At baseline, when young women at risk for eating disorders viewed images of supermodels while…
Month: December 2015
Oral chemo still too expensive even after doughnut hole closes
Oral chemotherapy drugs are so expensive that they will be out of the financial reach…
Study establishes biomarkers to help diagnose, treat psychosis
A comprehensive set of empirical biomarkers has been established to aid in diagnosis and treatment…
Molecule that may lead to Chagas disease vaccine identified
A molecule expressed by Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), which may facilitate the parasite’s evasion of…
Producing cold electron beams to increase collision rates at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
Accelerated ion beams heat up. This causes a problem for physicists trying to get the…
How distracting is talking to your car? Researchers develop a new framework for measuring cognitive distraction
Distractions while driving can come from visual, physical, and cognitive sources. A new framework for…
World’s first ibuprofen patch created
The world’s first ever ibuprofen patch has been produced and patented, delivering the drug directly…
New schizophrenia treatments may be effective for subgroup of patients
Mounting evidence indicates that disturbances in the brain’s glutamate pathway contribute to symptoms of schizophrenia….
Microplastics: Rhine one of the most polluted rivers worldwide
Between Basel and Rotterdam, the Rhine has one of the highest microplastics pollution so far…
Using atoms to turn optical nanofiber guided light on and off
A light-mediated on/off switch has been developed in optical nanofibers that could be used for…