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UrduEmissions from air pollutants are associated with premature mortality. Between 2008 and 2014, air pollution health damage from fine particulate matter exposure fell by 20 percent in the United States. There are four sectors in the U.S. economy that together…
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‘Superblocks’ model could prevent almost 700 premature deaths every year in Barcelona
Study estimates that the creation of the 503 superblocks called for in the initial plan would reduce
Acute periodontal disease bacteria love colon and dirt microbes
True or false? Bacteria living in the same space, like the mouth, have evolved collaborations so generous that they are not possible with outside bacteria. That was long held to be true, but in a new, large-scale study of microbial…
Durvalumab combined with chemotherapy improves overall survival in patients with lung cancer
First-line treatment reduces mortality risk by 27%
DOE taps Danforth Plant Science Center for research to improve sorghum as a bioenergy crop
ST. LOUIS, MO, September 9, 2019 – The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Office of Biological and Environmental Research (BER) has launched a major initiative to develop bioenergy crops through genomics-based research. Danforth Center Principal Investigator, Andrea Eveland,…
Stretchy plastic electrolytes could enable new lithium-ion battery design
The growing popularity of lithium-ion batteries in recent years has put a strain on the world’s supply of cobalt and nickel – two metals integral to current battery designs – and sent prices surging. In a bid to develop alternative…
The four newest 2019 Balzan Prize Winners announced today In Milan
Each prize is worth CHF 750 000 (approx. EUR 680 000; USD 760 000; GBP 620 000) Half of the amount m
September/October 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Fewer Children Seeing Family Physicians in Rural Areas A Vermont study suggests that a declining proportion of children receive care in family medicine practices. These same children, particularly those in isolated rural areas, are more likely to visit pediatric practices.…
Uncovering a new aspect of charge density modulations in high temperature superconductors
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and Politecnico di Milano have identified a crucial new aspect of charge density modulations in cuprate high critical temperature superconductors. They have identified a new electron wave which could help reveal some of the…
Paid family leave improves vaccination rates in infants
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — Parents who take paid family leave after the birth of a newborn are more likely to have their child vaccinated on time compared to those who do not, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University…
Factors associated with longer wait times in colorectal cancer specialty care referrals
Potential for reducing time to referral for colorectal cancer patients in primary care
Five researchers recognized with 2019 Golden Goose Awards for scientific contributions with great so
Researchers to be honored at September 10 awards ceremony at Library of Congress
Number of pregnant women with high blood pressure spiked over last four decades
Hypertension Journal report
Researchers find regulator of first responder cells to brain injury
Astrocytes are the most abundant cells in the brain, yet there is still much to learn about them. For instance, it is known that when the brain is injured or diseased astrocytes are the first responders. They become reactive and…
US political sanctions on Iran curtailing global scientific progress
Detrimental to international collaboration and nations’ ability to respond to health crises
How brain rhythms organize our visual perception
A team of neuroscientists from Göttingen and Tehran shows how our brain combines visual features to
Offering children a variety of vegetables increases acceptance
Variety is key to helping children form preferences for vegetables, according to a new study publish
Research shows puberty changes the brains of boys and girls differently
Snips and snails or sugar and spice?
The fast and the curious: Fitter adults have fitter brains
Large database links fitness to better cognitive performance and healthy white matter in brain
Making and controlling crystals of light
Optical microresonators convert laser light into ultrashort pulses travelling around the resonator’s circumference. These pulses, called “dissipative Kerr solitons”, can propagate in the microresonator maintaining their shape. When solitons exit the microresonator, the output light takes the form of a…
Feeling legs again improves ampu-tees’ health
Neurofeedback for leg prostheses
Identity crisis for fossil beetle helps rewrite beetle family tree
There are more different kinds of beetle than just about any other kind of animal–scientists have described about 5,800 different species of mammals, compared with nearly 400,000 species of beetles. Of those 400,000 kinds of beetles, more than 64,000 species…
Preventing the onset of schizophrenia in mouse model
Although predisposing processes occur earlier, schizophrenia breaks out at young adulthood, suggesting it might involve a pathological transition during late brain development in predisposed individuals. Using a genetic mouse model of schizophrenia, researchers from the Caroni group at the Friedrich…
Black sheep: Why some strains of the Epstein Barr virus cause cancer
The Epstein Barr virus (EBV) is very widespread. More than 90 percent of the world’s population is infected – with very different consequences. Although the infection does not usually affect people, in some it can cause glandular fever or various…
Ages of the Navajo Sandstone
New study published in Geology
Henry Ford Cancer Institute hosts Third Annual Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium
