First ratings for youth football helmets address sport’s largest pool of athletes
Credit: Virginia Tech The majority of people playing football in the U.S. aren't NFL players or collegiate athletes --they're youth players, less than 14 years...
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Paper: Serious Adverse Events in African American Cancer Patients with Sickle Cell Trait and Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in a SEER-Medicare Claims Cohort Corresponding author: Dr Helen...
Researchers develop new method to detect cancerous DNA in lung cancer patients’ blood
An advance in liquid biopsies A new method of determining the sequence of molecules in DNA can be used to detect small fragments of cancerous...
Experts to support global companies against cyber threats
A consortium of UK cyber security experts including UCL academics is to support global businesses to tackle online threats and protect themselves from cybercrime. The...
Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Researchers first needed to know if virus could be detected in fecesCredit: Courtesy Krista Milich Most emerging infectious diseases affecting people are zoonotic -- they...
Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut
Age-related changes to microbiome fuel vascular decline, new study showsCredit: CU Boulder Why do blood vessels naturally stiffen and degrade as we age, boosting cardiovascular...
Experiments with roundworms suggest alternatives for the treatment of schizophrenia
Researchers used C. elegans as an animal model to investigate the importance of certain human genes for the treatment of schizophrenia.Credit: Mirian Hayashi (EPM-UNIFESP) A...
Revealing the rules behind virus scaffold construction
New insights into epistasis could impact future drug delivery and therapeutic strategies A team of researchers including Northwestern Engineering faculty has expanded the understanding of...
Data-driven modeling and estimation of lithium-ion battery properties
Columbia Engineers design a model that can predict how to get the best performance from Li-Ion batteries Electric vehicles are powered by lithium-ion batteries (LIB),...
UMass Amherst food scientist receives Young Scientist Research Award
Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is being honored with the 2019 Young Scientist Research Award from the...
UTSA psychologist helps train first responders on the front line of the opioid crisis
James Bray, professor and chair of the UTSA Department of Psychology, is working on a research project with agencies in Houston to train first responders...
How attention helps the brain perceive an object
Salk scientists find that attention cuts through brain 'noise' that impairs visual perception LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2019) It's easy to miss something you're not looking...
Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model
Work published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that an enzyme inhibitor developed by Professor Bruce Hammock and...
MBL receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Award to fund new imaging scientist
Credit: Anthony Mautino WOODS HOLE, Mass. - Microscopy innovator Abhishek Kumar, Ph.D., has received a national award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) to join...
Sleep problems during pregnancy affect glucose, may increase risk of childhood obesity
Study shows that the severity of sleep apnea in pregnant women is related to higher glycemic patterns AURORA, Colo. - A study conducted by Sarah...
