How much is that call worth?
Toronto - Call centres can be expensive as well as the source of lots of consumer angst. But companies can ...
Month: October 2017
Cleveland Clinic, MetroHealth receive grant to enhance heart disease risk calculators
October 2, 2017, Cleveland: Following its study showing that current clinical prediction models underestimate cardiovascular risk in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods, ...
New study from Harvard examines gender differences in obtaining first NIH research award
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct.2, 2017 -- A study of more than 5,400 instructors and ...
Penn dermatologist awarded $8.6 Million to study phototherapy treatment for psoriasis
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A research team at the University of Pennsylvania will receive $8.6 million in funding to ...
Promising Down syndrome research expands to second site in Brazil
CLEVELAND--A Case Western Reserve University-led study of a promising medication for people with Down syndrome is going global. Brazilian authorities' ...
Painless microneedles extract fluid for wearable sensors for soldiers, athletes
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The lab is calm and quiet, clean and well organized; boxes of ...
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to ...
Scale of human impact on planet has changed course of Earth’s history, scientists suggest
Credit: University of Leicester Anthropocene Working Group scientists suggest human impact has now grown to the point that it has ...
Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as tools
Credit: Megan Lambert, University of York Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the ...
New ‘building material’ points toward quantum computers
Quantum computer: A Danish-American research team has shown that it is possible to produce 'Majorana particles' in a new 'building ...
Hubble is paving scientific paths for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope
Credit: Credits: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), A. Nota (ESA/STScI), E. Sabbi (ESA/STScI), and the Westerlund 2 Science ...
Tiny aquariums put nanoparticle self-assembly on display
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Seeing is believing when it comes to nanoparticle self-assembly. A team ...
Asphalt helps lithium batteries charge faster
Credit: Tour Group/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Oct. 2, 2017) -- A touch of asphalt may be the secret to high-capacity ...
DNA: The next hot material in photonics?
Credit: Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University WASHINGTON -- Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical ...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children ...
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 - Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to ...
Tracking live brain activity with the new NeuBtracker open-source microscope
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and ...
Depression symptoms linked to problems with daily activities for older Japanese adults
Recently, researchers investigated whether depressive symptoms might make it harder for older adults to perform their regular daily activities. The ...
A new model of treatment for youth with anxiety
Washington, DC, Oct. 2, 2017 - A stepped care model of treatment for youth with anxiety can be effectively delivered ...
Update on an endangered Philippine cycad species
Credit: Thomas Marler When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining ...