Ferroelectric materials like barium titanate, a ceramic used in capacitors, are essential to many electronic…
Month: June 2014
Compact proton therapy for fight against cancer
The future face of modern-day anti-cancer therapy based on charged particles like protons could potentially…
Calls to end all violence against women and girls in conflict zones
Women in conflict zones are likely to suffer from sexual or physical violence at the…
Teen mental health: Teenagers go from school psychologist to family doctor
After initially visiting a school psychologist, adolescents in the United States with a mental disorder…
Guidelines address long-term needs of prostate cancer survivors
Post-treatment clinical follow-up care for long-term and late effects faced by an estimated 2.8 million…
Seafarers brought Neolithic culture to Europe, gene study indicates
Genetic evidence in modern populations suggests that Neolithic farmers from the Levant traveled mostly by…
New teaching approach touted for engineering education
A new approach to more effectively teach large numbers of engineering students has been proposed…
Genetics reveal that reef corals, their algae live together but evolve independently
Caribbean corals and the algae that inhabit them form a remarkably stable relationship — new…
Bacteria help explain why stress, fear trigger heart attacks
The axiom that stress, emotional shock, or overexertion may trigger heart attacks in vulnerable people…
MRI shows brain abnormalities in late preterm infants
Babies born 32 to 36 weeks into gestation may have smaller brains and other brain…