Through a randomized controlled trial of more than 30,000 households in Michigan — where one-quarter…
Month: June 2015
Black holes may make ideal dark matter labs
A new computer simulation shows that dark matter particles colliding in the extreme gravity of…
Nanowire implants offer remote-controlled drug delivery
A new implantable drug-delivery system has been developed using nanowires that can be wirelessly controlled….
Study predicts variation in illness severity in a population
When individual random quantities, such as reactions in the body, are instead correlated, and multiplied,…
No change detected in quality of care with overnight hospital supervision
With the implementation of an on-site attending-level physician supervising the overnight medical residents, one study…
Annual low-dose CT screening safe, reliable for identifying pre-cancers
An annual exam using a key imaging technology could spare patients with lung nodules from…
Multidrug-resistant TB appears less transmissible in households than drug-susceptible TB
Some strains of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDRTB) may have a lower fitness (be less capable of…
The shame of psychology: Sociologist argues intuition is needed
A sociologist would like psychologists to talk about emotion — not simply to share feelings,…
Consciousness has less control than believed, according to new theory
Consciousness — the internal dialogue that seems to govern one’s thoughts and actions — is…
Robust new process forms 3-D shapes from flat sheets of graphene
Researchers have developed a new approach for forming 3-D shapes from flat, 2-D sheets of…