Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
Computer scientists have been working for decades on automatic navigation systems to aid the visually impaired, but it's been difficult to come up with anything...
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Penn Orphan Disease Center to develop rare disease patient registries
PHILADELPHIA - The Orphan Disease Center in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will collaborate with Pulse Infoframe Inc., a medical...
New in the Hastings Center Report May-June 2017
Defending Opioid Treatment Agreements: Disclosure, Not Promises Joshua B. Rager and Peter H. Schwartz To receive controlled pain medications for chronic pain, patients often must...
Mass. General researchers show how Shigella survives the gastrointestinal tract
Credit: Christina S. Faherty, PhD, Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital Surviving the treacherous journey through the human body from the mouth...
Half of adults with anxiety or depression report chronic pain
May 31, 2017 - In a survey of adults with anxiety or a mood disorder like depression or bipolar disorder, about half reported experiencing chronic...
Penn study links heart rate to gender gap in criminal offending
In the field of criminology, it is well established that men engage in more crime than women. Now, a new study from the University of...
Study highlights formation of beachrock in resisting climate-induced sea level rises
Credit: The University of Queensland Microorganisms play a crucial role in forming beachrock, a type of rock that forms on the beach and protects low-lying...
1976 drought revealed as worst on record for British butterflies and moths
Scientists at the University of York have revealed that the 1976 drought is the worst extreme event to affect butterflies and moths in the 50...
LSTM launches new Transposon Registry
LSTM has launched a new Transposon Registry which will serve as a repository of information on all bacterial transposons for the scientific community. A transposon...
UT study shows virus infection may be linked to Toledo water crisis
KNOXVILLE--In August 2014, toxins from algal blooms in Lake Erie shut down the city of Toledo, Ohio's water supply, leaving half a million residents without...
Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia
Credit: Nicole Coufal LA JOLLA--Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain's front lines of immune defense--cells called microglia--unique....
In Galapagos Islands, doctoral student researches the role of soil microbes in plant invasions
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- A doctoral student of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas and Kansas...
Cancer therapy shows promise for psoriasis treatment
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 31, 2017) - HDAC inhibitors, already widely used to treat cancer, may be an effective...
Web-based search data is a new key to understanding public reaction to major events
INDIANAPOLIS -- Analyzing millions of internet searches tied to major societal events offers a new way to understand public reaction to those events, according to...
American Muslim women report depression linked to internalized stigma and abuse
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 31, 2017--A new study of Muslim women in the U.S. found a significant association between...
