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TV Time Linked to Sweetened Beverage Intake in Young Kids

The parents of more than 1,700 two- to four-year-olds in Sweden responded to questions about their children’s TV and screen habits and consumption of sweetened…

Business and Finance

Music Streaming Boosts Composer Incomes, Study Finds

A new doctoral thesis from the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg, shows that the total incomes of music composers have increased…

Environmental Conservation

Climate Change’s Hidden Threats to Eelgrass Meadows

This makes it easy to conclude that climate change will ultimately have less impact than previous warnings have predicted. But it could also be explained as…

Life & Chemistry

HER2 Gene Abnormalities Discovered in Advanced Cancers

The results of the study of more than 2,000 tumors, being presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), both surprised…

Health & Medicine

Therapy that heats and destroys bone tumors eases patients' pain

But if that treatment doesn't work, or can't be used again, a second, effective option now exists. Results of a clinical trial on the new therapy, presented by…

Life & Chemistry

MIT Engineer Unveils Advances in Artificial Liver Technology

Modern scientists know there is a grain of truth to the tale, says MIT engineer Sangeeta Bhatia: The liver can indeed regenerate itself if part of it is…

Materials Sciences

Printing Innovations Boost Organic Electronics Quality Tenfold

The printing method is fast and works with a variety of organic materials to produce semiconductors of strikingly higher quality than what has so far been…

Health & Medicine

4 Lifestyle Changes to Boost Heart Health and Longevity

A large, multi-center study led by Johns Hopkins researchers has found a significant link between lifestyle factors and heart health, adding even more evidence…

Life & Chemistry

Molecular Switch Breaks Down Waste for Cheaper Biofuel

Lignocellulosic waste such as sawdust or straw can be used to produce biofuel – but only if the long cellulose and xylan chains can be successfully broken down…

Life & Chemistry

Female Moths Use Scent to Select Ideal Egg-Laying Sites

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, Germany, discovered that the ability of Manduca sexta moths to recognize changes in the…

Studies and Analyses

Doctor’s advice for cancer patients: Personal values influence treatment recommendations

What treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Prevent MRSA Infections: Hygiene Innovations in Horse Hospitals

MRSA infections in horses are difficult to treat, as there are so few effective antibiotics. By improving hygiene in hospital care for animals, the spread of…

Environmental Conservation

New Study Reveals Threats to Southeast Asia’s Dragons

A team of German and Indonesian scientists recently published a first comprehensive study on the conservation and threat status of all SE-Asian species of…

Physics & Astronomy

New Mathematical Model Connects Space-Time Theories

Professor Kostas Skenderis, Chair in Mathematical Physics at the University, comments: “One of the main recent advances in theoretical physics is the…

Life & Chemistry

Magnetic Nanoparticles: A Breakthrough in Gene Delivery

Stent angioplasty saves lives, but there often are side effects and complications related to the procedure, such as arterial restenosis and thrombosis.In the…

Life & Chemistry

Interleukin-22: A Key to Combatting Post-Influenza Infections

Influenza A viral infection can lead to primary pneumonia and, later on, to serious complications including secondary bacterial pneumonia and sepsis….

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