NIH to test experimental drug to curb drug cravings
Early-stage trial opens at clinical centerCredit: NIAID A clinical trial of an experimental drug designed to treat cravings associated with opioid use disorder (OUD) has...
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African-Americans more likely to be misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, Rutgers study finds
The study suggests a bias in misdiagnosing blacks with major depression and schizophrenia African-Americans with severe depression are more likely to be misdiagnosed as having...
Study gives new perspective on production of blood cells and immune cells
Researchers tracked and quantified the production of different kinds of blood cells and immune cells to understand how the body maintains a balanced supply A...
Blue Brain solves a century-old neuroscience problem
Neuroscientists can now start building a formal catalogue for all the types of cells in the brain, with their role and functionCredit: EPFL / Blue...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Veronica affecting Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Visible imagery from NASA's Terra satellite showed Tropical Cyclone Veronica skirting the Pilbara coast...
Bacteria bide their time when antibiotics attack
Rice University study suggests strategies for better dosage to fight infectionsCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HOUSTON - (March 21, 2019) - If...
C-sections are seen as breastfeeding barrier in US, but not in other global communities
Indigenous Mexican mothers practice prolonged breastfeeding even after C-sections and their babies benefitCredit: Photo provided by Rosy Garibay WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The increase in...
First reputation-based blockchain guarantees security against 51 percent attacks
Researchers at the University of Luxembourg are part of an international team that has proposed the first blockchain system to guarantee proper performance even when...
Physicists reveal why matter dominates universe
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University have confirmed that matter and antimatter decay differently for elementary particles...
New light into the recent evolution of the African rift valley
Field research on the border between Ethiopia and Kenya provides new insights into the break-up of continentsCredit: Giacomo Corti, National Research Council Italy Continental rift valleys...
New brain research challenges our understanding of sleep
An international study headed by researchers from Aarhus University has for the first time uncovered the large-scale brain patterns and networks in the brain which...
The University of Luxembourg and Goodyear cooperate on new automotive applications
The University of Luxembourg and the Goodyear Innovation Center in Luxembourg have launched a new research project that studies the use of Near-Field Communication (NFC)...
Prenatal allergies prompt sexual changes in offspring
Female rats born to exposed moms act like males, study findsCredit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - A single allergic reaction during pregnancy prompts...
Imaging method reveals long-lived patterns in cells of the eye
Technique could aid early detection and treatment of certain eye diseasesCredit: National Eye Institute Cells of the retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) form unique patterns that...
Open-source solution: Researchers 3D-print system for optical cardiography
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office An international research team from the George Washington University, U.S., and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia, has developed...
