Forest fires are more harmful than previously imagined, causing stunted growth in children who were exposed to smoke while in the womb, according to new research from Duke University and the National University of Singapore.
The disappointment expressed by some on the left about Jussie Smollett’s apparent hoax reveals their commitment to black victimhood.
(University of Dundee) The University of Dundee Drug Discovery Unit, Scotland, has announced a partnership with Takeda, Japan's largest pharmaceutical company, to develop possible new therapeutic treatments for tau pathology, an underlying feature in several forms of neurodegeneration, including Alzheimer's disease.
A new advanced training statement from the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Society of Echocardiography defines the training requirements for performing advanced echocardiographic procedures, or 'Level III' training, for the first time.
Women with lower sedentary time or who frequently interrupt their sitting have a significantly lower risk of heart disease.Younger women are having more heart attacks than younger men.
People with type 2 diabetes who ate five servings of nuts per week enjoyed a 17 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease.Even a small amount of nuts made a difference, with a 3 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease and 6 percent lower risk of cardiovascular disease death for each additional weekly serving.Tree nuts appeared to offer more heart-healthy protection than peanuts.
A new study has found that the longer older women sit or lay down during the course of a day -- and the longer the individual periods of uninterrupted sitting--the greater their risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke. But reducing their sedentary time by just an hour a day appears to lower the risk of cardiovascular diseases by 12 percent -- and for heart disease alone, by a dramatic 26 percent, the research found.
Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute at the University of Miami have engineered a human pluripotent stem cell line containing two 'suicide genes' that induce cell death in all but the desired insulin-producing cells. This double fail-safe approach addresses the limitations of pluripotent stem cell-derived beta cells and opens the door to creating safe cell-replacement therapies for people living with type 1 diabetes.
Presented during FAPESP Week London, instrument created in São Paulo will be improved in collaboration with Russia and will measure solar flares; launch is scheduled for 2022.
Many travelers are members of multiple loyalty programs, and the role of these programs is often insignificant when choosing between different hotels, a new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows.
Researchers from Texas A&M University, led by Dr. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, have developed a new way to deliver treatment for cartilage regeneration.
A new report, developed by the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, reveals that prevention of secondary heart attacks and strokes is critical to combating Australia's number one killer -- cardiovascular disease. It highlights the critical and timely opportunity to invest in secondary prevention in Australia.
Terror attacks carried out by Muslims receive on average 357 percent more media coverage than those committed by other groups, according to research conducted at Georgia State University.
An aging population, a growing number of cancer survivors, and a projected shortage of cancer care providers will result in a challenge in delivering the care for cancer survivors in the United States if systemic changes are not made. UNC Lineberger's Deborah K. Mayer, PhD, RN, AOCN, FAAN, and American Cancer Society's Catherine M. Alfano, PhD, published a commentary in JNCI that outlines an approach to address the shortfall.
Scientists have discovered tadpole-shaped jets coming out of the Sun that may help explain why the corona (the wispy upper atmosphere of our star) is so inexplicably hot.
Understory's Atmosphere solution, consisting of wireless weather and air-quality sensors, as well as cloud-based software and apps, is being tested in Dallas, with 10 other cities expected to have the technology in place by the end of this year.
(University of Huddersfield) The work is being led by the Professor Paul Scott at the University of Huddersfield's EPSRC Future Metrology Hub.
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) A new experimental type of deep space communications technology is scheduled to be demonstrated on the International Space Station this spring.
(Association for Computing Machinery) The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction (ACM SIGCHI) has announced that the premier International Conference on Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction, TEI 2019, will take place in Tempe, Arizona from March 17-20, 2019. The TEI conference features top-tier work that addresses issues in interaction design, engineering, smart materials, user experience, design research, and interactive art.
(University of California - Santa Barbara) A wealth of potential exists in inorganic synthesis for the development of advanced materials that can perform sophisticated functions and drive complex processes. Researchers have long been developing a body of knowledge to map these chemical reactions and predict their results. Particularly in the relatively new subdiscipline of nanocluster synthesis, a little less guesswork could go a long way.
(University of Oklahoma) Ralf Janknecht, Ph.D., a researcher in the Department of Cell Biology at the OU College of Medicine, has been analyzing the behavior of a particular molecule that is over produced in breast cancer. This year, he was awarded a five-year, $1.78 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to further evaluate the molecule's potential in reducing cancer metastasis.
(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have developed and tested a new computational tool, Candidate Driver Analysis (CaDrA), which will search for combinations of factors that are likely to cause a specific disease. CaDrA recognizes that diseases are complex and likely induced by multiple causes. It is now available free to members of the research community.
(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) As part of nationwide efforts to improve emergency medical care, researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System, in collaboration with UC San Diego Health, have released a national framework report titled 'Promoting Innovations in Emergency Medical Services' that identifies regulatory, financial, and technological obstacles to improving local and state EMS systems.
(Boston College) Boston College chemist Masayuki Wasa, whose work focuses on developing new chemical catalysts and synthetic methods, has been awarded a 2019 Sloan Research Fellowship by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
(Brown University) Four Brown University assistant professors are among the 126 early-career scholars named as Alfred P. Sloan Foundation fellows this year.