New quantum material could warn of neurological disease
By speaking the brain's language, the material is a portal between electronics and the brainCredit: Purdue University image/Hai-Tian Zhang WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- What if...
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Breast milk analyses show new opportunities for reducing risk of childhood obesity
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (April 10, 2019) -- New research suggests the composition of breast milk in normal weight mothers differs from that of...
Nurses use FDNY geospatial mapping of opioid overdoses to inform clinical practice in real time
Using data from emergency responders, study illustrates importance of interprofessional collaboration Nurse practitioners and nursing students can use local, real-time maps of opioid overdoses to...
Research underscores value of cognitive training for adults with mild cognitive impairment
Memory and higher-order cognitive functions improve; neuro-stimulation fails to enhance training benefits Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth®, part of The University of Texas at...
Wonder material: Individual 2D phosphorene nanoribbons made for the first time
Tiny, individual, flexible ribbons of crystalline phosphorus have been made by UCL researchers in a world first, and they could revolutionise electronics and fast-charging battery...
Birds’ surprising sound source
The best place for a bird's voice box is low in the airway, researchers findCredit: Photo by Natasha Verzhbitskiy. All air-breathing vertebrates have a larynx--a...
NASA-NOAA satellite sees Tropical Cyclone Wallace dissipating
Credit: Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). Tropical Cyclone Wallace was dissipating in the Southern Indian Ocean when NASA-NOAA's Suomi...
‘Deep learning’ casts wide net for novel 2D materials
Rice U. engineers show faster techniques to model atom-flat materials for bottom-up designCredit: Prabhas Hundi/Rice University HOUSTON - (April 10, 2019) - Scientists are discovering...
ClinEpiDB data resource releases childhood malnutrition and intestinal disease study
Credit: ClinEpiDB/University of Pennsylvania As the big data revolution continues to evolve, access to data that cut across many disciplines becomes increasingly valuable. In the...
VA’s process for determining TBI in veterans seeking disability compensation examined in new report
The US VA should expand the requirement in its disability compensation process regarding who can diagnose traumatic brain injury (TBI) to include any health care...
Who will win the Game of Thrones?
Machine learning algorithm predicts who will be left standing in "Game of Thrones"Credit: GoT-Team 2019 / TUM Shortly before the curtain drops on the hit...
Research shows evidence of impulsive behavior in nonsuicidal self-injury
Outcome suggests promising treatment target for some at high-risk for suicide Are young adults who harm themselves more at risk for suicide? New research suggests...
Scientists from NUST MISIS create a super-fast robot microscope to search for dark matter
Credit: © NUST MISIS Researchers from the National University of science and technology MISIS (NUST MISIS, Moscow, Russia) and the National Institute for Nuclear Physics...
New electron microscopy technique limits membrane destruction
Credit: Purdue University/Rebecca Wilcox Membrane proteins play an important role in many biological processes. Studies suggest they're targeted by more than 50% of all modern...
Adenosine kinase deficiency makes liver more susceptible to carcinogen
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 9, 2019-A new study has shown that reduced adenosine kinase expression (ADK) in the liver...
