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It comes down to the sympathetic nervous system and a common hormone.

Snakes - the Chinese krait and the Chinese cobra - may be involved in the newly discovered coronavirus that has triggered an outbreak of a deadly infectious respiratory illness in China this winter.

Researchers say a skin cream for warts and skin cancer could also prevent infection from certain viruses.

The world’s first design and test workflow solution designed to reduce product development time for Double-Data Rate Dynamic Random-Access Memory (DDR5 DRAM) systems has been developed by Keysight Technologies. Running...

Researchers arm mice with "bioscavengers" that seek and destroy nerve agents, granting immunity.

SureCore Limited is opening its low power memory compiler for 30 days to qualifying companies to evaluate the capabilities of its PowerMiser and EverOn standard SRAM IP products on low power metrics. The new service will...

Fujitsu Components America, Inc. has introduced a 3-channel, 24GHz Doppler radar sensor with a wide speed-detection range and high interference tolerance. The module and evaluation kit facilitates the rapid development a...

The T3VNA1500 Vector Network Analyzer enhances the existing T3 test equipment portfolio, adding to the affordable selection of test equipment that engineers, developers and schools can use to assemble a well-equipped tes...

(American Chemical Society) Foxtail millet is an annual grass grown widely as a cereal crop in parts of India, China and Southeast Asia. Milling the grain removes the hard outer layer, or bran, from the rest of the seed....

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) A study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics finds that patients who celebrate the end of cancer treatment by ringing a bell report mo...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Both simple and advanced computed tomography (CT) were effective in accurately predicting which stroke patients would benefit from endovascular thrombectomy to remov...

(University of Otago) Increased uptake of plant-based diets in New Zealand could substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions while greatly improving population health and saving the healthcare system billions of dollar...

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) 'Our new approach will increase the understanding of the mechanisms and evolutionary origins of specific PPIs, and facilitate the rational design of specific inhi...

(University of Exeter) New findings from University of Exeter researchers reveal how bacterial immune systems can be harmful for their hosts and explain why they are not found in many bacteria.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) After showing that a 10-week therapeutic horseback riding intervention reduced irritability and hyperactivity while improving the social communication skills of youth diag...

(George Washington University) The Cutaneous Oncology Program at the GW Cancer Center was selected as the first global site for a clinical trial for patients with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.

(International Osteoporosis Foundation) An International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) position paper reviews experimental and clinical evidence showing that hip bone strength estimated by bone mineral density (BMD) and/...

(University of Montreal) A research team sheds light on the mechanisms underlying chronic granulomatous disease.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) The Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI) recently published 'Viewpoint' articles by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine professors who warn that global climate change is likely to unlo...

(University of Michigan) Fully vaccinating children reduces the risk of hospitalization associated with influenza by 54%, according to a study by researchers at the University of Michigan, the Clalit Research Institute, ...

(Advanced Science Research Center, GC/CUNY) A study in Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics found that when a mother experiences both gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, her child has a growth trajectory that leads t...

(IOS Press) Progress in research and technology is giving rise to an optimistic future for compensation and restoration of low vision, according to research in a special issue of Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, p...