Brain Injury Predominant in Domestic Violence, Study Says

Medicine & Technology Jul 03, 2019

The study suggests that the blows to the head caused brain injury and by oxygen deprivation are likely ongoing health issues for many domestic violence survivors

Insects Instigate Greener, Cheaper Membranes for Desalination

Jul 02, 2019

This case is the first-ever demonstration of MD membranes derived from intrinsically wetting materials

Study Discovers Five Health Problems Per Person

Jul 02, 2019

Individualized screening and self-management recommendations do enhance health, even among people who feel healthy

Synthesizing Chemical-Sensing Cells from Scratch

Jul 02, 2019

Researchers have discovered a way to make artificial cells interact with a wide range of chemicals

Physicists Enable Ultrafast Quantum Computing Using Light Waves to Accelerate Supercurrents

Jul 02, 2019

Light can be used to control some of the essential quantum properties of superconducting states, including macroscopic supercurrent flowing, broken symmetry and accessing individual high-frequency quantum oscillations believed to be forbidden by symmetry

Chronic Hepatitis B Infections in Europe on the Rise Since 2008

Jul 01, 2019

In 2017, the considerable high rate of 26,907 reported hepatitis B infections particularly chronic cases, in combination with the diversity in stated transmission routes across Europe suggested that countries need to maintain and strengthen local hepatitis prevention and control programs

Researchers Discovered a Mechanism to Enhance Pancreatic Islet Transportation in Type 1 Diabetes

Jul 01, 2019

The study suggests islet transplantation can restore the physiological function in patients with this type of diabetes

Friends, Not Fitbit, More Predictive of Health, Says Studies

Jun 28, 2019

What the researchers discovered was the social network structure provides a significant improvement in predictability of wellness states of an individual over using the data derived from wearables, like the number of steps or heart rate

Traditional Fluid Flow Observations May Miss the Big Picture

Jun 27, 2019

The researchers investigated how a solution of dissolved polymers changed after the addition of Fe3+ solution

New Survey Discovered More Than Two in Five American Adults (45%) Doubt Safety of Vaccine

Jun 27, 2019

The Harris Poll conducted a recent online survey of more than 2,000 U.S. adults on behalf of the American Osteopathic Association and showed that more than two in five American adults (45 percent) say something has caused them to doubt vaccine safety.

How Trees Affect the Weather

Jun 27, 2019

Biologists from the University of Utah including William Anderegg, Anna Trugman, and David Bowling have led new research and discovered that some trees and plants are prolific spendthrifts in drought conditions, "spending" precious soil water to cool themselves and, in the process, making droughts more intense. The researchers published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Pornography Consumption Increase Unethical Behavior at Work

Jun 25, 2019

Consumption of pornography heightens the propensity of the viewer to view others as objects or less than human

Researchers Revealed How the Dragon Got Its Frill

Jun 25, 2019

Study shows that the dragon’s frill, as well as bones and cartilages that support it, develop from the branchial arches

Using New Groundbreaking Human-Mimetic Tools to Combat the World’s Deadliest Infections

Jun 24, 2019

The study includes a comprehensive review of the models used to study deadly mosquito-borne flaviviruses (MBF) such as dengue fever and the Zika virus, known to cause neurological disease in humans

A New Microscopy System for Imaging Cells from Inside

Jun 24, 2019

DNA microscopy could be used to map any group of molecules that will interact with the synthetic DNA tags, including cellular genomes, RNA, or proteins with DNA-labeled antibodies