Dogs and other pets play an important role in individuals’ social lives, and they can…
Month: December 2014
Gift-wrapped gas molecules
A group of scientists has worked out how to stably gift-wrap a chemical gas known…
New treatment strategy allows lower doses of toxic tuberculosis drug without compromising potency
While an effective treatment is available for combating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis, it carries serious side effects…
New test measures doctors’ ability to deliver patient-centered care
When health care providers take patients’ perspectives into consideration, patients are more likely to be…
Neutrinos can deliver not only full-on hits but also ‘glancing blows’
In what they call a ‘weird little corner’ of the already weird world of neutrinos,…
Lung cancer metastases may travel through airways to adjacent or distant lung tissue
A new study supports the hypothesis that lung cancer, particularly adenocarcinoma, may spread through the…
A repulsive material: New hydrogel dominated by electrostatic repulsion
In a world-first achievement, scientists have developed a new hydrogel whose properties are dominated by…
Heart drugs offer new hope to slow cardiac damage in muscular dystrophy
Early use of available heart failure drugs slows the progressive decline in heart function before…
New study links neurological disorders in captive felids to improper diet
A new research study confirms the connection between high incidence of spinal cord issues in…
Bats are a possible source of Ebola epidemic in West Africa
The outbreak of the Ebola virus disease occurring in West Africa may have originated from…