Geriatrics experts award high honor to visionary organization: West health
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society For only the second time in its near 80-year history, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will award one of...
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Transporting energy through a single molecular nanowire
Why single wires are superior to bundlesCredit: Sylvia Germes Photosynthetic systems in nature transport energy very efficiently towards a reaction centre, where it is converted...
AGS honors Dr. John B. Murphy for pioneering work to build a better health workforce
Credit: (C) 2020 The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that John B. Murphy, MD, a clinician, educator, and administrator working to embed geriatrics education...
Drs. Rasheeda Hall and Kah Poh (Melissa) Loh honored With AGS’s Arti Hurria Memorial Award
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today conferred one of their newest honors,...
Stroke evaluations drop by nearly 40% during COVID-19 pandemic
Nationwide, fewer people with stroke symptoms receiving care at hospitalsCredit: Akash Kansagra The number of people evaluated for signs of stroke at U.S. hospitals has...
New issue of JAGS highlights award-winning research
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society Advancing care for older people across health specialties, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging...
USF researchers find human-driven pollution alters the environment even underground
Credit: University of South Florida The Monte Conca cave system on the island of Sicily is a vast system of springs and pools, sitting below...
Fishing can disrupt mating systems
Credit: The University of Jyväskylä/Johanna Hippeläinen In many fish species body size plays an important role in sexual selection. Large individuals are preferred mating partners...
International research improves quality of CT scan imagery
CT scans are one of the most effective ways to see inside the bodyCredit: National Cancer Institute / Unsplash.com A window on the body's internal...
AGS honors expert and emerging geriatrics leaders of 2020
Credit: (C) 2020, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually honors researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging health professionals who have made outstanding contributions...
Study to research impact of COVID-19 on people who use drugs
Credit: University of Stirling Understanding the health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in Scotland is the focus of a new...
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 in pets and livestock
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 7, 2020--A new paper identifies the critical need for ) on the ability of the...
Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact
Credit: OIST In everyday life, matter behaves in a predictable, expected way. If you throw a ball, you assume it will travel in a certain...
Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene
A team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba have synthesized branched polymer crystals that are tough enough to be used as tiny laser sourcesCredit:...
Computer modeling reveals behavior of individual lipid molecules
Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and energy between a cell and...
