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Functional safety compliance is often a time-consuming and expensive process. That, in turn, underscores the role of documentation in efficiently implementing the functional safety guidelines. So, designers need full doc...

The need for high efficiency is pushing industrial power supplies toward synchronous topologies that minimize the use of external heat sinking and cooling. Anthony "Thong" Huynh, Maxim Integrated Buildings, factories, an...

Vaccines developed, but never used, against SARS could offer hope in the search for treatments for the new coronavirus.

Leland Teschler | executive editor Headlines were made recently when two national associations dropped a lawsuit attempting to squash light bulb efficiency standards in California. The California standards supposedly sav...

A new study has devised a new type of chimeric antigen-receptor (CAR) T cell -- a family of promising immunotherapies for cancer -- that can be switched on and off on demand.

Engineering researchers have developed a device the size of a wristwatch that can monitor an individual's body chemistry to help improve athletic performance and identify potential health problems. The device can be used...

A plant-based diet may be key to lowering risk for heart disease. Researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids -- which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts and soy -- were associa...

The promise of flickering light to treat Alzheimer's takes another step forward in this new study, which reveals stark biochemical mechanisms: 40 Hertz stimulus triggers a marked release of signaling chemicals.

A new article puts an evolutionary twist on a classic question. Instead of asking why we get cancer, researchers use signaling theory to explore how our bodies have evolved to keep us from getting more cancer.

New research has found that rates of disease caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae could be substantially reduced by changing our approach to vaccination. Researchers combined genomic data, models of bacterial...

Researchers have described a previously unrecognized mechanism of bacterial transcriptional regulation that is obviously widespread in bacteria. In the future, their findings could also help fight antibiotic resistance.

Experiences early in life have an impact on the brain's biological and functional development, shows a new study by a team of neuroscientists.

By figuring out how a common virus hides from the immune system, scientists have identified a potential vaccine to prevent sometimes deadly respiratory infections in humans.

New research suggests melodic alarms could improve alertness, with harsh alarm tones linked to increased levels of morning grogginess.

(University of Pittsburgh) A marker for heart disease risk considerably worsens as women transition through menopause, according to a new analysis from the largest and longest running study of women's health in midlife. ...

(Burness) People with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) appear to suffer malfunctions in a cell that produces a special coating around nerve fibers that facilitates efficient electrical communication across the brain. And c...

(Penn State) A plant-based diet may be key to lowering risk for heart disease. Penn State researchers determined that diets with reduced sulfur amino acids -- which occur in protein-rich foods, such as meats, dairy, nuts...

(Tohoku University) A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Japan's Tohoku University has found that a gene regulator, called BACH1, facilitates the spread of pancreatic cancer to other parts of the body. The scientis...

(US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases) Army scientists working with partners from industry and academia have developed an experimental treatment that protects animals from Sudan virus, which is close...

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) Using an experimental piglet model, researchers defined the safest laparoscopic technique for removing the ovary in young girls that also results in the best quality...

(Wolters Kluwer Health) With a new focus on quality of care and outcomes achieved, healthcare organizations are challenged to make the transition to value-based care. A model called the Value Transformation Framework (VT...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have discovered a fundamental mechanism that regulates gene activity in cells. The newly discove...