As the Navy’s Ice Exercise 2016 winds to a close this week in the frigid…
Category: Science
Better hospital financial performance didn’t produce better patient outcomes, study shows
How well a hospital performs financially is not associated with better clinical outcomes, based on…
Data from full hospital stay not much better at predicting risk for readmission than data from first day, researchers find
Culling more detailed clinical data from electronic health records throughout a hospital stay did not…
Fossil of ‘early spider’ discovered; 305 million years old
Researchers have discovered the fossil of a 305-million-year-old arachnid, which will help scientists to understand…
‘Concern’ over GPs prescribing ‘unnecessary’ antibiotics for toothache
Over half of all patients who visited their GP with a dental problem in the…
Management techniques for masked chafer grubs in turfgrass
A new article explains the biology of white grubs, also known as masked chafers, and…
Ewing Sarcoma: New compounds may aid in development of targeted therapies for a rare pediatric cancer
Two recently discovered compounds have shown promise in preclinical studies for treating Ewing sarcoma, a…
A cheaper, lighter moth trap may make citizen science projects more affordable
A cheaper, lighter moth trap can improve the ability of students and other citizen scientists…
Tracking ‘marine heatwaves’ since 1950: How the ‘blob’ stacks up
A tally of Northern Hemisphere marine heatwaves since 1950 shows that prolonged warm periods have…
Tracking deer by NASA satellite
Mule deer mothers are in sync with their environment, with reproduction patterns that closely match…