Pelvic exercises may beat bedroom blues
Physiotherapists from James Cook University in Australia say simple pelvic floor exercises may be a cure for some common problems men experience in the bedroom....
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Researchers identify faster, more effective drug combinations to treat tuberculosis
Credit: D.L. Clemens Tuberculosis is a potentially deadly though curable disease. Each year about 10 million people develop active cases, and 1.6 million people die....
For-profit dialysis provider charges private insurers 4 times more than government payers
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS Private insurers covering people receiving treatment for dialysis paid four times more than government insurance programs such as Medicare paid for...
Robot therapists need rules
Use of embodied AI in psychiatry poses ethical questions Interactions with artificial intelligence (AI) will become an increasingly common aspect of our lives. A team...
A recent study confirms the new trend in feminist reggaeton music
The study, led by researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, analyzes the new trend in this genre, which has traditionally been considered sexistCredit: Tremenda...
NYU Tandon & Global Public Health researcher receives Gates Foundation Grand Challenges Exploration
Grant funds technology-forward research using AI to improve vaccination rates in Pakistan Rumi Chunara, assistant professor of computer science and engineering and global public health...
Combination therapy advisable for bowel disorder IBS
Credit: Photo by Cecilia Hedstrom The more abnormalities in intestinal and brain function that IBS sufferers have, the more severe their symptoms of this functional...
Membrane madness: The ins and outs of moving materials through the cell
Credit: Sandra Gabelli The cell membrane is a fatty layer that forms a border between the inside of the cell, its various structures and the...
Ice-sheet variability during the last ice age from the perspective of marine sediment
Credit: Prof. Yusuke Yokoyama, the University of Tokyo By using marine sediment cores from Northwestern Australia, a Japanese team led by National Institute of Polar...
Austrian Herpetological Society’s journal Herpetozoa moves to Pensoft’s ARPHA platform
Newly published research articles demonstrate numerous innovative features to the benefit of readers, authors and all other usersCredit: ARPHA and Herpetozoa Published since 1988 by...
What artificial intelligence can teach us about proteins
Intelligent virtual companions like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant have long become integrated into our everyday lives. And intelligent computational programs, so-called algorithms, have also...
Researchers block protein that plays a key role in Alzheimer’s disease
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to researchers that the protein galectin-3 is involved in inflammatory diseases in the brain. A study led...
Scientists suss out the secrets of human screams
Human screams vary enormously in quality and motivation according to researchers at Emory University, who will present new research at the 177th Acoustical Society of...
Magic numbers make nickel nucleus stronger
Researchers made magic with nickel, but this was no coin trickCredit: © 2019 Bajo-kanna - with permission Researchers provide the first direct evidence for a...
Clean and effective electronic waste recycling
Credit: Prof. Hamid Hosano As the number of electronics devices increases around the world, finding effective methods of recycling electronic waste (e-waste) is a growing...
