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Cancer drugs, artificial proteins, and how human tooth enamel can last a lifetimeCredit: Amgen Unique Cancer Drug Discovered With Help From Advanced Light Source Begins...
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Freestanding emergency departments may increase out-of-pocket spending for patients
Study analyzed freestanding emergency departments in four states, including ArizonaCredit: The University of Arizona Health Sciences PHOENIX - With emergency department visits spiking around the...
Gender-tailored treatment could ease opioid epidemic
UMass Amherst researcher says prevention needs to start in the primary care settingCredit: UMass Amherst Gender-tailored methods to address the harmful mental health effects of...
Does Medicaid managed care impact obstetrical care and birth outcomes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 20, 2019--A new study shows that among a set of disadvantaged women, Medicaid managed care...
IU team identifies potential target for restoring movement after spinal cord injury
Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have made several novel discoveries in the field of spinal cord...
Book looks at how landscape design helps solve water issues
Landscape design research can help solve environmental problems related to water systemsCredit: Courtesy Mary Pat McGuire CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- North America's inland watersheds hold and...
Immune mystery solved in mice points to better protection from rotavirus in humans
Credit: Jim Oldfield Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered how a brief disruption to a molecular pathway in the guts of mice before...
Using a material’s ‘memory’ to encode unique physical properties
A new study shows that, as materials age, they 'remember' prior stresses and external forces, which scientists and engineers can then use to create new...
From 3D to 2D and back: Reversible conversion of lipid spheres into ultra-thin sheets
Credit: Tokyo Tech An astonishing number of recent technological advances and novel engineering applications go hand in hand with progress in the field of materials...
Counting photons is now routine enough to need standards
Credit: J. Burrus/NIST Since the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) built its first superconducting devices for counting photons (the smallest units of light)...
Hepatitis C-positive donors a viable option to expand heart donor pool
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Patients who were transplanted with hearts from hepatitis C-positive donors had comparable outcomes after one year to patients who received...
NIST study suggests universal method for measuring light power
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Always on the lookout for better ways to measure all kinds of things, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology...
Nightside barrier gently brakes ‘bursty’ plasma bubbles
Physicists extend Rice Convection Model with details of magnetospheric buoyancy wavesCredit: K. Sorathia/JHUAPL HOUSTON - (Dec. 20, 2019) - The solar wind that pummels the...
SLAS Discovery releases first issue of 2020
Featured article, 'The National Cancer Institute's Plated Compound Sets Can Be a Valuable Resource for Academic Researchers,' now availableCredit: David James Group Oak Brook, IL...
Bern and Fribourg researchers identify neurons responsible for rapid eye movements/REM during sleep
Credit: Courtesy of Carolina Gutierrez Herrera REM - Rapid Eye Movement - is not only the name of a successful American rock band, but also...
