Antimicrobial resistance poses significant risk to people, the economy
New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) In Canada, 26% of infections are resistant to the medicines that are generally first prescribed...
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A fast and precise look into fiber-reinforced composites
Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have improved a method for small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) to such an...
The thrust of the problem
UC Riverside research sheds new light on earthquake that killed 9,000 peopleCredit: UCR A new understanding of a fault that caused a deadly 7.8 magnitude...
New chip for waking up small wireless devices could extend battery life
Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering A new power saving chip developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego could...
Vaccine reduces likelihood of severe pneumonia
Credit: Phuong D. Nguyen A new study has found severe pneumonia decreases by 35 per cent in children who receive a vaccine against a pneumonia-causing...
Polygenic risk score improves psychosis risk prediction
A new study by UNC researchers finds that using a polygenic risk score (PRS) based on data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) improves psychosis risk...
Contraceptive drug shows promise for preventing and regressing cervical cancer
Findings reported in The American Journal of Pathology suggest medroxyprogesterone acetate as a new affordable non-invasive approach to combat cervical cancer, particularly for women with...
Study investigates a critical transition in water that remains liquid far below 0 °C
The theoretical model proposed by Brazilian researchers can be applied to any system in which two energy scales coexistCredit: Miguel Boyayan/Revista Pesquisa FAPESP Water can...
Researchers find nature’s backup plan for converting nitrogen into plant nutrients
Credit: (Photo by Marie Renaudin, University of Sherbrooke) Although nitrogen is essential for all living organisms -- it makes up 3% of the human body...
New particle analysis technique paves way for better air pollution monitoring
Technique uses laser to capture and propel particles into a hollow fiber for analysisCredit: Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light A...
Prey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries
Credit: Photo: NOAA Fisheries/Jonathan Whitney A new research study has revealed that larval fish species from various ocean habitats are now being threatened by plastic...
Gold mining critically impairs water quality in rivers across Peruvian biodiversity hotspot
Study examines increased sediment levels in rivers as a result of miningCredit: Images are from NASA LandSat. Figure compiled by Evan N. Dethier. A Dartmouth...
Hurricanes have become bigger and more destructive for USA; new study from the Niels Bohr Institute
Credit: K.C. Wilsey, FEMA A new study by researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Aslak Grinsted, Peter Ditlevsen and Jens Hesselbjerg shows...
LSU Health research discovers potential new Rx target for AMD and Alzheimer’s
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the Neuroscience Center of...
Humans’ ability to read dogs’ facial expressions is learned, not innate
The first comprehensive study of the human ability to recognize the facial expressions of dogs suggests this ability is mainly acquired through age and experience...
