New book explores innovations in global health
Toronto - Poor access to care in low- and middle-income countries due to high costs, geographic barriers, and a shortage of trained medical staff has...
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NIST physicists create record-setting quantum motion
Credit: Burrus/NIST Showcasing precise control at the quantum level, physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method for making...
Astronomers make first calculations of magnetic activity in ‘hot Jupiter’ exoplanets
Credit: NASA, ESA and A. Schaller (for STScI) Gas-giant planets orbiting close to other stars have powerful magnetic fields, many times stronger than our own...
Targeting old bottleneck reveals new anticancer drug strategy
Hot target SIRT2 regulates ribonucleotide reductase The enzyme ribonucleotide reductase is a bottleneck for cancer cell growth. Scientists at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University...
Patients treated for visceral leishmaniasis can still transmit the disease, study shows
Results show PKDL could be a threat to elimination of leishmaniasis in South Asia Geneva/New Delhi - 22 July 2019 - The results of an...
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
Increase greater in urban than rural areas, FAIR Health study finds NEW YORK, NY--July 23, 2019--From 2014 to 2018, private insurance claim lines for non-hospital-based...
Solving the salt problem for seismic imaging
Credit: © 2019 Mahesh Kalita The efficient extraction of oil and gas from within the Earth's crust requires accurate images of subsurface rock structures. Some...
Scientists develop promising drug for treating ovarian, pancreatic cancers
Houston Methodist, MD Anderson file joint patent for new monoclonal antibodyCredit: Houston Methodist Known as two of the most lethal cancers, ovarian and pancreatic cancer...
New Record: PLQE of 70.3% in lead-free halide double perovskites
Credit: ©Science China Press Illumination consumes more than 20 percent of electricity. Thus, finding an efficient, stable, single-phase warm white-light material is very important. Lead...
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science and Technology MISIS together with...
SwRI and UTSA collaborate to better understand metal degradation
Researchers will study potential for cracking in additively manufactured materials SAN ANTONIO -- July 22, 2019 -- Southwest Research Institute and The University of Texas...
First impressions go a long way in the immune system
An algorithm that predicts the immune response to a pathogen could lead to early diagnosis for such diseases as tuberculosisCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science First...
Sophisticated molecular machines in action
Frankfurt researchers solve mechanism of ABC transporter in detail; cover story in NatureCredit: Christoph Thomas & Robert Tampé (Institute of Biochemistry, Goethe University Frankfurt) Almost...
New deactivation mechanism for switch proteins detected
For decades, researchers have been debating over which of two mechanisms deactivates switch proteins. Now, a third scenario has emerged.Credit: RUB, Kramer A new mechanism...
Heart disease biomarker linked to paleo diet
Credit: ECU People who follow the paleo diet have twice the amount of a key blood biomarker linked closely to heart disease, the world's first...
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