Insufficient sleep linked to mental health in college students and athletes
Students who don't get enough sleep have greater risk of anxiety, suicide ideation SAN ANTONIO - Preliminary results from a new study suggest that there...
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New radiotracer can identify nearly 30 types of cancer
Future potential for therapeutic applicationCredit: Kratochwil C, Flechsig P, Lindner Y, et al. A novel class of radiopharmaceuticals has proven effective in non-invasively identifying nearly...
U of G researchers discover meat-eating plant in Ontario, Canada
In what is believed to be a first for North America, biologists at the University of Guelph have discovered that meat-eating pitcher plants in Ontario's...
Tissue engineering: The big picture on growing small intestines
Pediatric surgeon Tracy Grikscheit of Children's Hospital Los Angeles and colleagues describe the progress and challenges of building new intestinal tissue for babies in needCredit:...
NIH-funded trial finds vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk
Credit: Shutterstock: R_Szatkowski Taking a daily vitamin D supplement does not prevent type 2 diabetes in adults at high risk, according to results from a...
AI tool helps radiologists detect brain aneurysms
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service Doctors could soon get some help from an artificial intelligence tool when diagnosing brain aneurysms - bulges in blood vessels...
How acids behave in ultracold interstellar space
Solvated acids tend to release a proton; however, they display more complex behavior under space conditions Bochum-based researchers from the Cluster of Excellence Ruhr Explores...
Disturbed sleep linked to mental health problems in natural disaster survivors
Study is the first to describe sleep health consequences of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti SAN ANTONIO - Preliminary results from a new study suggest...
Long exposure to protein inhibitor may be key to more effective chemotherapy for cancer
SMU researchers find success in treating drug-resistant prostate cancer cells in the labCredit: SMU DALLAS (SMU) - Researchers at SMU's Center for Drug Discovery, Design...
Dashing the dream of ideal ‘invisibility’ cloaks for stress waves
Credit: Creative Commons, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Circular_EM_cloak_using_transformation_optics.svg/2000px-Circular_EM_cloak_using_transformation_optics.svg.png (2) Whether Harry Potter's invisibility cloak, which perfectly steers light waves around objects to make them invisible, will ever become reality...
A molecular glue to overcome cancer drug resistance?
Small molecule drug may prevent chemotherapy resistanceCredit: Pei Zhou DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a small molecule drug that may stop cancer cells from...
NIST infrared frequency comb measures biological signatures
Credit: NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have demonstrated a compact frequency-comb apparatus that rapidly measures the entire...
New core-shell catalyst for ethanol fuel cells
Greatly boosts efficiency of ethanol electro-oxidation, offering promise for liquid-fuel-cell-powered dronesCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National...
Four new species of plume moths discovered in Bahamas
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Deborah Matthews hunts for plume moths in darkness, waiting for the halo of her headlamp to catch a...
Mature galaxy mesmerizes in new Hubble view
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Walsh This striking image was taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), a powerful instrument...
