Women are less likely than men to be diagnosed with minor stroke
Canadian study encourages doctors to look beyond typical symptoms for strokeCredit: Adrian Shellard for the Hotchkiss Brain Institute Women experiencing a minor stroke or transient...
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Polymer science: Collaborative research centre at MLU receives 9 million
The Collaborative Research Centre SFB/Transregio 102 (CRC) "Polymers under Multiple Constraints" can continue its work at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) until 2023. The Deutsche...
CRC-TRR 161 on visual computing approved for second funding period
Joint research carried out by the Universities of Konstanz, Stuttgart, Ulm and LMU Munich on the topic of 'Quantitative Methods for Visual Computing' to receive...
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation in non-Hodgkin lymphoma: benefit remains unclear
Meaningful studies are lacking for certain patient groups / Disease-specific registries could help close the data gap The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in...
Scientists develop new technology for extracting non-ferrous and noble metals
This will make it possible to extract valuable metals from refractory polymetallic ores Scientists of Russia's Ural Federal University (UrFU) are working on solving the...
Study predicts shift to smaller animals over next century
Credit: Robert Cooke Researchers at the University of Southampton have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller birds and mammals over the next 100 years. In...
Dissolving protein traffic jam at the entrance of mitochondria
Credit: Illustration: Christoph Mårtensson The research lab of the associate professor (Privatdozent) Dr. Thomas Becker at the University of Freiburg discovered a mechanism that solves...
Exposure to air pollution before and after birth may affect fundamental cognitive abilities
Credit: ISGlobal A growing body of research suggests that exposure to air pollution in the earliest stages of life is associated with negative effects on...
The geometry of an electron determined for the first time
Credit: University of Basel, Departement of Physics Physicists at the University of Basel are able to show for the first time how a single electron...
Social media data reveal benefits or threats to biodiversity by visitors to nature locations
Credit: Anna Hausmann Understanding how people use and experience important places for living nature is essential for effectively managing and monitoring human activities and conserving...
Tortoises on the menu
Wild chimpanzees eat tortoises after cracking them open against tree trunksCredit: Erwan Theleste "We have known for decades that chimpanzees feed on meat from a...
New exercise guidelines for people with cancer
A decade-old treatment recommendation for people with cancer to take a "slowly slowly" approach to exercise has been replaced with new guidelines recommending a personalised...
SWOG spotlights high-impact research at ASCO
Researchers from SWOG Cancer Research Network, a cancer clinical trials group funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will give 29 presentations at the 55th...
Researchers from IKBFU study properties of amorphous microwires
Credit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Glass coated amorphous microwires are the newest perspective magnetic composite alloys that can be used for the creation of...
Phase transitions: The math behind the music
Physics professor applies tools of statistical mechanics to explain why basic ordered patterns emerge in music across time and culturesCredit: Jesse Berezovsky/Case Western Reserve University...
