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The high-speed all-electric railroad locomotive uses a catenary-wire system and pantograph power-transfer arrangement, which appears to violate good engineering practice and should not work. Still, it does, transferring ...

Miniaturization, performance, and precision are key for sensors embedded in consumer devices like swim watches and diving equipment, therefore creating a growing need for high-performing and exceptionally precise sensors...

(Wiley) New research published in CANCER indicates that there is a higher risk of early death among patients with oropharynx cancer when not caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), than those whose tumors are HPV-positive.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Researchers are using caffeine to study how the brain processes information, and a new study shows the effectiveness of this approach.

(Boston University School of Medicine) Researchers have found a way to help make chemotherapy more effective in treating colon cancer. They identified a new pathway (RICTOR/mTORC2) as a biological target for the disease....

(Heinrich-Heine University Duesseldorf) Whether a cell grows, divides or dies is controlled among other things by receptors that messenger substances bind to externally. A research team from Heinrich Heine University Dü...

(Flinders University) One of the largest living birds, the cassowary, has a simple throat structure similar to the fellow Australian emu. Now new research confirms a common link between the cassowary and small flighted S...

(American Thoracic Society) Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Love, will play host to the ATS 2020 International Conference, the biggest gathering of scientists and clinicians in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep med...

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Researchers from CSHL and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have discovered how Acute Myeloid Leukemia is addicted to vitamin B6. Now that researchers know this, they can pursue new t...

(Faculty of Science - University of Copenhagen) A research group from Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen has just shown that tardigrades are very vulnerable to long-term high temperature exposures. Animals, ...

(University of Cambridge) Autistic mothers are more likely to report post-natal depression compared to non-autistic mothers, according to a new study of mothers of autistic children carried out by researchers at the Univ...

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Patients with acutely life-threatening health conditions who were treated in the innovative Critical Care Resuscitation Unit (CCRU) received faster treatment and had better hea...

(International Vaccine Institute) The International Vaccine Institute (IVI), a Seoul, Korea-based international organization, announced today that the Swedish International Cooperation Agency (Sida) will continue to supp...

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) In a study published in Science magazine, the researchers showed that aggressive bacteria can be controlled -- but only if doctors administer treatment within a short window of opport...

(Scripps Research Institute) Why do we remember some experiences for our entire lives but quickly forget others? The brain is constantly deciding which events are important enough for long-term storage. A new study from ...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Lower levels of lymphocyte blood cells -- a condition called lymphopenia -- could be an early warning for future illness, as low counts were associated with a 60% increase in death ...

(European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer) The 12th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC12) will be taking place in Barcelona, Spain, March 18-20, 2020. Registration for media is free and is now open...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) The Diversity Innovation Hub (DIH) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is among the Top 50 in Digital Health for 2020.

(Rutgers University) Online health videos can be an important source of cancer education, according to Rutgers researchers. Their review, published in the Journal of Cancer Education, analyzed existing research to see ho...

(Stanford Medicine) Stanford scientists have identified specific biological pathways along which individuals age over time.

(Silent Spring Institute) Before sharing human research data, scientists routinely strip it of personal information such as name, address, and birthdate in order to protect the privacy of their study participants. Howeve...

(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring will improve arrhythmia diagnostic yield among non-low-risk emergency department patients with syncope.