Mayo Clinic study: 20% of patients are prescribed opioids after cardiac device implantation surgery
This large US study found that 1 in 5 patients was prescribed opioids after having a pacemaker or similar device implanted and 80 percent had...
NEWS INDEX
Toad disguises itself as deadly viper to avoid attack — world-first study reports
Decades of fieldwork uncover hissing and strike-warning impersonations by toadCredit: Photograph by Colin Tilbury. The first study of a toad mimicking a venomous snake reveals...
Data mining applied to scholarly publications to finally reveal Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: P Kishor (Plazi) At a time when a million species are at risk of extinction, according to a recent UN report, ironically, we don't...
All is FAIR in biodiversity research: Mandatory data audit at Pensoft’s journals
A thorough data auditing workflow ensures that datasets described in data papers across Pensoft's OA journal portfolio are fit-to-use prior to peer reviewCredit: Pensoft Building...
$1.2 million in grants to fund search for diabetes cure
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - A biomedical engineering professor at Binghamton University, State University of New York is trying...
Plant-based foods and Mediterranean diet associated with healthy gut microbiome
Credit: UEG (Barcelona, October 21, 2019) A study presented at UEG Week 2019 has shown that specific foods could provide protection for the gut, by...
Autism spectrum disorder risk linked to insufficient placental steroid
Single ALLO injection during pregnancy was enough to avert both the cerebellar abnormalities and the aberrant social behaviors in experimental modelsCredit: Children's National Hospital CHICAGO-A...
Salk scientists awarded $14.3 million to map circuitry for movement
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA, CA--(October 18, 2019) A team of Salk scientists led by Professor Martyn Goulding has been awarded $14.3 million over five...
New research center aims to make electronics more secure
Six American universities will work with government and industry to thwart efforts by hackers, counterfeiters and terrorists to exploit security weaknesses in computer chips and...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds overshooting tops, gravity waves in Tropical Storm Nestor
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided night-time and infrared views of developing Tropical Storm Nestor in the Gulf of Mexico...
Why the flu is more deadly in those with diabetes
Researchers outlined immune dysfunction in mice that leads to more severe respiratory infections in those with diabetesCredit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Since the...
NASA-NOAA satellite finds Tropical Storm Neoguri consolidating
Credit: Credit: NASA /NRL NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided forecasters at the Joint Typhoon Warning Center with a visible image of Tropical Storm Neoguri that...
Novel nanoprobes show promise for optical monitoring of neural activity
New approach for studying neural circuits offers advantages over both microelectrodes and fluorescence-based optical techniques that require genetic modificationsCredit: Carolyn Lagattuta Researchers at UC Santa...
It’s electric: WVU breaks new ground in developing transportable, carbon-neutral energy source
Credit: Paige Nesbit/West Virginia University Electricity is something we rarely think about -- we expect it to be there, flowing hundreds of feet over our...
Atmospheric pressure impacts greenhouse gas emissions from leaky oil and gas wells
Credit: Aaron Cahill Fluctuations in atmospheric pressure can heavily influence how much natural gas leaks from wells below the ground surface at oil and gas...
