Catheters: Big source of infection, but often overlooked
ANN ARBOR--Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25% of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven't succeeded as much as...
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Coupled proteins
How human cells react to external signals and further process themCredit: © Thomas Splettstoesser (www.sci-style.com) Researchers from Heidelberg University and Sendai University in Japan used...
Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security
Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research throughout the world are in...
World’s smallest MRI performed on single atoms
Magnetic Resonance Imaging enables to scan the magnetic field of single atoms with unprecedented resolutionCredit: Philip Willke et al Researchers at the Center for Quantum...
Cancer cell’s ‘self eating’ tactic may be its weakness
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cancer cells use a bizarre strategy to reproduce in a tumor's low-energy environment; they mutilate their own...
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of 1 in 2 people
University of Louvain research in world premiereCredit: Patrice Cani, UCLouvain In 2007, Patrice Cani (FNRS-WELBIO researcher) and his team at the Louvain Drug Research Institute...
Researchers clock DNA’s recovery time after chemotherapy
In the time it takes for an Amazon Prime delivery to arrive, cells damaged by chemotherapy can almost completely fix their most important DNA. That...
After WIC offered better food options, maternal and infant health improved
Fruits and veggies helped lower some birth complications for moms and babies, study finds A major 2009 revision to a federal nutrition program for low-income...
Protein clumps in ALS neurons provide potential target for new therapies
Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological condition that affects motor neurons -- the nerve cells that control breathing...
‘Oumuamua is not an alien spacecraft
New analysis, co-led by UMD astronomer, suggests a natural origin for our first interstellar visitorCredit: ESO/M. Kornmesser On October 19, 2017, astronomers discovered the first...
Shorter courses of proton therapy can be just as effective as full courses prostate cancer
Penn study finds protons are effective, safe when given in higher dosesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Treating prostate cancer with higher doses of proton therapy...
How to protect corals facing climate change
Conserving a wide range of coral habitats is the best strategyCredit: Michelle Stuart/Rutgers University-New Brunswick The best way to protect corals threatened by climate change...
Blood pressure self-monitoring helps get patients with hypertension moving, study says
Credit: UConn Using blood pressure self-monitoring is an effective way to empower patients with hypertension to stick with an exercise program, according to a first-of-its-kind...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2019
Credit: Adam Malin/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Materials--Soft drink science Oak Ridge National Laboratory has teamed with Cornell College and the University...
Hubble captures cosmic fireworks in ultraviolet
Credit: NASA, ESA, N. Smith (University of Arizona, Tucson), and J. Morse (BoldlyGo Institute, New York) Hubble offers a special view of the double star...