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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...

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(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 ...

(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...

(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 ...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Certain genetic changes, termed 'pathogenic variants,' substantially increase risk for cardiovascular disease and cancer--the leading causes of death -- but testing to identify individual...

(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...

(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 ...

(Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) This study sheds new light on the body's initial response to dengue virus infection, describing the molecular diversity and specificity of the antibody response. These results ide...

(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...

(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...

(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...

(Queen Mary University of London) Scientists have launched a new study which will help identify who is most at risk of contracting COVID-19 and why some people become more ill than others with the disease.

(American College of Surgeons) A urology group in North Carolina developed a guide that enabled them to convert all in-person visits to telemedicine in three days.

(Scripps Research Institute) The mechanism underlying Parkinson's dyskinesia has been unknown, until now. An international collaboration led by Scripps Research, Florida has found a key cause, and with it, potentially, a...

(JAMA Network) This observational study examines the association of hydroxychloroquine or hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin with QT prolongation in adult patients hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

(University of Konstanz) DNA strand breaks can contribute to the development of cancer and the ageing process. Researchers from the Departments of Biology and Chemistry have now been able to observe in real time the mole...

(Baylor College of Medicine) At Baylor College of Medicine and other institutions, researchers have identified a group of unique glucose-sensing neurons in the brain and how they work together to prevent severe hypoglyce...

(Portland State University) In a collaborative project between University of Tennessee at Knoxville and Portland State University, researchers Chris Cherry (UT), Candace Brakewood (UT) and John MacArthur (PSU) are studyi...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) After a sharp drop in out-of-pocket costs between 2010 and 2011, Medicare patients who use specialty biologic medications for rheumatoid arthritis have seen higher out-of-pocket spe...

(Simon Fraser University) Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help save the lives of COVID-19 patients using mechanical ventilators -- and ...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) UCLA researchers found adding a drug once commonly used to treat schizophrenia to traditional radiation therapy helped improve overall survival in mice with gliobl...