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Virtual reality in medicine: New opportunities for diagnostics and surgical planning
Credit: Screenshot: University of Base Before an operation, surgeons have to obtain the most precise image possible of the anatomical structures of the part of...
Healthy weight only protects women from hot flashes during the early stages of menopause
Greater weight increases the likelihood of night sweats and hot flashes during early stages of the menopause transition but reduces those symptoms throughout menopause and...
How our immune system targets TB
Credit: Imaging CoE Every 18 seconds someone dies from tuberculosis (TB). It is the world's most deadly infectious disease. Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of...
New moms moving toward the bottle
Credit: UBC New moms are increasingly using expressed breast milk (either pumped or expressed by hand) instead of directly breastfeeding their babies, according to a...
Targeted preventive measures for hip fracture are needed for persons with Alzheimer’s disease
The hip fracture risk factors are generally similar among those with and without Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern...
Safety in darkness
Credit: (Kyoto University, Takahashi/Tadokoro) Kyoto, Japan -- With a little help from chickens and video cameras, scientists have captured live the moment when skin gets...
ANU invention to inspire new night-vision specs
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU Scientists at The Australian National University (ANU) have designed a nano crystal around 500 times smaller than a human hair that...
Radiation that knocks electrons out and down, one after another
Credit: Kiyonobu Nagaya, Department of Physics, Kyoto University Researchers at Japan's Tohoku University are investigating novel ways by which electrons are knocked out of matter....
Applicability of dynamic facilitation theory to binary hard disk systems
Credit: NITech Nagoya, Japan--Glasses are amorphous (non-crystalline) solids that are widely used in everyday life and in technological instruments. It is important to understand the...
NIFA announces $3 million in funding for robotics research
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced the availability of $3 million...
Baby teethers soothe, but many contain low levels of BPA
Credit: American Chemical Society Bisphenol-A (BPA), parabens and antimicrobials are widely used in personal care products and plastics. The U.S. and other governments have banned...
MAO is a possible Alzheimer’s disease biomarker
Credit: American Chemical Society Alzheimer's disease affects more than 35 million people, a number that is expected to increase in the coming years. Currently, Alzheimer's...
Study shows blood products unaffected by drone trips
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In what is believed to be the first proof-of-concept study of its kind, Johns Hopkins researchers have determined that large bags...
The secret slimming effect of sweet potato waste
The sweet potato pie you eat during the holidays might not be good for your waistline, but according to a new study published in the...
