In tough economic times, parents financially favor daughters over sons, according to researchers. The study…
Month: June 2015
Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton, researchers find
Tiny microscopic animals called zooplankton are ingesting plastic particles at an alarming rate, according to…
New role for Twitter: Early warning system for bad drug interactions
A new technique for discovering potentially dangerous drug interactions–before they show up in medical databases…
Physicists shatter stubborn mystery of how glass forms
Scientists have described how glasses form at the molecular level and provided a possible solution…
Scoring system can help trauma centers improve care during surges in trauma cases
A scoring system that can identify periods of high activity and increased trauma patient deaths…
New knowledge on bone tissue, its role in bone strength or weakness
Leading experts in the field present the latest research on material properties of bone and…
Up, up and away, in the name of science education
The virtues of high-altitude balloons for science education in a new research paper have been…
Aerodynamic effects can save tens of seconds in cycling time trials
Will the Tour de France prologue in Utrecht get the winner it deserves? New aerodynamic…
Scientists develop more accurate whole genome variant discovery, interpretation
Conventional next-generation sequencing (NGS) techniques are able to accurately detect certain types of variation, such…
Wait times for health care services differ greatly throughout US
Tremendous variability in wait times for health care appointments exists throughout the United States, ranging…