Miniaturized laboratory-on-chip systems promise rapid, sensitive, and multiplexed detection of biological samples for medical diagnostics,…
Month: February 2013
Name-brand or generic? Your political ideology might influence your choice
Conservatives and liberals don’t just differ when it comes to politics, they may also make…
Youths with autism spectrum disorder need help transitioning to adult health care
Health care transition (HCT) services help young people with special health care needs such as…
‘Get off my lawn:’ Song sparrows escalate territorial threats
Territorial song sparrows use increasingly threatening signals to ward off trespassing rivals. First an early…
Middle East river basin has lost dead sea-sized quantity of water: Researchers cite pumping from underground reservoirs
Already strained by water scarcity and political tensions, the arid Middle East along the Tigris…
Cell shape changes during mitosis
Scientists have gained new insight into the process of mitosis in mammalian cells. Researchers have…
Identification of abnormal protein may help diagnose, treat ALS and frontotemporal dementia
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are devastating neurodegenerative…
Precision of GPS in cities improved by 90 percent
Researchers have developed a new system which improves the ability of a GPS to determine…
Using light to control cell clustering
A new study pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for…
Opioid prescription is on the increase
More and more opioids are being prescribed for pain relief, study suggests