New aspect of atom mimicry for nanotechnology applications
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology In nanotechnology control is key. Control over the arrangements and distances between nanoparticles can allow tailored interaction strengths so that...
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Mechanism of probiotic health promotion revealed
Washington, DC - December 2, 2016 - In several clinical trials, the probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus paracasei DG has been shown to promote health, but until...
Seafood consumption 15 times higher among Indigenous than non-Indigenous people
Credit: Colette Wabnitz Coastal Indigenous people eat on average 15 times more seafood per person than non-Indigenous people in the same country, according to new...
Evaluation of scientific rigor in animal research
The "reproducibility crisis" in biomedical research has led to questions about the scientific rigor in animal research, and thus the ethical justification of animal experiments....
What makes your voice yours?
Washington, D.C., December 2, 2016 -- What are the characteristics of the way you say, "hello," (or anything else for that matter) that makes you...
Team to build health informatics platform for patient care coordination
Credit: UT Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas will take part in a project that aims to design and construct a patient-focused...
Overcoming the limitations of optical microscopy
Credit: Copyright: Benjamin Judkewitz, Charité. Having played a central role in the advent of modern life sciences, optical microscopy is now virtually indispensable in research....
Cataracts linked to increased odds of depression in older adults
December 2, 2016 - Older adults with cataracts are more likely to have symptoms of depression, reports a study in the December issue of Optometry...
Treatment significantly reduces chemotherapy-induced hearing loss in children
Investigators from Children's Hospital Los Angeles and 37 other Children's Oncology Group hospitals in the U.S. and Canada have determined that sodium thiosulfate prevents cisplatin-induced...
NASA’s AIM observes early noctilucent ice clouds over Antarctica
Credit: NASA/HU/VT/CU-LASP/AIM/Joy Ng, producer Data from NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere, or AIM, spacecraft shows the sky over Antarctica is glowing electric blue...
Alpha blockers more effective for large kidney stones
Credit: University of Michigan Health System Nearly one in 11 Americans will have a kidney stone in their lifetime, causing pain, sometimes missed work and,...
Novel anti-PSMA imaging agent quickly identifies prostate cancer lesions
Credit: Neeta Pandit-Taskar, M.D., and Michael J. Morris, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center New research demonstrates that a novel imaging agent can quickly and...
Controlling chain conformations to enhance electronic devices
Controlling the way fluorinated polymer chains twist and turn may enable fast and flexible electrical circuits, according to collaborative research conducted at Penn State. The...
NASA’s Sun-observing IRIS mission
While it seems static from our vantage point on Earth 93 million miles away, the sun is constantly changing. Under the influence of complex magnetic...
Dabigatran superior to warfarin when anticoagulation is resumed after bleeding
Credit: Tim Betler/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 1, 2016 - In the first analysis of how to treat patients on anticoagulants who suffer a major bleeding event,...
