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Nurse burnout impacts both nurses and patients, and significantly influences the retention of nurses in…

Releasing drugs that are packaged into microcapsules requires a significant amount of force, and the…

Biological samples can be highly susceptible to changes over time, which often occur when they…

Specialization in a chosen sport is associated with a higher volume of activity — and…

Even mild long-term depressive symptoms among mothers are connected with emotional problems among small children…

A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the Earth to the breakdown of…

An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it…

Cats have a reputation for being aloof and independent. But a study of the way…

Giant, predatory croc-like animals that lived during the Triassic period in southern Africa preyed on…

Active mutations of a certain signaling receptor protein called KIT tyrosine kinase are found in…

Identifying geological features in a densely vegetated, steep, and rough terrain can be almost impossible….

The Sahara Desert is vast, generously dusty, and surprisingly shy about its age. New research…

Scientists have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate…

For iconic landscapes such as Grand Canyon or the Appalachian Mountains, geological features are an…

Etched onto the steep walls of Arizona’s 6,000-foot-deep, 277-mile-long Grand Canyon are clues that chronicle…

Scientists studying genetic transcription are gaining new insights into a process that is fundamental to…

Harnessing light’s energy into nanoscale volumes requires novel engineering approaches to overcome a fundamental barrier…

Researchers have analyzed mountain ranges worldwide to show that a theory relating erosion and mountain…

The genomes of mitochondria are usually depicted as rings or circles. But in plants, 1…

When a wildlife ecologist started her multiyear camera survey of West African wildlife, she sought…

Versions of an antibiotic drug called DON first isolated from soil bacteria more than 60…

New approach to producing indolent scaffolds could streamline development and production of small-molecule pharmaceuticals, which…

For more than a century, a guiding principle in seismology has been that earthquakes recur…

A recent analysis from Canada found that information on health-related quality of life is often…

In people with diabetes, fat mass index, not body mass index (BMI), is associated with…

Researchers have disproved the prevailing theory of how DNA binds itself. It is not, as…

In March 2016, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network revised its criteria for prioritizing children…

Researchers have used a technique called high-throughput mutagenesis to study Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), with…

The population of threatened southern sea otters in Elkhorn Slough, an estuary in Central California,…

Atmospheric scientists reveal details of the connection between a larger atmospheric phenomenon, termed the Madden-Julian…

Researchers describe a new use of leukemia drug, nilotinib, to treat a subtype of medulloblastoma,…

A novel vaccine protected almost all mice and guinea pigs exposed to a new herpes…

Once winter nights dip below freezing and the days warm up above freezing sap begins…

Physicists and chemists have jointly succeeded in developing a so-called nano-tomographic technique which is able…

Feature describes improved model for forecasting the crucial balance of pressure at the edge of…

UNC researchers have created an injectable multi-drug delivery system that is removable, biodegradable and effective…

Anthropologist contributed a large, multi-institutional study explaining how the human-influenced mass extinction of giant carnivores…

The rare and deadly genetic liver disorder, GSD type Ia, affects children from infancy through…

Climate change and over-tapped waterways could leave developing parts of Asia without enough water to…

Since “2001: A Space Odyssey,” people have wondered: could machines like HAL 9000 eventually exist…

The Malawi Ministry of Health’s national adoption of affordable, rugged, neonatal CPAP technology resulted in…

Study shows for the first time a direct link between surface melting and short bursts…

Dissolved oxygen in pore solution is often a controlling factor determining the rate of the…

A new study has discovered that US students achieve better results in reading and mathematics…

Reversing baldness could someday be as easy as wearing a hat, thanks to a noninvasive,…

A team of scientists has developed a computational model that uses artificial intelligence to find…

Researchers have developed a unified shock sensor to quickly and accurately dispel harmful shock waves….

Since they first arrived on land, plants have likely been using the same genetic tools…

The first extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strains of Salmonella Typhimurium, a pathogen which is responsible for…

Scientists have developed a technique to observe how radiation damages molecules over time-frames of just…