Use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes among women of reproductive age in US
Bottom Line: Cigarette use was lower among pregnant women in the United States (8 percent) than among nonpregnant women (14.3 percent) but rates of e-cigarette...
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Magma is the key to the moon’s makeup
Credit: Hosono, Karato, Makino & Saitoh New Haven, Conn. - For more than a century, scientists have squabbled over how the Earth's moon formed. But...
The last chance for Madagascar’s biodiversity
The most important actions needed by Madagascar's new government to prevent species and habitats being lost for everCredit: Copyright Daniel Burgas. Scientists from around the...
Massachusetts General study finds women pay more for over-the-counter moisturizers
Products marketed to women cost around $3/ounce more than those targeted to men with no significant differences in ingredients Over-the-counter facial moisturizers are a widely-used...
GRACE mission data contributes to our understanding of climate change
The GRACE twin satellite system has contributed two decades worth of crucial data on climate changeCredit: Cockrell School Of Engineering, The University of Texas at...
Details of the history of inner Eurasia revealed by new study
Researchers combining genetics, archaeology, history and linguistics have gained new insights into the history of inner Eurasia, once a cultural and genetic crossroads connecting Europe...
Drug treats Type 2 diabetes in children, team announces
Results of a recently completed clinical trial of a potential drug to treat Type 2 diabetes in children were announced Sunday at the Pediatric Academic...
Cosmic dust reveals new insights on the formation of solar system
'One of the greatest curiosities is how the universe was formed and how life started. And this weirdo particle showed us something we didn't know...
Researchers discover new charge transfer and separation process
SUTD worked with an international team of researchers to develop glutathione fluorescent probes based on the discovery of Twisted Intramolecular Charge Shuttle (TICS)Credit: SUTD Charge...
Mayo Clinic doctors: Fecal transplants may be best answer to antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Non-pharmaceutical treatment combats recurring Clostridium Difficile infections CHICAGO--April 29, 2019-- Transplanting human donor fecal microbiota into the colon of a patient infected with Clostridiodes difficile...
Are buyers willing to forgo quality in locally grown produce?
West Coast farms produce more than 90 percent of the broccoli consumed in the United States. With production mainly in California, and concentrated in Monterey...
Precision medicine for pediatric cancers: New hope for children and adolescents
Five years after it was created to serve children and adolescents in Quebec, the TRICEPS team at CHU Sainte-Justice has demonstrated the feasibility of setting...
New 3D microscope visualises fast biological processes better than ever
Credit: Tobias Wüstenfeld "Many important biological processes occur in three dimensions and on millisecond timescales," says Lars Hufnagel on the rationale for developing the new...
H3N2 viruses mutate during vaccine production but new tech could fix it
Credit: Yoshihiro Kawaoka, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- In late March 2019, the World Health Organization and a vaccine advisory committee of the Food and Drug...
A simple solution to a complex problem
Credit: Graphic: Claudia Jessen-Trefzer A team headed by Dr. Claudia Jessen-Trefzer of the University of Freiburg's Institute for Pharmaceuticals Sciences has for the first time...
