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In a study of people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and their twins and other close relatives, UC San Diego researchers were able to diagnose...

Smoking and pre-eclampsia may cause fertility problems for offspring, study suggests

Low levels of oxygen in the womb - which can be caused by smoking or conditions such as pre-eclampsia - may cause problems with fertility...

Quantum physics and origami for the ultimate get-well card

Scientists have combined the simplicity of paper with the complexity of quantum physics for point-of-care testing in low-resource environmentsCredit: Prof. Eden Morales-Narváez, CIO Mexico Paper-based...

Cancer researchers highlight clinical potential of liquid biopsy using droplet digital PCR technology at the 2019 AACR Annual Meeting

Atlanta-March 29, 2019-New research demonstrating the clinical utility of Bio-Rad's Droplet Digital PCR (ddPCR) powered liquid biopsy will be presented this week during the 2019...

Pain, pain go away: new tools improve students’ experience of school-based vaccines

Student-centered support tools reduce vaccine-associated pain, fear, and fainting during school-based clinicsLearn about how to reduce pain, fear and dizziness using The CARD™ System (C-Comfort,...

Binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl substances to Baikal seal PPARα

In vitro/in silico evaluations of binding affinities of perfluoroalkyl substances to Baikal seal PPARαCredit: Center for Marine Environmental Studies (CMES), Ehime University A team of...

Air quality to remain a problem in India despite pollution control policies

According to an independent study released today by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the Council on Energy, Environment, and Water (CEEW),...

New model predicts substantial reduction of malaria transmitting mosquitoes

The role of mosquitoes in spreading malaria is the biggest factor behind a recent study that found them to be the 'World's Deadliest Animal'. It...

New way of designing systems against correlated disruptions uses negative probability

Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. In March of 2011, a powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered...

Dr. Lauren Ferrante, critical care expert, becomes inaugural Hurria awardee at #AGS19

Bacteria partners with virus to cause chronic wounds, Stanford study finds

A common bacterial pathogen called Pseudomonas aeruginosa produces a virus that substantially increases the pathogen's ability to infect us, according to a study by investigators...

Modelled climate change impact on mosquito-borne virus transmission

Credit: NIAID (CC BY 2.0, 2016) Mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, already threaten over a billion people globally. A study published on...

New Yorkers brace for self-cloning Asian longhorned tick

Columbia researchers warn that NYC's Asian longhorned tick population is larger than previously knownCredit: Center for Disease Control and Prevention Staten Island residents have another...

Novel brain map tracks early brain atrophy from HIV infection

Credit: Xiong Jiang/Georgetown WASHINGTON -- A new map of brain tissue in people with HIV shows atrophy in several areas including a primary neurocognitive control...

FEFU scientists conduct research of quark-gluon plasma for the Russian NICA collider