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Successful research development approach helps cancer patients using mobile tech
Research sustainability at the UVA Center for Engineering in MedicineCredit: Dan Addison for UVA Communications, contributed photo from UVA Health Home sensors to monitor cancer patients' pain. A smartphone app to manage breast cancer…
Finding new life for wine-grape residue
Chardonnay pomace may be rich in health-enhancing compounds California produces nearly 4 million tons of world-class wine each year, but with that comes thousands of tons of residue like grape skins, seeds, stems and pulp. What if…
Taking down human traffickers through online ads
Algorithm designed to spot anomalies in data finds new purpose in stopping trafficking Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and McGill University have adapted an algorithm first developed to spot anomalies in data, like typos in…
Army-funded research paves way for improved lasers, communications
Credit: Courtesy University of Pennsylvania RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- New photonics research paves the way for improved lasers, high-speed computing and optical communications for the Army. Photonics has the potential to…
Fifty years of collaborative science
PDB50 meeting to celebrate historic and cutting-edge discoveries If the past 15 months have taught us anything about science, it's that it is vital for researchers to work together to make progress on major challenges. Scientists from…
What Parkinson’s disease patients reveal about how art is experienced and valued
Impaired motor function, like that experienced with Parkinson's disease, impacts art perception and valuation, Penn Medicine research finds PHILADELPHIA-- Art appreciation is considered essential to human experience. While taste in art…
Silver ions hurry up, then wait as they disperse
Rice chemists show ions' staged release from gold-silver nanoparticles could be useful propertyCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (April 22, 2021) - There's gold in them thar nanoparticles, and there used to be a lot of silver, too. But…
Law professor argues for removing police from traffic enforcement
A new legal framework could enhance public safety and equal treatment by eliminating 'pretextual' traffic stops, which have been tied to cases of police abuse and injusticeCredit: University of Arkansas University of Arkansas law…
C-Path opens access to Duchenne Regulatory Science Consortium database
Database will allow sharing of individual-level data with the goal of accelerating therapy development for Duchenne muscular dystrophyCredit: C-Path TUCSON, Ariz., April 22, 2021 -- Critical Path Institute (C-Path) announced today that…
What does 1.5 °C warming limit mean for China?
As part of the Paris Agreement, nearly all countries agreed to take steps to limit the average increase in global surface temperature to less than 2 °C, or preferably 1.5 °C, compared with preindustrial levels. Since the Agreement was…
Pregnant women with COVID-19 face high mortality rate
Worldwide study also found that 11% of babies contracted the novel coronavirus from their mothers In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who…
Study paves the way for new photosensitive materials
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Photocatalysts are useful materials, with a myriad of environmental and energy applications, including air purification, water treatment, self-cleaning surfaces,…
Ancient Indigenous forest gardens promote a healthy ecosystem: SFU study
The researchers say this study marks the first time forest gardens have been studied in North AmericaCredit: SFU A new study by Simon Fraser University historical ecologists finds that Indigenous-managed forests--cared for as "forest…
Hungry fruit flies are extreme ultramarathon fliers
In search of food, a fly can travel six million times its body lengthCredit: Floris van Breugel In 2005, an ultramarathon runner ran continuously 560 kilometers (350 miles) in 80 hours, without sleeping or stopping. This distance was…
Machine learning model generates realistic seismic waveforms
New research could reduce manual labor and improve earthquake detectionCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 22, 2021--A new machine-learning model that generates realistic seismic waveforms will reduce manual…
Victoria Blaho receives prestigious Lina M. Obeid Award
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 22, 2021 - Victoria Blaho, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Immunity and Pathogenesis Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys, has received the first-ever Lina M. Obeid Award for her…
Serious play: Tablet-based video games may help people with mild cognitive impairment
UMass Amherst researcher awarded NIH grant to measure effects of mobile game-playingCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst biomedical informatician will use a $436,836 grant from the National Institutes of Health…
Two studies analyze survivors exposed to radiation after the Chernobyl accident, and their children
Children whose parents had been exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident in 1986 had no excess germline mutations, a new whole-genome sequencing study shows. "This is one of the first studies to…
International research teams explore genetic effects of Chernobyl radiation
In two landmark studies, researchers have used cutting-edge genomic tools to investigate the potential health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation, a known carcinogen, from the 1986 accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in…
University of Minnesota to host new research center for organ and tissue preservation
The University of Minnesota is one of two institutions in the United States to host a new center established by the Biostasis Research Institute (BRI) aimed at creating human organ banks through the cryogenic storage of organs donated for…