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Consuming alcohol after learning something new appears to boost the brain's ability to retain information. Researchers also found that drinking more alcohol is linked to greater enhancement of the memory.

News This allows for a slow release of medication ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

Product Announcement Series 1000 Supershield is a silicone elastomer filled with conductive metal particles to provide high EMI shielding effectiveness ... Contributed Author: Tech-Etch

News The probe was developed to target allysine, an amino acid indicative of active collagen cross-linking ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News This new method makes it possible to individually adjust the necessary dose of a medication for each patient ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

News This robot could serve a wide range of purposes, particularly in the realms of search and rescue and medical devices ... Contributed Author: Stanford University

Statement by UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, WFP Executive Director, David Beasley and WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, following their joint visit to Yemen

(Penn State) While past attempts to treat melanoma failed to meet expectations, an international team of researchers are hopeful that a compound they tested on both mice and on human cells in a petri dish takes a positiv...

(University of the Witwatersrand) The early human techno-tradition, known as Howiesons Poort, associated with Homo sapiens who lived in southern Africa about 66,000 to 59,000 years ago indicates that during this period o...

(American Association for Cancer Research) Molecular classification of the four distinct subtypes of gastric cancer could potentially shape tailored treatment options by helping to predict survival outcomes and patients'...

(Frontiers) New research examines how frequently and in what order different aspects of self-reported near-death-experiences occur. By analyzing written first-hand accounts of near-death-experiences, the researchers look...

(Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center) A novel combination of nivolumab plus ipilimumab for patients with metastatic kidney cancer is proving to be a more effective treatment with more durable tumor response than the two i...

(European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) ) An estimated 4.7 million Europeans are living with chronic hepatitis B and almost 4 million with chronic hepatitis C infection. But large numbers of them are n...

(Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) Bacteria have an extraordinary ability to maintain and recover their morphology even after being twisted out of shape. Researchers know that shape is d...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Amphibians, reptiles, mammals -- all of them communicate via acoustic signals. And humans are able to assess the emotional value of these signals. This has been shown in a new study reported in '...

(Burness) The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) announced today that it has received a competitive award of up to $25 million over five years from the United States Agency for International Devel...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) The percentage of fatally injured drivers who tested positive for prescription opioids rose sevenfold from 1 percent in 1995 to over 7 percent in 2015, according to...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study assessed the safety, tolerability, and effectiveness of extended-release guanfacine in children 6-17 years of age who have chronic tic disorders including Tou...

(American Chemical Society) Many people select their shampoo based on smell. Unfortunately, that scent usually doesn't last long on hair. Now, one team reports in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces a new way to help the ...

(University of Warwick) A new study led by researchers at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust and the University of Warwick has recommended an alternative method of pain relief for patients undergoin...

(La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology) Mouse models have advanced our understanding of immune function and disease in many ways but they have failed to account for the natural diversity in human immune responses...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The struggle to escape obesity is pointing more Americans toward bariatric surgery. But a new study shows that only one in three patients who have an operation succeed in gett...