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.
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.
Power MOSFETs for automotive apps optimized for 48-V systems
Medical Design Technology - 13 Mar 2020 18:40
Infineon Technologies AG expects significant growth in automotive 48 V systems in the coming years and is expanding its portfolio of suitable power devices. The chip manufacturer is launching new packages for its 80 V an...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
How associative fear memory is formed in the brain
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of California - Riverside) Using a mouse model, a pair of UC Riverside researchers demonstrated the formation of fear memory involves the strengthening of neural pathways between two brain areas: the hippocam...
Oncotarget: DNA methylation of MMPs and TIMPs in atherothrombosis process in carotid plaques
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 10 reported that the statistically associated Cp G sites were analyzed in blood samples from two separate atherothrombotic stroke cohorts, ischemic stroke-cohort 1: 37 at...
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...
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.
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...
Alexander Alonso named SIOP fellow
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology) Alexander Alonso, Ph.D. has been named a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP). The profession of industrial and organizational p...
Coronavirus spreads quickly and sometimes before people have symptoms, study finds
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(University of Texas at Austin) Infectious disease researchers at The University of Texas at Austin studying the novel coronavirus were able to identify how quickly the virus can spread, a factor that may help public hea...
Diagnosing hypertension in children
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(American Society of Nephrology) Study results call into question the utility of testing blood pressure load--the proportion of elevated blood pressure readings detected over 24 hours--for diagnosing hypertension in chil...
How skin cells embark on a swift yet elaborate death
EurekAlert! - 13 Mar 2020 06:00
(Rockefeller University) 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 insig...