Older adults who engage in leisure activities more than 20 times a week are far…
Month: June 2016
Mandatory treatment not effective at reducing drug use, violates human rights, researchers say
Clinician researchers assessed current global evidence and found that mandatory treatment for people with substance…
Children’s nutrition influenced by local neighborhoods
In an innovative study, researchers used GPS technology to provide evidence that adolescents’ exposure to…
Pilot study successfully uses DNA sequencing to diagnose brain infections
In a proof-of-principle study, a team of physicians and bioinformatics experts reports they were able…
Assisted dying for psychiatric disorders: Serious public health impact
Offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses…
How chameleons capture their prey
The mucus secreted at the tip of a chameleon’s tongue has a viscosity 400 times…
Measuring Planck’s constant, NIST’s watt balance brings world closer to new kilogram
A high-tech version of a balance scale has just brought scientists a critical step closer…
Better material insights with gentle e-beams
There are several ways to change a molecule, chemically or physically. A lesser known method…
Compiler for analog computers enhances biological modeling
A new compiler for analog computers has been developed, a program that translates between high-level…
Ultra-thin slices of diamonds reveal geological processes
By using ultra-thin slices of diamonds, researchers have found the first direct evidence for the…