New 3-D display takes the eye fatigue out of virtual reality
Credit: Liang Gao, from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign WASHINGTON -- There is a great deal of excitement around virtual reality (VR) headsets that...
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Provider’s preference for pain therapy can affect patient’s results, UF researchers find
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- A health care provider's beliefs about a particular treatment may have a strong influence on the patient's outcome, according to a new...
The world’s largest canary
Biologists at Lund University, together with their colleagues from Portugal and the UK, have now proven that the endangered São Tomé grosbeak is the world's...
Hot summer frequents Europe-west Asia and northeast Asia after the mid-1990s
Credit: Xiaowei Hong After the mid-1990s, the global surface temperature presents a significant warming trend. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the global mean surface...
Domestication genetics: The career of the cosmopolitan cat
A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two centers -- Egypt and the...
Drip by drip
This might considerably speed up crystal growth that is of major importance in a number of materials and applications. The liquid state of the building...
Late premature birth increases risk of recurrent hospitalization for respiratory illness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--A new study of children up to 2 years of age showed that those...
UTMB researchers shed new light on a key player in brain development
GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have shed light on how the developing brain ensures that connections between...
New clues in puzzle over pre-eclampsia and cholesterol regulation
Scientists studying a mystery link between the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia and an increased risk of heart disease in later life for both mother and...
Sarepta Therapeutics and Genethon announce gene therapy research collaboration for Duchenne muscula
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and...
Active 24/7 and doing great
Credit: Photo: Gunnar Bartsch Forager honeybees have a demanding job: Searching for nectar, honeydew and pollen, they permanently commute between beehive and flower meadow. Their...
Clear view on stem cell development
Credit: Tingying Peng / TUM/HMGU Today, tracking the development of individual cells and spotting the associated factors under the microscope is nothing unusual. However, impairments...
Chimpanzees modify grooming behavior when near higher ranking members
Research by Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher from the University of Kent has found chimpanzees modify their interactions with other chimpanzees if higher ranking members of their...
New inhibitor drug shows promise in relapsed leukemia
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new drug shows promise in its ability to target one of the most common and sinister mutations of acute...
Bat biodiversity is in danger on islands worldwide
Credit: Adrià López-Baucells A new study from the University of Helsinki investigates knowledge gaps among the largely unknown, but greatly threatened, group of island-restricted bats,...
