Swedish researchers encourage less flying, with new tool to highlight climate impact
Credit: Travel and Climate As the climate issue heats up, consumers are becoming more conscious of their impact on the environment. 'Flygskam', or 'flight shame'...
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Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions bestows highest designation ranking to lead
MSCAI recipients recognized at SCAI 2019 Annual Meeting LAS VEGAS (May 22, 2019)- The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) presented its Master Interventionalists...
Black men less likely than nonblack men to adopt active surveillance
Findings relate to men with low-risk prostate cancerCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Overall active surveillance rates are up, though the increase is significantly smaller for black...
NIAID announces two awards for multi-year studies of influenza immunity in children
Credit: NIH The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has announced two awards for the...
Researchers gain key insight into solar material’s soaring efficiency
How the performance of cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells is improved by the addition of seleniumCredit: First Solar The rows of blue solar panels that...
Study shows incidence rates of aggressive subtypes of uterine cancer rising
Credit: National Cancer Institute New findings from a study by researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, show...
Robots activated by water may be the next frontier
Columbia University scientists develop material that can drive mechanical systemsCredit: Ozgur Sahin Laboratory New research from the laboratory of Ozgur Sahin, associate professor of biological...
Skin patch shows promise for children with milk-induced eosinophilic esophagitis
Nearly half of patients saw improvements in their symptomsCredit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A new study from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) finds that a...
Hypertension found in children exposed to flower pesticides
In Ecuador, roses for Mother's Day sold around the world is major export crop, but pesticides used to grow and treat those flowers may be...
Data science helps engineers discover new materials for solar cells and LEDs
Credit: Yang lab/Energy & Environmental Science Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a high-throughput computational method to design new materials for...
New insights about carbon and ice could clarify inner workings of Earth, other planets
Credit: Natalia Solomatova/École Normale Supérieure de Lyon Most people behave differently when under extreme pressure. Carbon and ice are no different. Two new studies show...
DOD awards Pitt, CMU contracts to create an autonomous robotic trauma care system
Credit: National Robotics Engineering Center and Carnegie Mellon University PITTSBURGH, May 22, 2019 - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Carnegie Mellon University...
Scientists discover novel genes responsible for regulating muscle cells
York University research could lead to new muscle cancer therapy TORONTO, May 22, 2019 - York University scientists have uncovered a unique set of genes...
Artificial photosynthesis transforms carbon dioxide into liquefiable fuels
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Chemists at the University of Illinois have successfully produced fuels using water, carbon dioxide and visible light...
Surgery patients are getting older every year
Credit: British Journal of Surgery A new BJS (British Journal of Surgery) analysis reveals that people undergoing surgery in England are getting older at a...
