Courtney Benton, Author at Science

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s...

Empowering women – a key to both sustainable energy and gender justice

Involving women in implementing solar energy technologies in developing countries not only has great climate impact. A new study published...

Mayo Clinic offers new innovative therapy to treat atrial fibrillation

ROCHESTER, Minn. — Cardiologists in Mayo Clinic's Heart Rhythm Clinic are using a new innovative energy source to safely and successfully...

Older adults’ life satisfaction varies by immigrant status, living arrangement and social disposition

TORONTO, ON – Do older adults who live alone feel less satisfied with their lives? A new analysis of about 12,000...

UMass Amherst researchers create new method for orchestrating successful collaboration among robots

AMHERST, Mass. – New research from the University of Massachusetts Amherst shows that programming robots to create their own teams...

Co-mentors announced in unique opportunity for PCCM fellows

Glenview, Illinois – For the second year of the APCCMPD and CHEST Medical Educator Scholar Diversity Fellowship, Tristan Huie, MD, FCCP, and...

Study: U.S. presidential elections can influence local prosecutor races

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- National politics don’t stay in the federal arena. Instead, they are increasingly filtering down to local races —...

Babbling babies need timely responses to learn language, social norms

Media note: Video of a baby participating in the experiment with the remote-controlled car is available for use here. Media...

Researchers urge Medicare coverage of driving assessments for at-risk, older adults