UK study to help chronic pain sufferers back to work
Researchers from the University of Warwick's Medical School are leading a novel study to explore ways of helping people with chronic pain back to work....
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What makes patients more likely to land back in the hospital? Social factors play key role
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - No patient who just got out of the hospital wants to end up there again soon. Whoever's paying their hospital bills...
BU faculty member recognized for excellence from the American Heart Association
(Boston)--Philip A. Wolf, MD, professor of neurology and research professor of medicine (epidemiology and preventive medicine) at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), recently delivered...
Novel method to identify illegal drugs, faster and with greater accuracy
(Boston)--For the identification of illicit drugs in forensic toxicological casework, analysis can be delayed and potentially compromised due to lengthy sample preparation. However a new...
Scientists discover heterospecific mating in spiders
(ZRC SAZU) Researchers from Slovenia and South Africa have discovered heterospecific mating in Nephila spiders, and have published their findings on Nov. 15, 2016 in...
Shell-swinging snails knock out predators
Credit: Morii Y. et al., Scientific Reports, November 11, 2016. Until now, snails were thought to protectively withdraw into their shells when attacked. However, an...
Bacteriophages cure bacterial infections
Credit: M Skurnik Lab / University of Helsinki "The first targets in the clinical trials of phage therapy could be, for example, wound infections or...
Mothers are made to feel guilty whether they breastfeed or formula feed their baby
New research conducted by the University of Liverpool shows that mothers can experience negative emotions such as guilt, stigma and the need to defend their...
Where cells go: Mechanical and chemical cues collaborate to guide them
Credit: Yulia Artemenko, Johns Hopkins Medicine Living cells respond to biochemical signals by moving toward those at higher concentration, a process carefully mapped out by...
Improving cryopreservation for a longer-lasting blood supply
Freezing and reanimating your body is still science fiction, but cryopreserving cells and certain tissues for future use is a reality. Still, the process could...
Fast-cooking dry beans provide more protein, iron than ‘slower’ varieties
Credit: American Chemical Society Beans are a versatile, inexpensive staple that can boost essential nutrients in a diet, especially for people in low-resource areas where...
Controversial drug approval stirs deep concerns — and hope
In September, the Food and Drug Administration approved Exondys, a controversial treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy based on tenuous data from just 12 patients. The...
Particle physicist William Shepherd receives prestigious Sofja Kovalevskaja Award
Together with six other award winners, particle physicist Dr. William Shepherd received the highly endowed Sofja Kovalevskaja Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in...
Making spintronic neurons sing in unison
(University of Gothenburg) What do fire flies, Huygens's wall clocks, and even the heart of choir singers, have in common? They can all synchronize their...
‘Beautiful accident’ leads to advances in high pressure materials synthesis
Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL Unexpected results from a neutron scattering experiment at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory could open a new pathway for...
