Surprisingly exact timing of voluntary movements
Almost everything we do - walking, talking, or drinking coffee - is completely dependent on accurate timing when activating many muscles at once. The prevailing...
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Does carrying extra weight offer better survival following a stroke?
(Boston)--Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people who are overweight or even...
Scientists move closer to defeating ‘superbugs’ with simplified forms of teixobactin
Scientists have produced new, effective and simplified forms of teixobactin - a new generation antibiotic which defeats multi-drug resistant infections such as MRSA - as...
Success with first 20 patients undergoing minimally invasive pancreatic transplant surgery
Surgeons at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that their first series of a minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic pancreas disease, known as severe pancreatitis, resulted...
Baycrest and CMHA partner to evaluate caregiver mental health program
Credit: N/A Baycrest Health Sciences has teamed up with Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Ontario to assess the country's first multilingual, group program centered on...
Oceans are warming rapidly, study says
Credit: CHENG Lijing More than 90% of the earth's energy imbalance (EEI) in the climate system is sequestered in the ocean and consequently the ocean...
Scientists make giant molecular cages for energy conversion and drug delivery
Credit: Professor Wolfgang Schmitt, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin and AMBER, the Science Foundation Ireland-funded materials science research centre hosted in Trini..
Researchers refute textbook knowledge in molecular interactions
Van der Waals interactions between molecules are among the most important forces in biology, physics, and chemistry, as they determine the properties and physical behavior...
HawkWatch international partners with the University of Utah to study raptors in Africa
Credit: Evan Buechley HawkWatch International and the University of Utah are partnering on two studies in the Horn of Africa: a new effort studying raptor...
The Statue of Liberty’s true colors (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 29, 2017 -- The Statue of Liberty is an iconic blue-green symbol of freedom. But did you know...
Bumble bees make a beeline for larger flowers
Bumble bees create foraging routes by using their experience to select nectar-rich, high-rewarding flowers. A study by Shohei Tsujimoto and Hiroshi Ishii of the University...
Banned chemicals pass through umbilical cord from mother to baby, research finds
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Trace amounts of flame retardants, banned in the U.S. for more than a decade, are still being passed through umbilical cord blood...
Serious pain afflicts a third of nursing home residents in last 6 months of life
Credit: UBC Many nursing home residents have a fairly pain-free experience until the end of life, but at least a third suffer persistent, significant pain...
Pain neuron may protect fungal inflammation and bone destruction
Credit: Kenta Maruyama Pain neuron exaggerates inflammation of contact dermatitis and psoriasis. Despite its importance in allergic and autoimmune inflammation, it is not known so...
University of Surrey’s research reveals secrets of success of tourism entrepreneurs
University of Surrey research into innovative entrepreneurs starting to work in tourism has found, in some of the first analysis undertaken, how they have to...
