New technique can detect impurities in ground beef within minutes
Credit: Paul Joseph/UBC Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found a better way to identify unwanted animal products in ground beef. Food science...
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Study validates new tool for diagnosing dehydration in children
Credit: Dr. Adam Levine PROVIDENCE, R.I. –To properly treat young children with severe diarrhea, caregivers in clinics long on patients and short on resources need...
New way to find DNA damage
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 6, 2015 – University of Utah chemists devised a new way to detect chemical damage to DNA that sometimes leads to...
Discovery of key molecules involved in severe malaria
Credit: Osaka University Malaria*1 is one of three major infectious diseases*2 affecting approximately 300 million people every year, accounting for about 500,000 deaths, but effective...
There’s a deeper fish in the sea
Credit: Mackenzie Gerringer/University of Washington The ocean's deepest fish doesn't look like it could survive in harsh conditions thousands of feet below the surface. Instead...
Space radiation won’t stop NASA’s human exploration
Credit: NASA While it's true that space radiation is one of the biggest challenges for a human journey to Mars, it's also true that NASA...
Good vibrations help reveal molecular details
Credit: Hafner Lab/Rice University HOUSTON – (Feb. 15, 2017) – Five years of hard work and a little "cosmic luck" led Rice University researchers to...
Study may explain why people with type O blood more likely to die of cholera
People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research from Washington University School of...
Ensuring ongoing care for patients treated during short-term surgical mission trips
ROSEMONT, Ill. (Feb. 17, 2016)–Each year, hundreds of orthopaedic surgeons travel to developing countries to treat and care for patients. Yet despite the successful completion...
Type of sugar may treat atherosclerosis, mouse study shows
Credit: Ismail Sergin Researchers have long sought ways to harness the body's immune system to treat disease, especially cancer. Now, scientists have found that the...
Researchers develop a new means of killing harmful bacteria
The global rise in antibiotic resistance is a growing threat to public health, damaging our ability to fight deadly infections such as tuberculosis. In this...
Virginia Tech researchers trace the potato’s origins, learn…
Credit: Virginia Tech The comfort food we know and love today as the potato was domesticated between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago from a wild...
Towards better treatment of cystitis
Every year, millions of people are treated for cystitis, but despite its prevalence, the disease is still a scientific mystery. Now a research team from...
Brief primary care intervention cut risky drug use among Latinos by 40 percent
Credit: AltaMed FINDINGS New research finds that brief interventions in a primary care clinic can reduce patients' risky substance use by 4.5 days per month...
NIH study finds donor corneas can be safely preserved for longer…
Credit: Credit George Rosenwasser, M.D. Results from a large, national clinical trial show that corneal donor tissue can be safely stored for 11 days without...
