Lesson learned? Massive study finds lectures still dominate STEM ed
Credit: Craig Chandler | University of Nebraska-Lincoln An analysis of more than 2,000 college classes in science, technology, engineering and math has imparted a lesson...
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What stops mass extinctions?
(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) What slows or stops a disease epidemic if the pathogen is still present? It appears that wild frogs are becoming increasingly...
Polymers that mimic chameleon skin
Biological tissues have complex mechanical properties - soft-yet-strong, tough-yet-flexible - that are difficult to reproduce using synthetic materials. An international team has managed to produce...
Illinois researchers receive $1 million to study bioenergy crops
URBANA, Ill. - The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced a grant for $1 million to support research led by a University...
Patients who travel abroad for plastic surgery can bring home serious complications
With the promise of inexpensive procedures luring patients to travel abroad for plastic surgery, medical tourism has become an expanding, multi-billion-dollar industry. But while the...
The link between urban design and childhood obesity
Children who live in more walkable neighbourhoods have a smaller waist measurement and a lower BMI (body mass index). Those are the findings of a...
A medical charter: Commitments to limit physician burnout, promote well-being
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- More than half of U.S. physicians say they experience burnout in their work. Today, Mayo Clinic and other leading medical centers have...
Medical group offers steps to address physician burnout
(New York - March 29, 2018) - Physician burnout continues to be a pervasive issue, with more than 50 percent of doctors reporting problems such...
Slow, steady waves keep brain humming
If you keep a close eye on an MRI scan of the brain, you'll see a wave pass through the entire brain like a heartbeat...
Anthropogenic lead still present in European shelf seas
Credit: Photo: D. Rusiecka, GEOMAR. Lead (PB) is one of few elements for which the impact of human activity on the marine environment is clearly...
Scientists publish new book on key policies for a sustainable energy future
Credit: Roger James Kuhns and George H. Shaw Mystic, CT - Dr. Roger James Kuhns and Dr. George H. Shaw recently published a book through...
Scientists found a new genus and species of frogs
Credit: Nikolay Poyarkov A team of scientists from MSU and their foreign colleagues discovered a previously unknown species and genus of batrachians Siamophryne troglodytes. These...
Tumor suppressor protein targets liver cancer
LA JOLLA--(March 29, 2018) Salk Institute scientists, together with researchers from Switzerland's University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, discovered a protein called LHPP that...
Fat-sensing hormone helps control tadpole metamorphosis
ANN ARBOR -- When tadpoles are but tadpoles, they're voracious eaters, chomping down all of the plant matter in their paths. Now, a University of...
New work from Ron Crystal’s lab on treating hereditary adrenal disorders
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 29, 2018--A new study has definitively shown that a single treatment with gene therapy using...
