Medical News
Nathan Ainspan named SIOP Fellow
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Nathan Ainspan, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The profession of industrial and organizational psych...
University of Miami researchers find an early behavioral marker for autism
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Miami) Many babies cry or show other signs of distress when a parent departs and they are left behind with a stranger. But secure babies are soothed when the parent returns. That, however, is not the case ...
How to Choose the Right Metal for an Enclosure
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2020 22:59
One of the first choices when designing an enclosure for electrical or electronic equipment is the material to use. For light-duty applications indoors, the choice is often plastic, but when the environment is harsher, e...
A Toolkit for Customizing Your Parts with Digital Manufacturing
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2020 22:34
by Lora Osborn, Injection Molding Manager, Protolabs In today’s highly-competitive marketplace, good design can help a product stand out from its competitors. A product made from off-the-shelf components is at a disadv...
Why Coronavirus Is Turning People Into Hoarders: A Q&A on the Psychology of Pandemics
Discover - 13 Mar 2020 22:33
How the coronavirus pandemic is impacting our mental health -- and turning some of us into survivalists.
How skin cells embark on a swift yet elaborate death
Science Daily - 13 Mar 2020 21:53
Scientists have identified the mechanism that allows skin cells to sense changes in their environment, and very quickly respond to reinforce the skin's outermost layer. The findings provide insight into how errors in thi...
How sperm unpack dad's genome so it can merge with mom's
Science Daily - 13 Mar 2020 21:53
Researchers discover the enzyme SPRK1's role in reorganizing the paternal genome during the first moments of fertilization -- a finding that might help explain infertility cases of unknown cause.
Call for older people in poor countries to be considered in global responses to COVID-19
Science Daily - 13 Mar 2020 21:52
Current guidance on coronavirus 'largely ignores' the implications for public health and clinical responses in light of those most at risk, according to an international group of global health experts.
Protecting Yourself From Coronavirus: Separating Truth From Misinformation
Discover - 13 Mar 2020 21:45
The coronavirus pandemic is changing fast, so it's crucial not to let false information get the better of you.
DDR4 memory in 4, 8, 16-GB capacities target edge computing apps
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2020 18:33
The future of computing lives on the edge. With the advent of 5G and the exponential growth of connected devices, more and more data is generated and processed at the edge. To help businesses keep up with this massive qu...
Intrusion detection system protects automotive Ethernet systems
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2020 18:24
Argus Cyber Security and NXP Semiconductors announced a new integrated solution that allows carmakers to protect Ethernet network communications based on the NXP S32G vehicle processor. The solution will be showcased on ...
COVID-19 appears less severe in children
Science Daily - 13 Mar 2020 17:21
As outbreaks of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue worldwide, there's reassuring evidence that children have fewer symptoms and less severe disease.
How stem cells repair damage from heart attacks
Science Daily - 13 Mar 2020 17:21
Researchers have uncovered stem cell-activated mechanisms of healing after a heart attack. Stem cells restored cardiac muscle back to its condition before the heart attack, in turn providing a blueprint of how stem cells...
COVID-19 appears less severe in children, says review in Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Wolters Kluwer Health) As outbreaks of COVID-19 disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continue worldwide, there's reassuring evidence that children have fewer symptoms ...
One drug, three action modes
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Wiley) Clinicians combat the drug resistances of some cancer types by using a combination of different drugs. To make this approach more effective, chemists have designed a chemical conjugate that can simultaneously att...
Oncotarget: Prognostic and predictive factors in pancreatic cancer
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 10 reported that there are not standardized predictive biomarkers able to identify patients who benefit most from treatments.
UC Riverside biochemist spins out joint venture company with Atomwise
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of California - Riverside) Over the past few years, biochemist John Jefferson Perry at the University of California, Riverside, has collaborated on a number of projects with Atomwise Inc., a company that uses...
Resolving inflammation: Could it prevent memory loss in Down syndrome and Alzheimer's?
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) Resolvins are lipids that 'resolve' the inflammation that normally follows injury or disease, returning the body back to normal. Therapeutic administration of one such resolvin can ...
New planting guidelines could boost edamame profits
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Edamame may be a niche crop in the United States, but growers and processors still need the best possible information to make sound ma...
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize for Young Researchers for Judith Reichmann
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Goethe University Frankfurt) The formation of gametes and the first cell divisions of the fertilized egg in mammals are prone to errors. Sometimes the wrong number of chromosomes is passed on to the offspring, or the fi...
Reducing kidney failure rate among patients with diabetic kidney disease
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Diabetic kidney disease, which affects between 20 to 40 percent of people with diabetes, can lead to end-stage kidney disease -- a life-threatening condition that requires ...
Christopher M. Barnes named SIOP Fellow
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Christopher M. Barnes, PhD has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The profession of industrial and organizationa...