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(American College of Surgeons) The lessons learned by a small military surgical team who had to transition into a pandemic response team during the COVID-19 pandemic can offer insights for medical centers around the US t...

Researchers investigated the group of microorganisms classified as Asgard archaea, and found a protein in their membrane which acts as a miniature light-activated pump. The schizorhodopsin protein draws protons into the ...

How can breakfast be the most important meal of the day if so many healthy people skip it to do intermittent fasting?

The WSEN-TIDS temperature sensor from Würth Elektronik measures just 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.5 mm but offers a wide range of applications. Its accuracy in the measuring range -40 to 125°C is ±0.5°C, while in the range -10 to 6...

With the v6.70 release of SEGGER's J-Link software, all the included tools are now available on the most popular operating systems (OS) options: Windows, macOS and Linux. While the J-Link software and its accompanying co...

Each time a power MOSFET is being turned on or off in a SMPS, parasitic inductances produce ground-shifts that may cause false triggering of the gate-driver IC. Infineon Technologies AG adds a device to its cost-effectiv...

(University of Sussex) A world-famous psychological experiment used to help explain the brain's understanding of the body, as well as scores of clinical disorders, has been dismissed as not fit-for-purpose in a new acade...

(JAMA Network) The article emphasizes the importance of mitigating the mental health consequences of social distancing in the COVID-19 era.

(American College of Surgeons) Surgeons at one rural health care system on both sides of the New York-Pennsylvania border have reported on their preparedness response plan for dealing with the COVID-19 surge.

(JAMA Network) Reasons why U.S. suicide rates may rise in tandem with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic are explained in this article that also describes opportunities to expand research and care.

(American Gastroenterological Association) Today, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) published new COVID-19 guidance for gastroenterologists treating patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD): AGA Cl...

(MediaSource) The Food and Drug Administration has approved solutions created by scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center that both expand and accelerate COVID-19 testing across Ohio.

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) The University of Maryland School of Medicine announced the launch of a large-scale COVID-19 Testing Initiative that will significantly expand testing capability over the comin...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) The Sleep Research Society (SRS) has selected three outstanding sleep and circadian scientists as recipients of the 2020 Sleep Research Society awards, which recognize excellence in s...

(Texas Tech University) As vaccine skepticism has become increasingly widespread, two researchers in the Texas Tech University Department of Psychological Sciences have suggested a possible explanation. In an article pub...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) In a new commentary, Alison Stuebe, MD, President of the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, addresses the risks and benefits of separating infants from COVID-19-positive ...

(JAMA Network) This case series describes clinical characteristics of patients who died of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China.

(Rochester Institute of Technology) Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf is 1 of 4 international innovators selected to create cost-effective packages of high-quality accessible c...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A prospective 'PARP inhibitor' drug that has struggled to show effectiveness in clinical trials against cancers can be structurally modified to greatly increase its power t...

(JAMA Network) An essay discusses the challenges associated with caring for patients with cancer during the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy.

(University of California - Davis) Social distancing has Americans mostly out of the places they usually gather and in their homes as we try to reduce the spread of COVID-19. But some buildings, such as hospitals and gro...