Collaboration aims to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in clinical trials
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Spencer Hoover, vice president and executive director of the Henry Ford Cancer Institute, is co-author of a manuscript...
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Bacteria in urine doesn't always indicate infection
Testing, antibiotic treatment often unnecessary, say IDSA guidelines ARLINGTON, Va. - Doctors should think carefully before testing patients for a urinary tract infection (UTI) to...
Sports involvement linked to fewer depressive symptoms in children
A study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging investigates the relationship between involvement in sports, brain development, and depression in children Philadelphia, March 21,...
Need for better forecasting and communication to mitigate repeat of Idai devastation
A better system for forecasting and communicating severe weather events in Africa is needed to reduce the impact of storms such as Cyclone Idai, say...
Girls need more positive experiences of ball skills
Children's positive perception of moving is an important supporter for natural physical activity and developing motor skills. A study at the University of Jyväskylä suggests...
Scientists propose a new benchmark skill for decadal prediction of terrestrial water storage
Credit: Enda Zhu Terrestrial water storage (TWS) includes all phases of water over land (e.g., surface and groundwater, snow etc.) and acts as an important...
Protecting homes with netting window screens can reduce malaria parasite infection
Credit: IHI In an article published in Lancet Planetary Health(link is external), a team from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and the Ifakara Health...
Semiconductor: A new contender for scalable quantum computing
Credit: ©Science China Press Quantum computing, along with 5G and AI, has been the focus for the next-generation technology in the last decades. Up to...
Europe-wide research for future batteries
European Initiative BATTERY 2030+ brings together leading science institutions - one of the partners is the CELEST Research Platform of KIT, Ulm University, and ZSWCredit:...
Lung cancer patient channels diagnosis into lifetime activism
Maryland lung cancer patient to address IASLC Small Cell Lung Cancer Meeting on Wednesday, April 3, in New York Denver--March 19, 2019--By any measure, lung...
New microscope captures large groups of neurons in living animals
Fast, detailed imaging across a wide field of view useful for deciphering brain functions WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a microscope specifically for imaging large...
Ancient birds out of the egg running
Feathers revealed in a 125 million-year-old fossil of a bird hatchling shows it came out of the egg runningCredit: @Kaye et al. 2019 The ~125...
How spin dances with dipole
Credit: ©Science China Press Both electric dipoles and spin moments can be ordered in solids, leading to ferro-type phases, e.g. ferromagnetism or ferroelectricity. Generally these...
Otago discovery paves way for precision medicine in future
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago scientists have discovered a way to view the immune cell "landscape" of bowel cancer tumours, paving the way...
Artificial chemical DNA switch helps understand epigenetic mechanisms
Credit: IOCB Prague Researchers from the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University constructed an artificial chemical DNA switch and made the first step towards...
