Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of ...
Children born in winter have vulnerable lungs
Professor Cecilie Svanes at the Department of Global Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Bergen (UiB) has ...
UA infectious disease researcher receives prestigious fellowship
Credit: UAHS Office of Public Affairs The importance of communicating science to the public — particularly the risk and uncertainty ...
Study highlights importance of preventing weight gain in adults to reduce type 2 diabetes
Credit: Ian Farrell A study of over 33,000 people, published today in the journal BMC Public Health, indicates that public ...
A breakthrough in combating malaria with odor-baited trap for…
Credit: Wageningen University The use of a newly-developed mosquito trap incorporating human odour has resulted in a 70% decline in ...
Groundbreaking immune approach targets humans instead of bacteria
Credit: Raymond Kaempfer Staphylococcal and streptococcal infections affect millions of individuals each year. They are a leading cause of sepsis ...
The complexity of modeling
In recent years, advances in materials synthesis techniques have enabled scientists to produce increasingly complex functional materials with enhanced or ...
Friend or foe? How the unconscious mind picks out faces in a crowd
Credit: Hebrew University Imagine you're walking down a busy street like Times Square in New York. There are tons of ...
Major new issue of CVIA on imaging
Credit: CVIA JOURNAL The new journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published the first issue of Volume 2, ...
Genetic changes help mosquitoes survive pesticide attacks
Credit: Caroline Fouet, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — For decades, chemical pesticides have been the most important way of controlling ...
Introducing iScience, Cell Press’s first interdisciplinary journal
Credit: Cell Press Cell Press, home of the flagship journals Cell, Chem, and Joule, welcomes a new addition for basic ...
Inpatient satisfaction improved by five-minute intervention, study…
Credit: UVA Health System As hospitals seek to improve inpatient satisfaction, one effective way takes only a few minutes and ...
Researchers reveal new links between heart hormones, obesity, and…
Lake Nona, Fl., Feb. 17, 2016 – A new research study has revealed an important relationship between proteins secreted by ...
Study: Patients receive most opioids at the doctor’s office, not the ER
Credit: USC Schaeffer Center Around the country, state legislatures and hospitals have tightened emergency room prescribing guidelines for opioids to ...
Study links athletic performance to mortality
Credit: University of Arizona It's not the locker room pep talk you'd expect, but new research from the University of ...
Tissue engineers recruit cells to make their own strong matrix
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery but the best way to make something is often ...
Daniel Alford, M.D., M.P.H., receives National Award from the American…
Credit: Boston Medical Center BOSTON — Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, FACP, has been awarded the American College of Physicians ...
How marriage may protect transgender couples
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – Transgender people who are married are less likely to experience discrimination than ...
Immune cells derived from specialised progenitors
Credit: © Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn Dendritic cells are gatekeepers of Immunity and are crucial for the detection and initiation ...
New study: Traumatic brain injury causes intestinal damage
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have found a two-way link between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and intestinal ...
