Free online casino games linked with higher risks of gambling problems for young people
TORONTO, OCTOBER 24, 2018 - Type "slots" into a search engine, and free online games and apps will appear, easily ...
Polymers offer a better view
Credit: © 2018 KAUST Improvements in how samples are prepared will add range and flexibility to a method that detects ...
Researchers make mice lose weight by imitating effects from cold and nicotine
Inspired by some of the effects from winter swimming and smoking, researchers from the University of Copenhagen, among others, have ...
Mucus, cough and chronic lung disease: New discoveries
Credit: Johan Wingborg As a cold ends, a severe mucus cough starts. Sound familiar? Two studies now give explanations: First, ...
Study reveals how the brain overcomes its own limitations
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Imagine trying to write your name so that it can be read in a mirror. Your brain ...
Helping blood cells regenerate after radiation therapy
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Patients with blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma are often treated by irradiating their bone marrow ...
Insulin discovery a game-changer for improving diabetes treatments
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research An international collaboration co-led by researchers at the Walter and Eliza ...
HPTN 075 study demonstrates high rate of HIV infection among African MSM and TGW
Credit: HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) DURHAM, NC - Researchers from the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today presented results ...
Data does the heavy lifting: Encouraging new public health approaches to promote the health benefits of muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE)
Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, October 24, 2018 - According to a new study in the American ...
Rewilding landscapes can help to solve more than one problem
Credit: Staffan Widstrand/Rewilding Europe Urbanisation, biodiversity loss, climate change: just some of the worldwide problems 'rewilding' - i.e. restoring food ...
How to mass produce cell-sized robots
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Tiny robots no bigger than a cell could be mass-produced using a new method developed by researchers ...
Perot Museum leaders, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger unveil dinaledi virtual reality App
Credit: Photo by Elen Feuerriegel DALLAS (Oct. 23, 2018) - Ever wondered what it's like to delve deep within a ...
Nitrogen study casts doubt on ability of plants to continue absorbing same amounts of CO2
A new study casts doubt as to whether plants will continue to absorb as much carbon dioxide in the future ...
An NJIT vision therapy team wins ‘most innovative’ in worldwide VR competition
Credit: NJIT An NJIT-led team of engineers, game designers, artists and clinicians won two major international awards for its vision ...
6.4 million Euros for research into the birth of agriculture in Europe
Credit: © University of Bern, Video: Marco Hostettler The lakes in the north of Greece and in the south of ...
Motley crews of bacteria cleanse water at huge oceanic Georgia Aquarium exhibit
Credit: Georgia Tech / Maxwell Guberman / Brice Zimmerman / Georgia Aquarium Sea creatures need to go to the bathroom, ...
First-ever atlas of big-game migrations published
Credit: Travis Zaffarano, Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit The first-ever atlas of ungulate migration was released this week, ...
Study explores infant body position and learning
Credit: J. Franchak, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A developmental psychologist at the University of California, Riverside, has completed a ...
Racial differences in colorectal cancer incidence not due to biology
INDIANAPOLIS - A systematic review and meta-analysis from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine has found that, ...
Biomarker blood test confirms remission in patients with HPV+ oral cancer
SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2018 -- A highly sensitive blood test that detects minute traces of cancer-specific DNA has been ...
