Team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent
When implemented correctly, health care team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent, according to a new review paper by a psychologist at Rice...
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Prevent antibiotic resistances from spreading: Rapid test helps administering the ‘correct’ drug
Credit: S. Döring/ Leibniz-IPHT Scientists of the Leibniz-Institute of Photonic Technologies (Leibniz-IPHT), Center for Sepsis Control and Care at the University Hospital Jena and Friedrich...
New insights into the origin of elongated heads in early medieval Germany
Credit: State Collection for Anthropology and Palaeoanatomy Munich The transition from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages in Europe is marked by two key events...
Predicting an insect community structure based on genomic variation in a tree species
Credit: Shunsuke Utsumi Generally, spatial and temporal factors affect how communities of organisms are shaped in an ecosystem. Understanding the structure of associated communities is...
Background radiation in UAE’s agricultural topsoil found to be lower than global average
A team of researchers in the United Arab Emirates have revealed the presence of a significantly lower level of background radiation present in the nation's...
A new twist to an old story of cellular signaling in the eye of a fly
When light falls on the eye of a fly, ripples of messages flow through its cells. These messages are carried by molecular messengers forming an...
Ash from dinosaur-era volcanoes linked with shale oil, gas
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Nutrient-rich ash from an enormous flare-up of volcanic eruptions toward the end of the dinosaurs' reign kicked off a chain of...
Mending broken hearts with cardiomyocyte molds
Credit: Parisa Pour Shahid Saeed Abadi/Michigan Tech 2.5 billion. That's approximately the number of times the human heart beats in 70 years. And sometimes during...
Sleep apnea study finds male-female differences in cerebral cortex thickness, symptoms
FINDINGS Researchers from the UCLA School of Nursing examined clinical records and magnetic resonance imaging brain scans of patients who were recently diagnosed with sleep...
Helpful B cells lend a hand to developing neurons
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Neurons are specialized cells of the nervous system that communicate using electrical signals, which propagate down long, wire-like projections called...
Ultra-white coating modelled on beetle scales
Credit: Olimpia Onelli Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that could be used to make brighter paints and coatings, for use...
Engineers create most efficient red light-activated optogenetic switch for mammalian cells
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of researchers has developed a light-activated switch that can turn genes on and off in mammalian cells....
Breeding trouble: Meta-analysis identifies fishy issues with captive stocks
Credit: Phil Wise took the photo on Dr Hogg's camera. A group of researchers based at the University of Sydney has uncovered patterns that may...
Patients do as well on generic antiplatelet drugs as more expensive brand-name product
DALLAS, March 13, 2018 - Generic anti-platelet drugs seem to work as well as a brand name drug for heart patients, according to new research...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
Credit: Misagh Naderi, LSU One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects fewer than 200,000 Americans. Although...
