GPs need training to tackle chronic opioid use
GPs must be better-equipped to support patients to manage the psychological challenge of reducing their opioid use - according to new research from the University...
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Older fathers put health of partners, unborn children at risk, Rutgers study finds
Men who delay fatherhood should consult their doctor and consider banking sperm before age 35Credit: Rutgers University Men who delay starting a family have a...
Study sheds new light on urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - May 10, 2019 - A UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections (UTIs) have such a high recurrence rate in...
Good sleep quality and good mood lead to good working memory with age
UC Riverside-led team performs two studies to examine effects of sleep, age, and depressed mood on working memoryCredit: W. Zhang, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. --...
Trial remedies racial disparities in treatment for early-stage lung and breast cancer
UNC School of Medicine's Samuel Cykert, MD, co-led a five-year, multi-institutional trial aimed at reducing the disparity in treatment and outcomes for black versus white...
New global rules curb unrestricted plastic waste exports
UN meeting gives countries the right to refuse unrecyclable, polluting plastics (Geneva, Switzerland): Governments at the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP14) of the Basel...
Naval Research Laboratory builds autopilot software allowing UAVs to soar on thermals
Businesses can acquire Navy technology through patent license agreementsCredit: Naval Research Laboratory A Navy scientist has re-engineered the software that allows long-endurance drones to powerlessly...
Research on repetitive worm behavior may have implications for understanding human disease
Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University Repetition can be useful if you're trying to memorize a poem, master a guitar riff, or...
Researcher earns grant to seek longer-lasting tooth-colored fillings
Credit: OU College of Dentistry OKLAHOMA CITY - When dentists discover cavities in their patients, they are often filled with a tooth-colored material that looks...
New UM study highlights fundamental challenges of living with wildfire
Wildfires can have dramatic impacts on Western landscapes and communities, but human values determine whether the changes caused by fire are desired or dreaded. This...
New study shows scientists who selfie garner more public trust
Credit: Scientific illustration by: Jen Burgess @isolinestudios BATON ROUGE - Many scientists today have embraced social media as tools to communicate their research and to...
Manipulating superconductivity using a ‘mechanic’ and an ‘electrician’
Credit: NINS/IMS In the strongly correlated materials such as cuprate high-temperature superconductors, superconductivity can be controlled either by changing the number of electrons or by...
Smallest pixels ever created could light up color-changing buildings
Credit: NanoPhotonics Cambridge/Hyeon-Ho Jeong, Jialong Peng The smallest pixels yet created - a million times smaller than those in smartphones, made by trapping particles of...
Receiving weekend food improves school attendance among children living with hunger
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Children living in food-insecure households are more likely to attend school on Fridays if they're participating in...
A case of the chimp sniffles or major outbreak? Syndromic surveillance may hold the key
Credit: Kara Walker Two sniffling chimps could be one too many for a wild chimpanzee community susceptible to respiratory disease outbreaks, report Morris Animal Foundation-funded...
