Promising results have been announced from an early trial in which patients with high-risk acute…
Month: December 2016
‘Spooky’ sightings in crystal point to extremely rare quantum spin liquid
Little is rarer than an observable quantum spin liquid, but now, tests reveal that a…
Doctors’ burnout should be treated as organization-wide problem, new research suggests
Current approaches to dealing with burnouts in doctors on an individual case-by-case basis is not…
Yo-yo dieting might cause extra weight gain
Repeated dieting may lead to weight gain because the brain interprets the diets as short…
Detective work across dingo fence reveals new factor in woody shrub invasion
Extermination of dingoes and the consequent loss of small mammals – not just overgrazing by…
Uncovering a ‘smoking gun’ in age-related disease
Aging is a key risk factor for a variety of devastating, chronic diseases, yet the…
Long-term, low-intensity smoking associated with increased risks of death
Low-intensity smokers who puff on 10 or less cigarettes per day over their lifetime still…
Extreme downpours could increase fivefold across parts of the US
At century’s end, the number of summertime storms that produce extreme downpours could increase by…
Traditional Japanese art inspires a futuristic innovation: Brain ‘organoids’
The ancient Japanese art of flower arranging was the inspiration for a groundbreaking technique to…
Genetic factors control regenerative properties of blood-forming stem cells
Two studies define how key genetic factors affect blood-forming stem cells by either accelerating or…