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A programme of therapy and coping strategies for people who care for family members with dementia successfully improves the carers' mental health for at least...

Seeing greenery linked to less intense and frequent cravings

Credit: University of Plymouth Being able to see green spaces from your home is associated with reduced cravings for alcohol, cigarettes and harmful foods, new...

The brain’s pathways to imagination may hold the key to altruistic behavior

When we see people in trouble, we also imagine how we can help before we act, Boston College researchers find Chestnut Hill, Mass. (7/12/2019) -...

Pairing targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could overcome treatment resistance

Targeted drugs for breast and lung cancer could be used together to overcome resistance to treatment in several different tumour types, a new study shows....

Strange warping geometry helps to push scientific boundaries

Credit: Kollár et al. Atomic interactions in everyday solids and liquids are so complex that some of these materials' properties continue to elude physicists' understanding....

‘Moon-forming’ circumplanetary disk discovered in distant star system

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO) A. Isella; ESO Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made the first-ever observations of a circumplanetary disk, the planet-girding...

Fall 2019 American Physical Society Prize and Award recipients announced

COLLEGE PARK, MD, July 11, 2019 -- The American Physical Society (APS) has announced the Society's Fall 2019 prize and award recipients. The Division of...

Clemson researchers tie metabolic enzyme to obesity and fatty liver disease

The study was published in the Journal of Nutritional BiochemistryCredit: Pete Martin / College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Researchers from Clemson University's Environmental...

Professor Kristin Myers earns Presidential Early Career Award

Mechanical engineering professor focuses on mechanical stresses on female reproductive system during pregnancy, specifically pre-term birthCredit: Eileen Barroso/Columbia Engineering Kristin Myers, associate professor of mechanical...

Ohio University research helps insulin-producing cells get their groove back

NIH grant to fund research on pulsatility of pancreatic isletsCredit: Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine ATHENS, Ohio (July 11, 2019) - A project...

Study suggests arthroscopy more effective than MRI for chondral defects of the knee

Using arthroscopy to stage a lesion in the chondral area of the knee is more accurate than magnetic resonance imaging, according to researchers from the...

Does platelet-rich plasma therapy lower risk of meniscus repair

The use of platelet-rich plasma therapy can reduce the risk of a second meniscus failure after operation but does not seem to protect patients who...

GPM satellite provides a 3D look at Tropical Storm Barry

Credit: Image Credit: Jacob Reed / NASA The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite provided a couple of views of Tropical Storm Barry...

New alternate cell growth pathway could lead to better treatments for metastatic cancers

While researchers have a basic understanding of how primary cancer cells grow, less is known about metastasis, the deadly process by which cancers spread. A...

Study suggests surgery better than observation for older patients with meniscus tear