UT study shows how to produce natural gas while storing carbon dioxide
Credit: NOAA New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the...
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Health disparity for blacks exists within lung screening guidelines
Guidelines that determine which smokers qualify for CT scans are excluding a significant number of African Americans who develop lung cancer, according to a study...
Is use of social media, photo editing apps associated with acceptance of cosmetic surgery?
Bottom Line: An online survey study suggests how people feel about cosmetic surgery may be associated with what social media and photo editing apps they...
Some extinct crocs were vegetarians
Comparisons of the teeth of extinct crocodyliforms to modern day animals allow new insights into dietCredit: Keegan Melstrom/NHMU Based on careful study of fossilized teeth,...
Reducing overtesting in the emergency department could save millions
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - An emergency department is sometimes the first place a person thinks to go for health care. "The emergency department is an...
Researchers grow active mini-brain-networks
Credit: Takahashi et. al / Stem Cell Reports Cerebral organoids are artificially grown, 3D tissue cultures that resemble the human brain. Now, researchers from Japan...
One simple change cut unnecessary imaging for cancer patients in half
Simply introducing a default physician order -- a "nudge" -- into electronic health records (EHRs) cut the use of unnecessary daily imaging in half during...
Curtain raiser: ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6, 2019 Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the 2019 ESMO World Congress on...
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
Credit: Zhan Wang The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, researchers report June...
Disrupted sleep in one’s 50s, 60s raises risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Protein tangles in the aging brain throw sleep rhythms out of sync, likely leading to memory lossCredit: UC Berkeley image by Matthew Walker and Joseph...
Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver
At least 100 human genes are pressed into the parasite's service; represent possible drug targets for early stages of infectionCredit: Rene Raphemot, Ph.D., Duke University...
Jerry A. Shields, M.D. receives Howe Medal from American Ophthalmological Society
Distinguished award honors achievement in ophthalmologyCredit: Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D. -- Photographer for the American Ophthalmological Society and Wills Eye Chief of Ophthalmic Pathology...
Protein offers protection against nerve degeneration in ALS model
(Boston)--Increasing the levels of the anti-aging protein hormone Klotho improves the neurological deficits and prolongs life span in an experimental model with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
Infant mortality is higher for low-skilled parents
Infants of women with a short-term education are more likely to die within the first year of life. In more than half of cases, the...
Dementia study links gene with damage to brain connections
Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain cells have been revealed by scientists. Brain tissue from people with...
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