Implementing a program of universal HIV testing and immediate antiretroviral treatment (ART) for infected individuals could have a major impact on the HIV/AIDS…
Multimedia talking touchscreens, housed in computer kiosks at clinics and hospitals, are helping researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of…
NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) instrument that flies aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured an infrared look at TD2's high thunderstorm cloud tops…
The same molecular mechanism that increases life span through calorie restriction may help boost memory and brainpower, researchers at MIT's Picower Institute…
A major breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical,…
This team has found that there are extraordinary similarities in the development of axolotls and mammals that provide unique opportunities to study the…
Visceral fat – the so-called “pot-belly” – indicates a much higher risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes than subcutaneous fat. This discovery…
Are online learning modules beneficial to educational programs? The Arizona Master Watershed Steward program used online learning modules to help increase…
This survey has been taken as part of the second year of the AXA Investment Managers “Regulation and Institutional Investment” research chair at EDHEC-Risk…
The drawing-up of Solvency II prudential rules has become a matter of major concern for the private equity sector. Its financial impact can be large. As an…
Family doctors and pediatricians can influence when parents wean their children from the bottle, thereby helping to reduce tooth decay, obesity and iron…
Head and neck cancer patients who reported poor sleep quality one year after diagnosis had more symptoms of chronic pain and complaints of dry mouth related to…
A team of researchers from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College published just such a study in the July-August 2010 Agronomy Journal, published…
The study, from Daniel Simons, a professor of psychology and an affiliate of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois, appears this month as the…
Under normal conditions, the body is protected against immune system-mediated self-destruction by marker proteins that indicate that host cells are ‘off…
Many surfaces within the body are lined with tightly interconnected sheets of epithelial cells, with individual cells tethered to one another via complexes…
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