People with low oxytocin levels suffer reduced empathy
People suffering medical conditions causing low levels of oxytocin perform worse on empathy tasks, according to new research presented today at the Society for Endocrinology...
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IOF Young Investigator Awards presented at Singapore meeting
Today, at a session held during the IOF Regionals 6th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting in Singapore, five researchers from Australia, Hong Kong, India and Japan were...
Experts focus on urgent need for Fracture Liaison Services in the Asia-Pacific
Singapore - November 5, 2016 A proven method of identifying and managing patients at high risk of fracture is the implementation of coordinator-based Fracture Liaison...
SUNY Geneseo composer embarks on music project in Antarctica
Credit: Keith Walters GENESEO, N.Y. -- A SUNY Geneseo faculty member is in Antarctica with a team of climate scientists this month where he is...
Insight into the seat of human consciousness
Credit: BIDMC BOSTON - Philosophers have long struggled to define human consciousness. Now, a team of researchers led by neurologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
ORNL wins 7 R&D 100 Awards
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 4, 2016--Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received seven R&D 100 Awards in recognition...
NJIT engineers win Edison Patent Award for technology that masks the taste of bitter drugs
Rajesh Davé, distinguished professor of chemical, biological and pharmaceutical engineering, and two of his former graduate students, Maxx Capece and Daniel To, received a Thomas...
Medicare to cover key services championed by AGS to improve care for chronically ill
This week, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the Final 2017 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule showing their continued support for reimbursing...
Stressed-out rats consume more alcohol, revealing related brain chemistry
Credit: John Dani, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Stress, defined broadly, is a well-known risk factor for later alcohol abuse;...
Study finds female faculty are underrepresented in genomics
Succeeding in the male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be very challenging for female faculty. Now, a Northwestern University study of the...
Study finds female scientists collaborate differently
Credit: Roland Roberts, and Steven Valkenberg, Flickr Succeeding in the male-dominated science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines can be very challenging for female faculty...
Multidrug-resistant bacteria from chickens pose risk to human health
Washington, DC - November 4, 2016 - Isolates of a common poultry pathogen collected from animals in Indian bird markets were mostly resistant to multiple...
Yesterday’s Silk Road could be tomorrow’s environmental superhighway
Credit: Michigan State University While China is building a gigantic modern-day upgrade of the famed ancient Silk Road resplendent in global cooperation in the name...
Rubella virus persists after vaccination in some patients with rare immune disorders
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Some patients with rare primary immunodeficiency disorders may be at risk for infection by rubella virus, and possibly serious skin...
Laser particles could provide sharper images of tissues
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) A new imaging technique stimulates metallic, chopstick-like particles to emit laser light, and could create sharper images of biological tissues and...
