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It pays to know techniques for mitigating leakage current and over- voltages in uses where several supercapacitors work in parallel. Michele Kinman Advanced Linear Devices Inc. In applications requiring rapid charge/disc...

(Thomas Jefferson University) The nationwide, multi-institutional cross-sectional study of students at DO-granting medical schools found that those students -- like their peers in MD-granting medical schools -- lose empa...

(Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center) Since the 1980s, the all-cause mortality rate for rural residents in the US has exceeded that of urban residents. In a recently published study, researchers from the F. Mari...

Thanks to an international collaboration, researchers could find the genetic causes of cancer in 91 percent of patients they tested.

The high electrical currents of fast charging are forcing designers to invent standard techniques for predictably modeling heat and cooling. Dr. Michael Ludwig, T&C Core Technologies TE Connectivity The only way electric...

The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Packaging Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2020 in New Orleans, La. titled, "Packaging Power Circuits to Make Small and Reliable Products." Featuring ...

A cloud and browser-based application platform enables users to perform RF analysis remotely, without having to purchase a permanent software license. With R&S Cloud4Testing, users take advantage of different Rohde & Sch...

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory) The largest and most comprehensive catalogue of cancer-specific RNA alterations reveals new insights into the cancer genome.

(Florida Atlantic University) About 29 million Americans use over-the-counter nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) to treat pain. Every year in the US, NSAID use is attributed to approximately 100,000 hospitaliz...

(Northwestern University) Unmarried women are less likely to have prenatal care during the first trimester of pregnancy, to ever breastfeed, to breastfeed at least eight weeks and are more likely to drink alcohol and smo...

(Wiley) New findings published in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports reveal how physically active older adults benefit from reduced risks of early death, breast and prostate cancer, fractures, recur...

(Mayo Clinic) Men and women differ in the way their vascular systems age and the rate at which atherosclerosis -- the hardening of artery walls or buildup of arterial blockage -- progresses over time. These sex- and age-...

(Wiley) An analysis published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research reveals that use of the pain medication tramadol was linked with a higher risk of hip fractures compared with the use of other pain medications in...

(Wiley) Higher levels of mercury in the blood were linked with a higher prevalence of non-melanoma skin cancer, the most common human malignancy, in a study published in the British Journal of Dermatology.

(Wiley) Mindfulness meditation with a focus on nonjudgment of emotions may help perfectionists recover from stress, according to a study published in Psychophysiology.

(Annual Reviews) Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher of scholarly review journals for more than 85 years, announced the publication of the first volume of the Annual Review of Developmental Psychology. The new journa...

(University of Toronto) Men who experienced a family member's incarceration are 64% more likely to have diabetes in later adulthood, compared to those who were not exposed to this childhood adversity, report researchers ...

(The Francis Crick Institute) Micro-organisms in the gut support healthy digestion by helping nerve cells within the intestine to regulate the contraction and relaxation of the muscle wall of the colon, according to new ...

(Wiley) As the population ages, the number of cancer patients with dementia has increased. A recent study published in Geriatrics & Gerontology International found that cancer patients with dementia were less likely to a...

(University of Bonn) The number of overweight children has increased significantly. Some food and beverage companies have signed a voluntary commitment at EU level to restrict advertising of foods high in fat, sugar and ...

(Wiley) An International Journal of Cancer study that examined lung cancer rates in young adults in 40 countries across five continents uncovered a trend of higher lung cancer rates in women compared with men in recent y...

(Georgetown University Medical Center) An online survey of nearly 500 veterans with Gulf War illness (GWI) suggests a high burden of disease almost three decades after the conflict.