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Study shows pharmacies' software systems miss potentially dangerous interactions

A study conducted at the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy found that only 28 percent of pharmacies' clinical decision support software systems – the…

Environmental Conservation

UCSB scientists track environmental influences on giant kelp with help from satellite data

The scientists merged data collected underwater by UCSB divers with satellite images of giant kelp canopies taken by the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper. The…

Business and Finance

Olin B-School Students Tour Fashion Capitals to Study Luxury Goods Market

Students in the new course, “Luxury Apparel-Marketing B53” are examining case studies of brands that make up the $237 billion industry that has its roots in…

Agricultural & Forestry Science

Patterns of Ancient Croplands Give Insight Into Early Hawaiian Society

The findings suggest that simple, practical decisions made by individual households were eventually adopted by the ruling class as a means to improve…

Earth Sciences

Anthropologist Discovers New Fossil Primate Species in West Texas

Mescalerolemur lived during the Eocene Epoch about 43 million years ago, and would have most closely resembled a small present-day lemur. Mescalerolemur is a…

Earth Sciences

Greenhouse Ocean Study Offers Warning for Future

Professor Martin Kennedy from the University of Adelaide (School of Earth & Environmental Sciences) and Professor Thomas Wagner from Newcastle University…

Life & Chemistry

Zebrafish Regrow Fins Using Multiple Cell Types, Not Identical Stem Cells

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that cells capable of regenerating a zebrafish fin do not revert to stem cells…

Life & Chemistry

Transcriptomic insights into the vertebrate phylotypic stage

The concept of the phylotypic stage traces its roots back to early comparative observations of embryos from different vertebrate taxa, in which it was noted…

Physics & Astronomy

Accelerating Thin Film Growth Simulations: A New Approach

A Toledo, Ohio, physicist has implemented a new mathematical approach that accelerates some complex computer calculations used to simulate the formation of…

Life & Chemistry

Octopuses Showcase Intelligence and Impressive Movements

Octopuses are among the most developed invertebrates. They have large brains and are fast learners. With eight arms and no rigid skeleton, they perform many…

Health & Medicine

New Insights Into Skin Hardening Syndromes Uncovered

The team connected pharmacological properties of the Novartis Pharma AG drug called balicatib to the skin disorder for the first time after investigating…

Health & Medicine

Cockroach allergens in homes associated with prevalence of childhood asthma in some neighborhoods

In New York City, the prevalence of asthma among children entering school varies by neighborhood anywhere from 3% to 19%, and children growing up within…

Health & Medicine

Experimental Treatment Eases Painful Prostate Condition

The alpha-blocker, known as silodosin, works by selectively relaxing the muscles in the bladder neck and prostate. The treatment is already approved in Canada,…

Materials Sciences

Enhancing Plasmonic Sensing with Nanoantennas at Berkeley Lab

Researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), in collaboration with researchers at the…

Life & Chemistry

Dynamics of crucial protein 'switch' revealed

Researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine have published a study that…

Health & Medicine

New Study Reveals Sleep Deprivation’s Impact on Memory

Ted Abel, a professor of biology in Penn's School of Arts and Sciences and director of the University's interdisciplinary Biological Basis of Behavior program,…

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