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Less than half of US hospitals require flu shots for staff, despite risk to patients
Within weeks, flu will start spreading. Multiple national recommendations urge all healthcare workers to get…
What computers won’t tell you about ecological and evolutionary dynamics
Surprising connections between computer science and biology, two disciplines that study how information proliferates in…
Vagus nerve stimulation shows progress in stroke patient recovery
Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) technology could help improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of…
Eyewitness identification reforms not always supported by data
Motivated by hundreds of false convictions, many states and law enforcement agencies have reformed eyewitness…
Geometric study of brain cells could change strategies on Alzheimer’s
Applying mathematical models used for studying the galaxies or interactions between elementary particles, researchers have…
Detecting, identifying explosives with single test
A new test for detecting multiple explosives simultaneously has been developed by scientists. The proof-of-concept…
Latest proteome analysis helps reconstruct crimes
Forensic medicine has long employed molecular biology to link, for instance, tiny amounts of organic…
Rising risk of obesity among China’s ‘left behind children’
Some 61 million rural children left behind by parents moving to China’s booming urban centers…
New advances in cancer diagnosis
New technology could revolutionize how some cancers are diagnosed, suggests a new article. A high-tech…