Potential new treatment for kidney failure in cancer patients
Kidney dysfunction is a frequent complication affecting more than 50 percent of all cancer patients, and is directly linked to poor survival. Despite the high...
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For many women, body image and sex life may suffer after episiotomy
ANN ARBOR -- Women who have episiotomies after childbirth reported having poorer body image and less satisfying sex lives than women who tear and heal...
Parkinson’s disease will be curable with cortisol
Credit: DGIST DGIST's research team has found a candidate substance which can prevent and cure Parkinson's disease. By using this substance, the team also has...
When Hollywood met neurosurgery
Credit: Copyright AANS. Used with permission. A team of computer engineers and neurosurgeons, with an assist from Hollywood special effects experts, reports successful early tests...
Movie research results: Multitasking overloads the brain
Credit: Juha Lahnakoski The brain works most efficiently when it can focus on a single task for a longer period of time. Previous research shows...
Revolutionary method reveals impact of short circuits on battery safety
Credit: Donal Finegan (UCL, NASA and NREL) How lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries behave under short-circuit conditions can now be examined using a new approach developed by...
Mainz University to coordinate new DFG priority program in photochemistry
Generation and photochemical utilization of light are two of the most significant fundamental aspects of technological developments that will shape society, politics, science and the...
Researchers solve the century-old mystery of Blood Falls
Credit: Photo by Erin Pettit A research team led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks and Colorado College has solved a century-old mystery involving a...
University of Rochester Medical Center to host Technology & Rare Neurological Diseases Symposium
In rare disease research, it is particularly challenging to find enough patients to conduct rigorous clinical studies. Patients are spread far and wide and are...
Model for multivalley polaritons
Credit: IBS Everything we experience is made of light and matter. And the interaction between the two can bring about fascinating effects. For example, it...
Children conceived after fertility treatments are at increased risk for pediatric cancers
BEER-SHEVA, Israel...April 25, 2017 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have found that babies born from mothers who underwent fertility treatments are at...
Predicting the movement and impacts of microplastic pollution
Marine circulation and weather conditions greatly affect microplastic aggregation and movement. Microplastics, which are particles measuring less than 5 mm, are of increasing concern. They...
GW study finds 33 percent of seafood sold in six DC eateries mislabeled
Credit: PeerJ WASHINGTON, DC (April 25, 2017)-- Scientists at the George Washington University used a powerful genetic technique to test seafood dinners sold in six...
Published data reveals new mechanism to inhibit oligomers, key driver of Alzheimer’s
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., April 25, 2017 - Alzheon, Inc. today announced publication of a newly elucidated molecular mechanism of action for tramiprosate, the active agent in...
Toronto’s subways expose passengers to more air pollution than Montreal, Vancouver systems
Credit: Photo: Tyler Irving A new study co-authored by U of T Engineering professor Greg Evans shows that subways increase our personal exposure to certain...
