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Category: Science
Beating the limits of the light microscope, one photon at a time
The world’s most advanced light microscopes allow us to see single molecules, proteins, viruses and…
Coping with active surveillance anxiety in prostate cancer
Men with prostate cancer who are under medical surveillance reported significantly greater resilience and less…
Why everyone wants to help the sick, but not the unemployed
New research explains why health-care costs are running out of control, while costs to unemployment…
How the brain makes, and breaks, a habit
Not all habits are bad. Some are even necessary. But inability to switch from acting…
How do you kill a malaria parasite? Clog it with cholesterol
Drexel scientists have discovered an unusual mechanism for how two antimalarial drugs kill Plasmodium parasites….
Early-life stress causes digestive problems and anxiety in rats
Traumatic events early in life can increase levels of norepinephrine — the primary hormone responsible…
First discovery in United States of colistin resistance in a human E. coli infection
The Multidrug Resistant Organism Repository and Surveillance Network at the Walter Reed Army Institute of…
Doubling down on Schrödinger’s cat
Physicists have given Schrödinger’s famous cat a second box to play in, and the result…
Fasting-like diet reduces multiple sclerosis symptoms
A mouse study, followed by a human study, indicates that the fasting-mimicking diet holds promise…