The dead may outnumber the living on Facebook within 50 years
New analysis by academics from the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), part of the University of Oxford, predicts the dead may outnumber the living on Facebook...
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Pediatricians and nurse practitioners report using strategies to improve HPV vaccination
Credit: Pediatric Academic Societies BALTIMORE - Pediatricians and nurse practitioners report using several strategies to improve human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, yet also perceive barriers, according...
Survey of pediatricians and family physicians assesses HPV vaccine delivery practices
Despite a recommendation for routine HPV vaccination of adolescents over 10 years, vaccination series completion rates remain less than 50% in the USCredit: Pediatric Academic...
Large genome-wide association study is first to focus on both child and adult asthma
Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes wheezing, coughing and shortness of...
Study to examine impact of therapy animals on children with cancer
Credit: Susan Urmy/Vanderbilt The sight of a dog in a therapy vest trotting down a hospital hallway or being petted by a child lying in...
Some children find it harder to understand what strangers are saying
New research by New York University Steinhardt Associate Professor Susannah Levi finds that children with poorer language skills are at a disadvantage when given tasks...
Gene repair improves memory and seizures in adult autism model
Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. - April 29, 2019 - A new study challenges the presumption that people born with developmental brain...
Intervention increases healthy behavior among South African adolescents
New research from the University of Pennsylvania found that a specially designed health intervention given to South African youth improved healthy eating and amount of...
No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy, suggest researchers
Brain connectivity issues found in children who have experienced prenatal alcohol exposure.Credit: Gao Lin and Linda Sommerlade WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2019 -- An international...
Princeton geoscientists find new fallout from ‘the collision that changed the world’
A Princeton-led research team has created an unprecedented record of ocean nitrogen and oxygen levels from 70 million years ago through 30 million years ago...
TET proteins regulate factors essential for normal antibody production
New study sheds light on what goes awry in malignancies marked by TET mutationCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--A family of cancer...
US Southeast Atlantic coast facing high threat of sea-level rise in the next 10 years
Credit: University of Central Florida New research shows 75 percent of the Atlantic Coast from North Carolina to Central Florida will be highly vulnerable to...
Nanoparticles take a fantastic, magnetic voyage
Tiny robots powered by magnetic fields could help drug-delivery nanoparticles reach their targets CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have designed tiny robots that can help...
Gene-editing technology may produce resistant virus in cassava plant
An international team of biologists urge careful use of technology in research and flag potential biosafety risks. The use of gene-editing technology to create virus-resistant...
Ready for refit: Navy-owned research vessel getting suped-up for service
Credit: Photo by Scripps Institution of Oceanography ARLINGTON, Va.--Like a classic car being restored, the research vessel (R/V) Roger Revelle is undergoing a year-long makeover...
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