Community and home-based care services are popular and cost Medicaid less money than nursing home…
Month: January 2014
Climate change: How does soil store carbon dioxide?
Global carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise — in 2012 alone, 35.7 billion tons of…
Lower fat content for adolescents’ diets
The prevalence of excess weight and obesity among adolescents and, as a result, the concomitant…
COPD: Disease Management Program is largely consistent with guidelines
Few discrepancies exist between the disease management program “Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” and current clinical…
Chemical imaging brings cancer tissue analysis into digital age
A new method for analyzing biological samples based on their chemical makeup is set to…
Study shows ‘readability’ scores largely inaccurate
Teachers, parents and textbook companies use technical “readability” formulas to determine how difficult reading materials…
Scientists find new mechanism underlying depression
Researchers have shown that changes in a type of brain cells called microglia underlie the…
Ocean’s hidden waves show their power: Origins of giant underwater waves explained
Large-scale tests in the lab and the South China Sea reveal the origins of underwater…
The play-by-play of energy conversion: Catching catalysts in action
Before catalysis unfolds in a laboratory, scientists painstakingly assemble the materials and spark a reaction….
An improved, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting devices
Scientists have created a simple and scalable technique for greatly improving water splitting as a…