Pairing mobile phone reminders with incentives to help prevent diseases
Credit: Sanjay Jain and team In a study conducted in rural India, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers working in collaboration with Bal Umang Drishya Sanstha (BUDS),...
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Elevated lead in private wells could pose health risks
Since the Flint Water Crisis in Michigan, concern in the U.S. over lead in drinking water has increased. Information about water from private wells has...
Removing heavy metals from water with MOFs
Credit: American Chemical Society An estimated 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, a problem expected to worsen with climate change,...
Nanospears deliver genetic material to cells with pinpoint accuracy
In a step toward accelerating the production of new gene therapies, scientists report in ACS Nano that they have developed remote-controlled, needle-like nanospears capable of...
Removing heavy metals from water
Credit: Wendy Lee Queen/EPFL According to the World Health Organization almost 1 billion people do not have access to clean drinking water, and that number...
Are palaeontologists naming too many species?
Credit: James McKa A comprehensive new study looking at variations in Ichthyosaurus, a common British Jurassic ichthyosaur (sea-going reptile) also known as 'Sea Dragons', has...
‘Body on a chip’ could improve drug evaluation
Credit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT engineers have developed new technology that could be used to evaluate new drugs and detect possible side effects...
Artificial and biological cells work together as mini chemical factories
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have fused living and non-living cells for the first time in a way that allows them to work together, paving...
New research solves the 60-year-old paleontological mystery of a ‘phantom’ dicynodont
Credit: Adrian Smith & Christian Kammerer; North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences A new study has re-discovered fossil collections from a 19th century hermit that...
Smoke-damaged airway tissue restored on switching to glo
Credit: British American Tobacco A new lab-based study has shown that when airway cells damaged by cigarette smoke are exposed instead to glo vapour, the...
Preeclampsia screening method found superior to current tests
New research highlights a more accurate way to screen for preeclampsia in pregnant women than currently recommended methods. Published early online in Ultrasound in Obstetrics...
New class of menopause drugs reduces number and severity of hot flushes
A new class of experimental drugs reduces hot flushes in menopausal women by almost three-quarters in just three days. The treatment, tested by scientists at...
Study finds smokers at greater risk of hearing loss
Smoking is associated with increased risk of hearing loss, according to a study of over 50,000 participants over 8 years in Nicotine & Tobacco Research,...
Scientists work to protect obese, younger women from cardiovascular work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 14, 2018) - Obese, premenopausal women can lose the innate protection from cardiovascular disease that...
Large numbers of students skipping breakfast
Despite widespread availability of morning meal programs, a large number of Canadian students are still skipping breakfast, according to a study from the University of...
