that...
First TU Graz-SAL Research Labs push top-level research in electronics-based systems
Credit: © Oliver Wolf Whether car, smartphone or tablet, today microelectronics is found in almost every electronic device and forms the basis of the Internet...
A new ‘cool’ blue
Credit: Adapted from ACS Omega 2019, DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.9b03255 Throughout history, people have sought vibrant blue pigments. The Egyptians and Babylonians used lapis lazuli 6,000 years...
Dresden biologists make living sperm glow
Credit: Cornelia Wetzker How do female insects manage to keep the sperm fresh for months after mating? This is a central question of the sperm...
WPI professor Bruce Bursten honored by ACS for service in field of inorganic chemistry
American Chemical Society selects Bursten for annual awardCredit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mass. - January 15, 2020 - Bruce Bursten, a chemistry and biochemistry professor...
The mysterious movement of water molecules
Credit: © Tamtögl Water is a mysterious substance. Understanding how it behaves at the atomic level is still a challenge for experimental physicists, as light...
Newly created embryo nourishes hope for the survival of the northern white rhino
Credit: Ami Vitale In August 2019 a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction. They harvested...
Involving family in bipolar care helps children and teens stay healthier, longer
Credit: UCLA Health In a UCLA-led study, children and adolescents with a high risk for developing bipolar disorder stayed healthier for longer periods when their...
Study: Women’s blood vessels age faster than men’s
New research from the Smidt Heart Institute helps to explain why women tend to develop different types of heart disease and with different timing than...
Hot OLEDs can ‘switch back’
Credit: Anton Kirch, Axel Fischer, Matthias Liero, Jurgen Fuhrmann, Annegret Glitzky, Sebastian Reineke It is well-known that LEDs and transistors should not be connected in...
New computational screening approach identifies potential solid-state electrolytes
High-throughput computational screening for solid-state Li-ion conductorsCredit: @Leonid Kahle, EPFL Replacing the volatile and flammable liquid or polymer electrolytes now used in lithium-ion batteries with...
