If you’re having difficulty identifying the right word to express yourself clearly or remembering a story correctly, you may blame…
Portable device helps doctors diagnose sepsis faster
Researchers have developed a highly sensitive and portable optical biosensor that stands to accelerate the diagnosis of fatal conditions like…
Top strategies for successful weight loss maintenance
Some of the most effective behaviors and psychological strategies reported by those maintaining their weight loss included choosing healthy food,…
Predicting the degradation behavior of advanced medical devices
Polymer materials play a vital role in today’s medicine. While many applications demand for long-lasting devices, others benefit from materials…
Tension between foreign climbers and Sherpas began over 200 years ago
Recent tragedies on Everest have exposed growing resentment felt by some Sherpas towards foreign climbers and the foreign companies profiting…
New insight into brain connectivity
A new framework for understanding changes in the brain’s activity and connections, which has implications for how to best model…
New light shed on damaging impact of infrared and visible rays on skin
New research reveals for the first time that UV combined with visible and infrared light cause damage to the skin…
Teens with obesity and PCOS have more ‘unhealthy’ bacteria
Teens with obesity and polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) have more ‘unhealthy’ gut bacteria suggesting the microbiome may play a role…
Unexpected connection between gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases
New basic science and clinical research identifies TAU, the same protein studied in the development of Alzheimer’s, as a biomarker…
Choosing a Mass Immunization Program against Meningococcal B
Meningococcal B disease is a curious and terrifying condition with unusual epidemiology. Sporadic cases occur throughout the world, with occasional…