New artificial intelligence models show potential for predicting outcomes
Machine learning streamlines massive amounts of data to support provider decision-making at the point of care for motor vehicle crash victims and patients awaiting a...
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Incubating ideas: Agility Summit showcases innovative solutions to naval challenges
Credit: (Photo courtesy of the NavalX Agility Cell) ARLINGTON, Va.--A mobile app allowing Sailors and Marines to collaborate with leadership to solve problems. A Wikipedia-style...
Horwitz Prize awarded to scientists who showed how the ear and brain process sound
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Columbia University will award the 2020 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize to three scientists: Robert Fettiplace, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison,...
DECT in the ED: better diagnoses, less follow-up, more savings
Dual-energy CT adds value to routine interpretation of emergency department imaging studies by increasing radiologists' diagnostic confidence, leading to a reduction in downstream imaging and...
Harvesting vegetation on riparian buffers barely reduces water-quality benefits
Credit: Rob Brooks/Penn State Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of those streamside tracts to protect...
New COVID test doesn’t use scarce reagents, catches all but the least infectious
Addresses major testing need in developing world; also in US, where reagent supplies are again dwindlingCredit: Brian Jenkins A major roadblock to large scale testing...
New osteosarcoma treatment receives rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA
Developed by Innova Therapeutics, IVT-8086 is the first potential new treatment for osteosarcoma in over 30 yearsCredit: Medical University of South Carolina Innova Therapeutics Inc.,...
Personalized cancer therapy improves outcomes in advanced disease, says study
Credit: University of California San Diego Patients receiving care for advanced cancer at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health were more likely to...
Biomedical sciences researchers find new way to prevent and cure rotavirus, other viral infections
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A combination of two substances secreted by the immune system can cure and prevent rotavirus infection, as well as potentially treat...
Future climate changes in nature reserves
Bayreuth research: Tropical nature reserves to be particularly affectedCredit: Photo: Samuel Hoffmann. The Earth's nature reserves are the basis for the preservation of global biodiversity....
Lab grown tumour models could lead to improved ovarian cancer treatments
Credit: Alvaro Mata Scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) tumour model in the laboratory for ovarian cancer that could lead to improved understanding and treatment...
Researcher receives grant to study the structure and function of enzymes, antibiotic implication
Credit: Virginia Tech Could enzymes hold the key for the future of antibiotic development? "Theoretically, yes. But we have a long way to go," said...
DOE awards funding to six Argonne battery manufacturing projects
Credit: (Image by Mark Lopez / Argonne National Laboratory.) The projects will help bring technologies for safer, more robust batteries from the laboratory to commercial...
nTIDE Sept 2020 Jobs Report: Unease rises as numbers fall for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire nTIDE Report--featuring more on the 2020 Kessler Foundation National Employment and Disability Survey and the experiences of college...
Researchers team up to solve America’s hard cider identity crisis
Credit: Alex Hood for Virginia Tech and Clinton Neill for Cornell Do you know what style of beer you like? Wine? Do you know what...