New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases. ...
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Combining genomics with farmers’ traditional knowledge to improve wheat production
The key to produce better crops to meet the needs of the growing world's population may lie in combining the ...
Researchers look inside dangerous blood clots with optical clearing technique
Credit: Jeremiah J. Zartman, University of Notre Dame WASHINGTON --A new technique that makes blood clots optically clear is allowing ...
Black light helps diagnose common skin problem found in pregnant women
BOSTON- Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that using a black ...
Comparing algorithms that search for cancer mutations
Credit: Bil Zelman Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has undertaken the first-ever comparative analysis of a newly emerging ...
Nipple-sparing mastectomy has low rate of breast cancer recurrence
CHICAGO (July 17, 2017): Women with breast cancer who undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) have a low rate of the cancer ...
DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts research
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 17, 2017 -- The Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers ...
Space station project seeks to crystalize the means to counteract nerve poisons
Credit: Video courtesy of NASA/CASIS The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving ...
Team-based model reduces prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent
BOSTON-- A new, team-based, primary care model is decreasing prescription opioid use among patients with chronic pain by 40 percent, ...
New assessment identifies global hotspots for water conflict
CORVALLIS, Ore. - More than 1,400 new dams or water diversion projects are planned or already under construction and many ...
Space station project seeks to crystallize the means to counteract nerve poisons
Credit: Video courtesy of NASA/CASIS The microgravity conditions of the International Space Station (ISS) may hold the key to improving ...
UTA mechanical engineer publishes findings that show blasts cause cavitation in the brain
Credit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, and his ...
The glass transition caught in the act
Credit: Ken Kelton We learn in school that matter comes in three states: solid, liquid and gas. A bored and ...
Drug combined with care program better at reducing Alzheimer’s symptoms than drug alone
Credit: NYU Langone Medical Center Combining a specific care management program with a commonly-prescribed drug for Alzheimer's disease multiplies the ...
Synchrotron light used to show human domestication of seeds from 2000 BC
Credit: Diamond Light Source Scientists from UCL have used the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to document for the ...
Bacteria never swim alone
Many animal species display flocking behaviour, but the fact that microorganisms do is not as well known. Researchers at Lund ...
FSU researchers discover an ugly truth about attractiveness
Credit: Florida State University In today's appearance-driven world, body image can be a powerful influence on our choices and behaviors, ...
The biodiversity data journal Check List joins Pensoft’s open access portfolio
Credit: Check List and Pensoft The well-reputed and established journal Check List is the latest biodiversity-themed title to join scholarly ...
Spark Therapeutics announces publication in The Lancet of pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial data for investigational voretigene neparvovec
Spark Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ONCE), a fully integrated gene therapy company dedicated to challenging the inevitability of genetic disease, today announced ...
Tall men and obese men at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according ...