The same viruses that make us sick can take up residence in and on the…
Month: September 2014
Lifesaving protocol for school children with severe allergies developed
As the number of children with food allergies in the U.S. increases, so does the…
Intravascular ultrasound-guided intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion
A new study found that intravascular ultrasound (IVUS)-guided intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion…
Optical coherence tomography in primary percutaneous coronary intervention
The first randomized trial to examine serial optical coherence tomography in primary percutaneous coronary intervention…
Nanoribbon film keeps glass ice-free
Scientists who created a deicing film for radar domes have now refined the technology to…
Don’t underestimate your mind’s eye: Objects don’t need to be seen to impact decision-making
Objects in our visual environment needn’t be seen in order to impact decision making, according…
Computerized emotion detector
Face recognition software measures various parameters in a mug shot, such as the distance between…
The genetics of coping with HIV
We respond to infections in two fundamental ways. One is ‘resistance,’ where the body attacks…
Impact that doomed the dinosaurs helped the forests bloom
Some 66 million years ago, a 10-km diameter chunk of rock hit the Yucatan peninsula…
Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests
The impact decimated slow-growing evergreens and made way for fast-growing, deciduous plants, according to a…