Great differences in the view of withdrawing futile intensive care
(Umea University) The views among physicians and the general public when it comes to deciding whether to withhold or withdraw treatment of terminally ill patients...
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One in 5 adults secretly access their friends’ Facebook accounts
Most people are concerned about the prospect of their social media accounts being hacked, but a new study finds that it's actually people we know...
Motors matter: From DVD players to robotic surgeons
The same mechanical principles underlie whether the DVD player skips and whether the most advanced surgical robot will rotate its scalpel arm to the wrong...
CRISPR meets single-cell sequencing in new screening method
Credit: Wolfgang Däuble / CeMM (Vienna, 19 January 2017) Genome editing using CRISPR/Cas9 "gene scissors" is a powerful tool for biological discovery and for identifying...
Accelerating fuel-efficient car production with disruptive 3-D print process
Credit: University of Nottingham Engineers at The University of Nottingham are developing lightweight automotive components using new additive manufacturing processes to boost vehicle fuel efficien..
The speed limit for intra-chip communications in microprocessors of the future
Credit: MIPT's Press Office Researchers at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed a theory that gives the possibility to precisely predict the...
‘Marine repairmen’ — new research shows limpets are construction workers of the seashore
New research from a beach-roaming biomechanics engineer paints a surprisingly industrious picture of limpets -- the marine snails that are abundantly plastered on rocks at...
Advanced cookstoves provide environmental benefits, but less than expected
Credit: Andrew Grieshop Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine have found that while advanced wood-burning cookstoves can provide...
Magnetic moment of a single antiproton determined with greatest precision ever
Credit: photo/©: Georg Schneider, JGU As self-evident as it is that matter exists, its origins are just as mysterious. According to the principles of particle...
Molecule flash mob
The membrane of a cell is composed of a lipid bilayer. Lipids are good chemical and electrical insulators, which are ideally suited to separating the...
Tough aqua material for water purification
Water purification processes usually make use of robust membranes for filtering off contaminants while working at high pressures. Can materials employing water as major component...
Plan A is to get patients to stick to their blood pressure pills
There is value in starting off patients with high blood pressure on an all-in-one pill. In the long run, it may help them stick to...
New research helps to meet the challenges of nanotechnology
Credit: Scienta Omicron Research by scientists at Swansea University is helping to meet the challenge of incorporating nanoscale structures into future semiconductor devices that will...
Herbaria prove valuable in demonstrating long-term changes in plant populations
Credit: Claude Lavoie A new study published today in Botany demonstrates how herbaria can be valuable resources for studying the impact over time of large...
Harvests in the US to suffer from climate change
Some of the most important crops risk substantial damage from rising temperatures. To better assess how climate change caused by human greenhouse gas emissions will...
