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(PROFILES, Inc.) In a recent study published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, Stewart H. Mostofsky, M.D., director of the Center for Neurodevelopmental and Imaging Research at Kennedy Krieger Inst...

For many Americans, the potential for contracting COVID-19 can be high. Here's how to offset your risk.

Microchip's TimeProvider 4100 adds virtual Precision Reference Time Clock support, transferring time throughout a network. With IEEE 1588 moving into 5G networks, having a grandmaster clock becomes essential for the prot...

OnAsset Intelligence has successfully proven that Bluetooth Low Energy 5 (Bluetooth LE) is viable for large-scale industrial use cases. In an industry first, OnAsset's Bluetooth LE gateway has read 12,000 Sentinel Blueto...

Bourns, Inc. announced the availability of a new AEC-Q200 compliant series of thick film chip resistors. Bourns continues to take a leading role in introducing space-saving resistor products by offering its latest Model ...

Bel Power Solutions announced the RCM60 (60 W) chassis-mount DC-DC converters, which are designed for railway applications where compactness and high reliability are required. These new RCM Series products are fully isol...

UNIPOWER LLC introduces its Guardian DC power retrofit kit - RFK1. This kit is designed to replace the legacy power section of existing Sageon Tower systems. The new kits mate easily to the existing towers, combining pow...

(University of Tokyo) Experts at the University of Tokyo have identified a new protein in the pathway that leads to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers used the 'molecular scissors' of CRISPR/Cas9 to search for new genes re...

(American Thoracic Society) In 'Mobilization and Preparation of a Large Urban Academic Center During the COVID-19 Pandemic,'- published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society - experts from Philadelphia's ...

(Boston Children's Hospital) What makes SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19, such a threat? A new study in the journal Cell, led by Jose Ordovas-Montanes, PhD at Boston Children's Hospital and Alex K. Shalek, PhD at MI...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) In a new study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), researchers characterized the content of 23 million drug-related tweets by youths to ide...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Immunotherapy drugs that target a protein called programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) on the surface of cancer cells have quickly become a mainstay to treat many forms of cancer, often with ...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Brain cancer patients in the coming years may not need to go under the knife to help doctors determine the best treatment for their tumors.

(Oregon State University) A recent study found that LGBTQ service members face an elevated risk of sexual victimization including harassment, assault and stalking while in the military than their non-LGBTQ counterparts.

(Leopoldina) The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina has published a third ad-hoc-statement on the COVID-19 pandemic. The attached paper entitled 'Coronavirus Pandemic -- Sustainable Ways to Overcome the Crisi...

(University of California - Davis Health) A UC Davis Health study found more evidence for the efficacy of telehealth-delivered behavioral intervention in treating language problems in youth with fragile X syndrome. The a...

(George Mason University) The George Mason University College of Health and Human Services has received a $500,000 grant from the USDA to implement the Rural Opioid Telehealth Project, which will serve an estimated 177,0...

(Washington State University) A new study shows that building critical media skills as a family can have a positive impact on kids' nutrition without restricting their access to TV and computers. Researchers found that a...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association is investing nearly $17 million in scientific research to be led by scientists from Boston University, the Ohio State University and Yale University to study th...

(American Lung Association) Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact of air pollution on lung health is of heightened concern. A new report from the American Lung Association finds nearly half of the nation's population --...

(North Carolina State University) Researchers have created a free-to-use database of 14,000 known macrolactones -- large molecules used in drug development -- which contains information about the molecular characteristic...

(University of Bath) A new study highlights how hangover inhibits individuals' 'core executive functions' with knock-on impacts for those currently working from home.