Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network
Insights into how cattle react to changes in social groups could help shape future farm management practicesCredit: Gustavo E. Monti Like humans, cattle are social...
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Penn medicine receives $4.9 million grant to improve uptake of cancer care best practices
Funding from National Cancer Institute is part of the Beau Biden Cancer Moonshot InitiativeCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - While extensive research has pointed toward ways...
Implantable transmitter provides wireless option for biomedical devices
Credit: Hansraj Bhamra/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University innovators are working on inventions to use micro-chip technology in implantable devices and other wearable...
Surface clean-up technology won’t solve ocean plastic problem
Credit: Making Oceans Plastic Free Clean-up devices that collect waste from the ocean surface won't solve the plastic pollution problem, a new study shows. Researchers...
A targeted treatment for emphysema?
Small engineered peptide maintains lung tissue in animal modelsCredit: Hao Wu, PhD, Boston Children's Hospital Emphysema is a progressive, debilitating lung disease in which the...
Hydrogel paves way for biomedical breakthrough
Plasma technology could improve viability of implantsCredit: University of Sydney Published in Advanced Functional Materials, a University of Sydney team of biomedical engineers has developed...
COVID-19: Lower incidence at high altitudes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2020--Despite recent reports of lower COVID-19 incidence among high-altitude populations, current data is insufficient...
Half of low-income communities have no ICU beds
Policies that facilitate hospital coordination are urgently needed to mitigate effects of the COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Health Affairs, August 2020 PHILADELPHIA - A new Penn Medicine...
Identifying the blind spots of soil biodiversity
Only few studies investigate soil biodiversity in tropical and subtropical regionsCredit: Andy Murray Soils harbour a substantial part of the world's biodiversity, yet data on...
Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique “bang” in simulations
Credit: Adapted from figure 4 in "Accretion-induced prompt black hole formation in asymmetric neutron star mergers, dynamical ejecta and kilonova signals. " Bernuzzi et al.,...
Monkeying around: Study finds older primates father far fewer babies
Credit: Photo courtesy of Krista Milich, Washington University in St. Louis Infertility is a worldwide clinical problem for human health that affects 8 to 12...
Tackling the bioethics challenges raised by COVID-19
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2020) - The diverse situations experienced by health-care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic often present serious ethical challenges. From...
How COVID-19 changed the way patients responded to a heart attack
Credit: University of Leeds The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during the peak of the...
Researchers uncovered the Zika virus mutation responsible for quick spread, birth defects
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston has...
Machine learning makes drug repurposing for psychiatric disorders more effective
Researchers have correlated information on drugs, genes and diseases to identify potential candidates for psychiatric and neurological treatment; the methodology they developed will be used...