Do open relationships really work?
Credit: Michael Osadciw/University of Rochester/researchers Open relationships typically describe couples in which the partners have agreed on sexual activity with someone other than their primary...
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IU School of Medicine researcher awarded NIH grant for cirrhosis clinical trial
Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine An Indiana University School of Medicine researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes...
Update: House passes EMPOWER for Health Act, supporting care for us all as we age
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) congratulates the U.S. House of Representatives, which within hours of bringing the legislation to...
Global OpenHIE community gathers to connect and learn
Addis Ababa meeting to help low resource environments advance health information exchangeCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The OpenHIE community will hold its second annual community...
Texas A&M Veterinary School helps create first-ever cancer screenings for dogs
A partnership with medical firm Volition will develop new blood tests that can identify early cancer in dogsCredit: Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine...
Using computational chemistry to produce cheaper infrared plastic lenses
The new material could bring consumers affordable access to consumer-grade infrared detectors in products such as autonomous cars and in-home thermal imaging for security or...
Stanford increasing access to 3D modeling through touch-based display
Credit: Farrin Abbott/Stanford News Service With the goal of increasing access to making, engineers at Stanford University have collaborated with members of the blind and...
Do feminine hygiene products expose women to dangerous volatile organic compounds?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--New research suggests that women's feminine hygiene practices - in particular vaginal douching and...
Intraoral endoscopic thyroidectomy leaves no scar
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--A new study compares two surgical approaches to endoscopic thyroid removal, neither of which...
Largest mapping of breathing ocean floor key to understanding global carbon cycle
Published in Nature Scientific DataCredit: Photographer: Dr Johannes Lemburg, Alfred Wegener Institute Marine sediments play a crucial role in the global carbon cycle due to...
New grant will help scientists study how cover crops affect plant disease
Credit: Christopher Gannon AMES, Iowa - A multi-state experiment that recently received a major grant will examine how planting cover crops on farm fields affects...
Corals from the twilight zone: Who eats what on a deep Red Sea reef
Credit: Marcos Schonholz Many coral reefs are found below scuba diving depth. Because of the difficulty in visiting these parts of the ocean, the biology...
The use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy is an opportunity, but there are pros and cons
Brazilian researchers calculated the amount of nutrients in sugarcane leaves, which are normally left on the ground after harvest, and the equivalent in fertilizer required...
Scientists find possible treatment for muscle contractures in childhood paralysis
In mice, the drug bortezomib preserved muscle growth and prevented loss of elbow and shoulder motion in conditions resembling the most common causes of childhood...
Study shows ability to detect light from UV to the IR optical regimes using spin currents
Credit: Joshua Walker A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have shown that the spin Seebeck effect (SSE) can be used to detect light...
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