Study shows increase in youth suicide attempts
The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according to a new Vanderbilt-led study...
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Nearly a quarter of Ontarians newly prescribed opioids received dose exceeding guidelines
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, May 16, 2018 -- Nearly a quarter (23.9 per cent) of initial opioid prescriptions in Ontario had a daily dose...
Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the riskiest...
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks....
New ‘Silk Road’ brings challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation
London. In an article published this week by the renowned journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists argues that environmental protection should be a...
VA health care successfully reduces ‘rush to treatment’ rates for low-risk prostate cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Health Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international medical experts and opting out...
Bringing MomTech to life: Pitt Engineering professor designs a gadget to help moms breastfeed
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 27, 2018) ... Breast milk has many known health benefits, but breastfeeding is not always an option for...
PNNL part of a new national center for near-atomic resolution of biological molecules
A collaboration between Oregon Health & Science University and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been chosen as a national center for...
Some calories more harmful than others
While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition researchers agree that sugar-sweetened beverages...
Study shines light on gut microbiome in colon cancer
Washington, DC - May 15, 2018 - Researchers have identified a correlation between gut microbial composition and microRNA expression in human colorectal cancer, according to...
Biologists find mechanisms that control where transcription factors bind
A team of biologists has determined how transcription factors (TFs), which guide gene regulation, function differently in embryonic development. The results help illuminate how cells...
Prized data, free and open to all
The first official account of the electronic Rothamsted Archive and what it offers, published today, highlights how this unique historical repository of agricultural and meteorological...
Lifting the economy on hawks’ wings
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - What can help boost Michigan's economy? American kestrels. A new Michigan State University study, published in the Journal of...
Russia’s NaRFU moves its Arctic Environmental Research journal to new-age ARPHA Platform
Credit: Arctic Environmental Research and ARPHA Formerly known as Bulletin of the Pomor University and Bulletin of the Northern (Arctic) Federal University, the open-access peer-reviewed...
Team achieves two-electron chemical reactions using light energy, gold
Credit: Graphic by Sungju Yu/Jain Lab/University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists are one step closer to building a carbon-recycling system that can harvest solar...
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