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Press registration opens for 2017 fall national meeting of the American Chemical Society - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2017 — Journalists may now apply for press credentials for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 254th National Meeting & …
Stem cells yield nature's blueprint for body's vasculature - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
MADISON, Wisconsin — In the average adult human, there are an estimated 100,000 miles of capillaries, veins and arteries — the plumbing that carries …
A glove powered by soft robotics to interact with virtual reality environments - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Engineers at UC San Diego are using soft robotics technology to make light, flexible gloves that allow users to feel tactile feedback when they …
New plasmonic sensor improves early cancer detection - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
A new plasmonic sensor developed by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will serve as a reliable early detection of …
Quality improvement measures cut hospital readmissions but do not always produce savings - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
LOS ANGELES (May 30, 2017) — Efforts to reduce hospital readmissions are working, but they're not always saving money, according to a new …
Triple immunotherapy for rare skin cancer shows promise in small, early-stage trial - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
SEATTLE — May 30, 2017 — Three out of four patients treated with an experimental combination of three different therapies for the rare skin cancer …
Scientists detect light-matter interaction in single layer of atoms - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
University of Central Florida researchers have developed a new and better way of detecting interactions between light and matter at the atomic level, …
Chimpanzees adapt their foraging behavior to avoid human contact - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Research by PhD candidate Nicola Bryson-Morrison from the University of Kent's School of Anthropology and Conservation (SAC) suggests chimpanzees are …
Nitrogen fixation research could shed light on biological mystery - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Inspired by a natural process found in certain bacteria, a team of Caltech researchers is inching closer to a new method for producing fertilizer …
Physicists explore elusive high-energy particles in a crystal - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Mid-infrared wavelengths of light are invisible to the eye but can be useful for a number of technologies, including night vision, …
Breaking glass in infinite dimensions - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
DURHAM, N.C. — Zoom in on a crystal and you will find an ordered array of atoms, evenly spaced like the windows on the Empire State Building. But …
More frequent extreme ocean warming could further endanger albatross - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
As Earth warms due to human-caused climate change, extreme climatic events like heat waves, droughts, and spikes in ocean temperatures have increased …
Vegetables rotting? Check bacteria conversation - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Bacteria "conversation" may be an early trigger for plant pathogens virulence, show scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia (IGC, Portugal). …
Diabetes linked to bacteria invading the colon, study finds - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
ATLANTA–In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate the mucus lining of …
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to publish with Wiley - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Hoboken, NJ–May 30, 2017–John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) announced today that it has been selected by the Association of periOperative …
NIH scientists find real-time imaging in mice a promising influenza study tool - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
WHAT:<p>Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice is a promising new method to quickly monitor disease progression and to evaluate whether …
Household chemicals may impair thyroid in young girls - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Early childhood exposures to specific phthalates were associated with depressed thyroid function in girls at age 3, according to scientists at …
Higher odds of late breast cancer diagnosis in isolated white communities, researchers say - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Living in a segregated white community has been associated with higher odds of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, according to a recent …
Neutron lifetime measurements take new shape for in situ detection - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 — All matter making up the stars, our planet and life upon it came into existence 13.8 billion years ago as a result …
Preventing software from causing injury - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Workplace injuries don't just come from lifting heavy things or falling off a ladder. People with desk jobs can develop debilitating hand and wrist …
A tough talk: How to improve cost transparency in cancer care - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
PHILADELPHIA – Being transparent about the cost of cancer treatments with patients has been increasingly recommended to help minimize financial harm …
New scaling law predicts how wheels drive over sand - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
When engineers design a new aircraft, they carry out much of the initial testing not on full-sized jets but on model planes that have been scaled …
'Quantum leap' for Liverpool - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Physicists from the University of Liverpool have made a huge step forwards towards building a novel experiment to probe the "dark contents" of the …
Awareness, adherence key to improved osteoporosis care - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
According to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, approximately 1.5 million Americans suffer osteoporosis-related fractures each year. …
Radboudumc, iMM Lisboa, PATH collaborate on first-in-human study of novel malaria vaccine - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
Lisbon, Portugal (30 May 2017)–The Radboud University Medical Center (Radboudumc) in the Netherlands, the Instituto de Medicina Molecular Lisboa (iMM …
Do stars fall quietly into black holes, or crash into something utterly unknown? - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
AUSTIN, Texas — Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University have put a basic principle of black holes to the test, …
NASA observes heavy monsoon rainfall in Sri Lanka - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM satellite constellation provided rainfall data after the monsoon generated large amounts of …
ESO signs contracts for the ELT's gigantic primary mirror - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
The unique optical system of ESO's Extremely Large Telescope consists of five mirrors, each of which represents its own significant engineering …
Magnetoelectric memory cell increases energy efficiency for data storage - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 30, 2017 — Today's computers provide storage of tremendous quantities of information with extremely large data densities, but …
One blood pressure drug therapy associated with lower health-care costs - Scienmag: Latest Science and Health News
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — About half of patients diagnosed with high blood pressure will need their medication adjusted within the first year to address …