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Product Announcement The SGP gas sensor is based on Sensirion's multi-pixel platform, which integrates four gas sensing elements ... Contributed Author: Sensirion AG Topics: STEM

News First, it weights the possible etiologies by considering the relative potential of each to cause a stroke ... Contributed Author: Massachusetts General Hospital Topics: Neurology

News Past research has shown that weekend surgery patients tend to experience longer hospital stays and higher mortality rates ... Contributed Author: Loyola University Health System Topics: STEM

News The new technique builds on previous work in the field of self-assembling, magnetically actuated composites ... Contributed Author: North Carolina State University Topics: STEM

News Using their new imaging technique, the project is aimed at using precision measurements to characterize skin toxicity of tissue ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Videos A researcher from University of Conneticut is developing a vaccine for Zika ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

Laser-based simulation of affected brain cells that retrieve memory is raising hopes. This follows moderately successful laser trials on mice in MIT after scientists activated cells in the hippocampi of mice where memory...

A new study touts high-intensity interval training or HIIT as a potential tool to combat cellular aging in the elderly. Find out how this exercise stops aging, on top of other benefits.

WHO today launched a global initiative to reduce severe, avoidable medication-associated harm in all countries by 50% over the next 5 years.

Marathon running can have tons of health benefits, but it has some downsides, too. A new study from Yale University says a temporary kidney injury could be one of them.

News The ultimate goal is to use stem cells of an individual patient and create a personalized model of their reproductive system ... Contributed Author: Northwestern University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Kochevar, who was paralyzed below his shoulders in a bicycling accident, is believed to be the first person with quadriplegia in the world ... Contributed Author: Case Western Reserve University Topics: Prosthetics

News Traditionally, cytokine molecules have been extremely hard to measure and quantify ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

Countries most hit by the measles outbreak in Europe have low vaccination rates, WHO revealed. What factors are behind the declining immunization levels in these countries?

News Cryo-EM allowed Parent's team to image the giant Samba virus and understand the structures that allow it to enter an amoeba ... Contributed Author: Michigan State University Topics: STEM

Human waste has turned up in drink cans at a Coca-Cola manufacturing plant in Northern Ireland. The discovery prompted machine closure for hours and a police investigation into the product contamination.

Experimental neuroprosthetics could help quadriplegia patients recover some motor functions. This novel technology uses a brain implant that controls electronic sensors embedded in the limbs and signals them to move para...

A legislation proposed in the Italian Parliament may lead to changes in women's rights. The country may be the first to allow women to take paid leaves each month, on account of their menstrual pain.

A new study has shown that women's orgasms make men feel more masculine. The research was conducted among heterosexual males so that self-esteem was related only to pleasuring female partners.

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Barbara Medoff-Cooper, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, Professor of Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing and the R...

(University of Virginia Health System) Researchers have identified a hormone that helps fight off a severe form of bacterial pneumonia, and that discovery may offer a simple way to help vulnerable patients.

(University of Warwick) School bullies and their victims are more obsessed with weight-loss than anyone else, according to new research by the University of Warwick.