Clinical trials beginning for possible preeclampsia treatment
For over 20 years, a team of researchers at Lund University has worked on developing a drug against preeclampsia - a serious disorder which annually...
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Play games with no latency
Credit: © KAIST One of the most challenging issues for game players looks to be resolved soon with the introduction of a zero-latency gaming environment....
45% of American adults doubt vaccine safety, according to survey
Americans cite online articles, past secrets/wrongdoing by pharmaceutical industry and information from medical experts as top sources of suspicionCredit: American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO--June 24, 2019--A...
More women in US receive 3D mammography but disparities remain
New Haven, Conn. -- Use of 3-D mammography, an advanced form of breast cancer screening, has risen rapidly in recent years, according to Yale researchers...
Future Science Group expands its partnership with ScienceOpen
Future Science Group (FSG) is pleased to announce it has expanded its partnership with ScienceOpen, with two new collections featuring the journals BioTechniques and Future...
Ancient intervention could boost dwindling water reserves in coastal Peru
Nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Andes mountains, Peru's coastal region relies on surface water from the Andes for drinking water, industry, and animal...
£3.54m boost for Liverpool based antimicrobial resistance research
Credit: LSTM The University of Liverpool (UoL) and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) have been awarded £3.54m for a research project that aims...
Fingolimod: advantages for some children and adolescents with highly active RRMS
Subsequently submitted data on quality of life are informative / added benefit in one of four patient groups Since 2018, the immunosuppressant drug fingolimod has...
Galaxy clusters caught in a first kiss
For the first time, astronomers have found two giant clusters of galaxies that are just about to collide. This observation can be seen as a...
Big data and innovations for healthy bees
Recently started, Horizon 2020 project B-GOOD seeks to create a EU-wide management and health data platform to assist sustainable beekeepingCredit: B-GOOD Big data, an interactive...
Targeting individual atoms
Credit: ETH Zurich / Jan Rhensius, Kristian Cujia Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy - NMR spectroscopy for short - is one of the most important methods...
Carnegie Mellon physicist Rachel Mandelbaum named 2019 Simons Investigator
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University physicist Rachel Mandelbaum has been named a 2019 Simons Investigator by the Simons Foundation. The Simons Investigator program...
Resonance-enhanced tunneling induces F+H2 reaction in interstellar clouds
Credit: T. A. Rector & B. A. Wolpa, NOAO, AURA Scientists from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences...
A solarium for hens? How to increase the vitamin D content of eggs
Many people suffer from a vitamin D deficiency. This can result in brittle bones and an increased risk of respiratory diseases. Chicken eggs are a...
Chemists discover structure of glucagon fibrils
Study may be a step toward shelf-stable versions of the hormone, which is used to control diabetes. Patients with type 1 diabetes have to regularly...