Symptoms of depression and insomnia are the strongest predictors of having frequent nightmares, a new…
Month: April 2015
Dying patients’ choices not always aligned to caregivers’
An illuminating study compares the willingness of stage IV cancer patients, and their caregivers; to…
Bridging the gap between biodiversity data and policy reporting needs
Reporting under policy instruments to inform on the trends in biodiversity requires information from a…
Battery energy storage project shows promise for electricity network
Scientists have revealed the potential of a new battery energy storage system to reduce electricity…
New treatment options for colon cancer
An existing chemotherapy drug used to treat leukemia could prevent and control the growth of…
Some false postive prenatal genetic screens due to mother’s extra DNA segments
In prenatal care, maternal blood screening for extra chromosomes in the fetus is becoming increasingly…
Deaths from cardiovascular disease increase globally while mortality rates decrease
Deaths from cardiovascular disease increase globally while mortality rates decrease, a new report suggests. Cardiovascular…
Future antibiotic-making kit for amateurs? Kit could one day be widely available
Researchers have developed a rapid, simple and safe method for generating large libraries of novel…
Improved methods to assess membrane protein stability provide insight into the nature of substrate, ligand and lipid interactions
Membrane proteins account for up to 30% of the proteins present in an organism, though…
Ocean-scale dataset allows broad view of human influence on Pacific coral reef ecosystems
A study draws on data from nearly 40 islands and atolls across the central and…