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March 5, 2018

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech The first direct comparison of in vitro and in vivo screening techniques for identifying nanoparticles ...

Changing size of neurons could shed light on new treatments for motor neurone disease

New research published in The Journal of Physiology improves our understanding of how motor nerve cells (neurons) respond to motor ...

Broadly neutralizing antibody treatment may target viral reservoir in monkeys

After receiving a course of antiretroviral therapy for their HIV-like infection, half of a group of monkeys infused with a ...

Weekend heart attacks twice as likely to kill young patients

March 3, 2018

Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Young heart attack patients are twice as likely to die if they are admitted ...

Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have worse one-year survival

March 3, 2018

Milan, Italy - 3 March 2018: Heart attack patients prescribed antidepressants have lower one-year survival rates, according to research presented ...

Kids persistently allergic to cow’s milk are smaller than peers with nut allergies

Credit: Children's National Health System ORLANDO, Fla.-(March 4, 2018)-Children who experience persistent allergies to cow's milk may remain shorter and ...

Two species of ravens nevermore? New research finds evidence of ‘speciation reversal’

Credit: Bjørn Aksel Bjerke/University of Oslo For over a century, speciation -- where one species splits into two -- has ...

New research showed better survival outcomes in one type of heart failure

Singapore - A joint 7-year cohort study of 2039 patients in both Singapore's restructured hospitals and New Zealand's hospitals, revealed ...

Children with marginally low birth weight needs treatment

Credit: Anders Friberg Children with a birth weight under 2.5 kilos stand at risk of becoming underweight and can experience ...

Study in six countries identifies groups that are vulnerable to severe mental illness

Young males, ethnic minorities and people living in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas are more likely to experience first-episode psychosis, defined as ...

Researchers find transferable antibiotic resistance gene in pathogen of developing nations

Washington, DC - March 2, 2018 - A team of investigators has found that the mcr-1 drug resistance gene, which ...

Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber

Credit: University of East Anglia Payments to protect carbon stored in forests must increase to defend against rubber plantations Efforts ...

Previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of Adélie penguins discovered in Antarctica

(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) In a paper released on March 2nd in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists announced the ...

Spring is springing earlier in polar regions than across the rest of earth

Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is arriving earlier, but how much earlier? The answer depends where on Earth you find ...

Vertical measurements of air pollutants in urban Beijing

Credit: The photo on the left was taken by SUN Yele; The photo on the right was taken by the ...

Multiphoton Microscopy and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging

Credit: De Gruyter This monograph focuses on modern femtosecond laser microscopes for two photon imaging and nanoprocessing, on laser tweezers ...

Capturing the balance of nature

Credit: Kyoto University / Reiji Masuda Kyoto, Japan -- In a study spanning twelve years, researchers from Kyoto University, and ...

St. Michael’s Hospital cardiology team reports a world first

Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, March 2, 2018--Interventional cardiologist Dr. Neil Fam of St. Michael's Hospital has performed a world-first ...

Student-led depression awareness program boosts teens’ understanding and help-seeking

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - High school students can make a major impact on their schoolmates' understanding ...

Early psychosis programs significantly reduce patient mortality, study finds