Southern Ocean acidification puts marine organisms at risk
Credit: Kristen Krumhardt New research indicates that acidification of the Southern Ocean will cause a layer of water to form below the surface that corrodes...
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Sepsis a leading cause of death in US hospitals but many deaths may not be preventable
Sepsis is a major contributor to disability, death and health care costs in the United States and worldwide. A growing recognition of the high burden...
Guidelines on the use of genetic testing in psychiatry
International Society Issues StatementCredit: ISPG An expert committee of psychiatrists and geneticists has issued revised guidelines for the use of genetic testing in psychiatric care....
New ‘tracers’ improve diagnosis of cancer and may be useful for treatment
Credit: Giesel FL, Kratochwil C, Lindner T, et al. Researchers have identified two new nuclear medicine tracers that make it easier to diagnose and potentially...
Portland State receives $2 million federal grant to study ocean electrical generation
Credit: Portland State University The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2 million, three-year grant to Portland State University engineering professor to study a...
Genes that evolve from scratch expand protein diversity
Genomic analysis of rice plants provides decisive evidence of de novo gene origination One of the most important questions in biology is how rapidly new...
Too lazy to brush and floss? Research team will motivate you with online counseling
UB researchers receive grant to develop online intervention to improve oral health in dental patients BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Brush your teeth twice per day and...
NASA’s Aqua Satellite finds Tropical Cyclone Idai in Mozambique Channel
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Aqua satellite revealed the center of Tropical Cyclone Idai in...
No silver bullet for helping the Great Barrier Reef
Improving water quality can help the Great Barrier Reef, but won't suffice to rescue itCredit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor Recent flooding and the mass outflows of dirty...
Binge drinking in adolescence may increase risk for anxiety later in life
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases the risk of...
Imaging technique finds differences between radiation-sensitive and resistant tumors
Pilot clinical trials begunCredit: University of Arkansas Researchers have started pilot clinical studies in head and neck cancer patients to determine if Raman spectroscopy, a...
Controlling thermal conductivity of polymers with light
Credit: University of Illinois Materials Research Lab Polymers are regularly used as thermal insulators for everything from keeping beverages hot to keeping sensitive electronics cool....
Liquid metal research: New solutions for the energy transition
Technologies made by KIT can essentially contribute to climate protectionCredit: Photo: Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT Whether for thermal energy storage systems, new process paths for the...
Gender-based salary gap persists among academic emergency medicine physicians
Credit: Kirsty Challen, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom Although overall salaries for emergency physicians have increased over the past four years, and despite a call...
Integral Molecular’s MAbs against CB1 to treat NASH enter new development phase following $1.4 million award
CB1 MAbs enter new development phaseCredit: Integral Molecular Integral Molecular, the industry leader in antibody discovery against multipass membrane proteins, was awarded $1.4M by the...
