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A plant extract combination of fruits, leaves, and roots may help to relieve hangover symptoms, reveals new research.

The concepts of signal phase modulation and signal frequency modulation, and the difference between them, are often a source of confusion. Ditto for the related idea of phase distortion. Here, we’ll try to clarify thin...

The mechanism underlying Parkinson's dyskinesia has been unknown, until now. An international collaboration has found a key cause, and with it, potentially, a new route to providing relief.

Certain genetic changes, termed 'pathogenic variants,' substantially increase risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer--the leading causes of death -- but testing to identify individual carriers is not part of current ...

Chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure in both the body's general circulation and in the lungs that can lead to pulmonary hypertension, according to a new study.

A team of researchers has developed a portable, more environmentally friendly method to produce hydrogen peroxide. It could enable hospitals to make their own supply of the disinfectant on demand and at lower cost.

Native bees that boost food crops are in decline but changing fire management policies could help them. A new study finds these native bees are better able to survive harsh climate events, like drought, in areas where na...

When the master regulator of protein production malfunctions, it may contribute to the development of neuronal diseases such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's.

A new study adds to the evidence that people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are at greater risk of a poor outcome should they become infected with the virus that causes COVID-19. But there is some encouraging news: people wi...

The 2020 IEEE International Microwave Symposium will be a virtual event in August. The post Microwave Symposium goes virtual, timeframe August appeared first on Electrical Engineering News and Products.

People with the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) are prone to developing tumors on nervous system tissue. A new study has found that the development and growth of such tumors are driven by nearby noncance...

Scientists have identified a key process in the way bacteria protect themselves from attack -- and it heralds a new strategy in the hunt for antibiotics. The researchers have pieced together how bacteria build their oute...

(University of South Australia) New research led by the University of South Australia has found that smokers who receive the medication varenicline tartrate combined with Quitline counselling following a period of hospit...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) A new analysis of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, reveals that the pathogen can infect and replicate in cells that line the inside of the human intestines...

(West Virginia University) New research led by Marian Reven, a Ph.D. student in the West Virginia University School of Nursing, suggests that aromatherapy may reduce nurses' on-the-job feelings of stress, anxiety, exhaus...

(Salk Institute) A team of scientists have identified two genes that can regulate levels of healthy fats, called FAHFAs, in mice. They found that the loss of the two genes led to higher-than-normal levels of the benefici...

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) People with cancer who develop COVID-19 are much more likely to die from the disease than those without cancer, according to physician-researchers at Montefiore Health System and Alb...

(European Molecular Biology Laboratory - European Bioinformatics Institute) By analysing genomic data from worms, scientists detailed how mutations are caused by a combination of DNA damage and inaccurate repair. This sh...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Children in rural communities are 1.7 times more likely to undergo an amputation after a lawnmower injury than children in urban communities, according to a new study by researchers ...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) Despite concerns expressed by some experts, common high blood pressure drugs did not increase the risk of contracting COVID-19 -- or of developing severe disease -- in a stud...

(Keck School of Medicine of USC) A new USC study suggests that temporarily suppressing the body's immune system during the early stages of COVID-19 could help a patient avoid severe symptoms. That's because the research ...

(University of Maryland) Many historians have claimed the Justinianic Plague (c. 541-750 CE) killed half of the population of Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire. New historical research and mathematical modeling challenge ...