The nation’s top thought-leaders in breast cancer innovation, treatment and research will come together for the third annual Henry Ford Cancer Institute Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Symposium from 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 at the Crowne Plaza Detroit…
Frontier research boosted by international commitment to top science
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) of Japan hosted the 2019 Triennial Conference of HFSPO Members (TCHM) to…
BioMILD trial demonstrates lung cancer screening using MicroRNA blood test enhances prevention
Barcelona–Lung cancer screening efforts have accelerated in the last decade, with researchers showing that low dose CT screening is effective in reducing lung cancer mortality. Now, researchers in Milan report that using a blood test, accompanied by low dose CT…
Feeling legs again improves amputees’ health
Neurofeedback for leg prostheses
Assessing risk of future dementia in primary care with a stepwise approach
Associations of subjective memory complaints and simple memory task scores with future dementia in a
Comparison of patient-doctor priorities in chronic disease management
Patient-physician agreement in reporting and prioritizing existing chronic conditions
Diagnostic accuracy of a smartphone-operated single-lead electrocardiogram
Smartphone-operated electrocardiogram is highly accurate for detecting arrhythmias in non-acute pati
DOE announces funding for Argonne projects
Argonne is one of five national laboratories to receive funding for data science projects in chemical and materials sciences. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science (Basic Energy Sciences) has announced that its Argonne National Laboratory will be…
Fermilab achieves world-record field strength for accelerator magnet
To build the next generation of powerful proton accelerators, scientists need the strongest magnets possible to steer particles close to the speed of light around a ring. For a given ring size, the higher the beam’s energy, the stronger the…
Overcoming resistance in pancreatic cancer
Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cancer is relentless and resilient. When a drug blocks a cancer cell’s main survival pathway, the cell avoids the obstacle by taking different pathways or detours to save itself. This tactic is called “developing resistance,”…
Once or twice weekly daytime nap linked to lower heart attack/stroke risk
But no such association found for greater frequency or duration of naps
Female vets face ‘outright discrimination’ and sexism from colleagues and clients
Implications for legal/ethical practice and sustainability of profession, say authors
Unique mycology reference pairs genus descriptions with 1,000-plus original watercolors
According to mycologist, author, and artist Miguel Ulloa, “The best way to understand and remember scientific names is to understand their component parts or roots.” This philosophy is the inspiration for Illustrated Generic Names of Fungi : Etymology, Descriptions, Classifications,…
Harms and benefits of estrogen therapy among women with a hysterectomy appear to depend on age when
Embargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine
Addressing food insecurity in health care settings
Interventions addressing food insecurity in health care settings: A systematic review
Professional communication and job satisfaction in primary care clinics
Professional communication networks and job satisfaction in primary care clinics
ENT researchers showcase studies at Otolaryngology’s Annual Meeting
ALEXANDRIA, VA–The most current research on head and neck cancer, cochlear implants, techniques in tonsillectomies, opioid prescribing patterns, residency matching, and other topics related to otolaryngology-head and neck surgery will be presented in New Orleans, LA, September 15-18, during the…
Protein mapping pinpoints why metastatic melanoma patients do not respond to immunotherapy
Lipid metabolism found to affect cancer cells’ visibility to the immune system, say Tel Aviv Univers
Sound-shape associations depend on early visual experiences
Data from individuals with different types of severe visual impairment suggest that the associations we make between sounds and shapes — a “smooth” b or a “spiky” k — may form during a sensitive period of visual development in early…
AIP Endowed Professor in History of Natural Sciences named at University of Maryland
Melinda Baldwin will join faculty starting in fall 2020
Scientists alleviate environmental concerns about BCA usage on powdery mildews
St. Paul, MN (September 2019)–Powdery mildew is a common fungal disease that infects many plants around the world, absorbing their nutrients and weakening or even killing them. In turn, powdery mildews are often attacked in the field by even smaller…
Researchers identify negative impacts of food insecurity on children’s health
Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2019) – Food insecurity — uncertainty about or a lack of consistent access to food that meets the needs of household members — is a persistent social problem in the United States that affected roughly 14.3…
Liquid biopsies reveal genetic alterations linked to cancer drug resistance
A clinical study comparing liquid and tissue biopsies finds multiple resistance mechanisms in indivi
China Sky Eye, the world’s largest single-dish radio telescope, is now fully operational
China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, known as FAST, is the world’s most sensitive listening device. The single-dish radio telescope is made of 4,450 individual panels that scan the sky, detecting the universe’s whispers and shouts. It’s cradled in a…
Researchers develop new interferometric single-molecule localization microscopy
Although various image-based central position estimation (termed “centroid fitting”) methods such as 2D Gaussian fitting methods have been commonly used in single-molecule localization microscopy (SMLM) to precisely determine the location of each fluorophore, it is still a challenge to improve…