Evolving the surgical microscope
Experts explain how surgical microscopes are modified into slightly different optical configurations and equipped with…
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Drought of the century in the Middle Ages — with parallels to climate change today?
The transition from the Medieval Warm Period to the Little Ice Age was apparently accompanied…
Sweat, bleach and gym air quality: Chemical reactions make new airborne chemicals
One sweaty, huffing, exercising person emits as many chemicals from their body as up to…
Bone fracture risk may increase when critical enzymatic processes decline
A loss of enzymatic processes within the body can increase a person’s risk of bone…
Opinion: Doctors on social media are being cyberbullied and sexually harassed. It’s time to change that
As women in medicine who use social media to advocate for public health and social…
New COVID-19 test gives positive result in just a few minutes
Researchers report the development of a new COVID-19 test that reduces testing time from 30…
Children’s Hospitals Are Partly to Blame as Superbugs Increasingly Attack Kids
A growing body of research shows that overuse and misuse of antibiotics in children’s hospitals…
Machine learning improves particle accelerator diagnostics
Operators of Jefferson Lab’s primary particle accelerator are getting a new tool to help them…
Danish and Chinese tongues taste broccoli and chocolate differently
Two studies show that Danes aren’t quite as good as Chinese at discerning bitter tastes….
Breaking through the resolution barrier with quantum-limited precision
Researchers have developed a new method of distance measurement for systems such as GPS, which…
Bedside EEG test can aid prognosis in unresponsive brain injury patients
Assessing the ability of unresponsive patients with severe brain injury to understand what is being…
Using solar energy and agriculture to limit climate change, assist rural communities
Co-developing land for both solar photovoltaic power and agriculture could provide 20% of total electricity…
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Neither liquid nor solid
Discovery of liquid glass sheds light on the old scientific problem of the glass transition:…
Viewing upper gastrointestinal cancers in a new light
Researchers report the use of Linked Color Imaging, an innovative modality that specifically combines selected…
Making therapeutic sense of antisense oligonucleotides
Researchers have devised a molecular structural modification that boosts the efficacy of antisense oligonucleotide-based drugs…
Catalyst transforms plastic waste to valuable ingredients at low temperature
Researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in…
Integrator: A guardian of the human transcriptome
Researchers have characterized a cellular activity that protects our cells from potentially toxic by-products of…
Deep neural network predicts transcription factors
A joint research team has developed a deep neural network named DeepTFactor that predicts transcription…
New imaging method reveals if antibiotics reach bacteria hiding in tissues
Researchers have developed a new imaging method to see where antibiotics have reached bacteria within…
How plants adapt their root growth to changes of nutrients
Nitrogen is one the most essential nutrients for plants. Its availability in the soil plays…
Uncovering how grasslands changed our climate
Grasslands are managed worldwide to support livestock production, while remaining natural or semi-natural ones provide…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversations: A (continued) conversation on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET. …
Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened big-bellied glandular bush-crickets
Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their…
STAT+: Pharmalittle: FDA warns against changing Covid-19 vaccine dosing; Moderna to increase vaccine production
Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, as…
3D-printed smart gel changes shape when exposed to light
Inspired by the color-changing skin of cuttlefish, octopuses and squids, engineers have created a 3D-printed…
NIH Seeking Input on Suicide Trends In Black Youth
Suicide is the second highest cause of death in adolescents; almost 1 in 5 adolescents…
STAT+: Inside the collapse of a disrupter: How Haven’s high hopes of redefining health care came to a crashing halt
The dissolution of Haven marks one of the most stunning collapses in modern health care…
Opinion: Proposed new rules for a J-1 visa will hinder America’s fight against Covid-19
As Covid-19 infections once again surge across the United States, one of the biggest obstacles…
Opinion: Decades of basic research paved the way for today’s ‘warp speed’ Covid-19 vaccines
The emergency use authorizations of mRNA vaccines by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna and the likely gradual…
STAT+: Triplet Therapeutics and three other startups got venture funding a year ago. Where are they now?
In a typical year, a biotech startup might hope to raise enough money to keep…
STAT+: The biotech scorecard for the first quarter: 17 stock-moving events to watch
Here is STAT’s biotech scorecard, our regular ledger of stock-moving biotech events, for the first…
Biden’s appointment of a health disparities adviser is historic. But her impact will depend on how the White House empowers her
WASHINGTON — President-elect Biden’s slate of high-level health care appointments includes an unprecedented selection: The…
Jumping Rope Using a Free App Download
If you’re looking for a fun way to add physical activity into your new year,…
Whole Foods CEO to America: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Eat Better – New York Magazine
Whole Foods CEO to America: You Don’t Need Health Care, Just Eat Better New York Magazine…
Reawakened geyser does not foretell Yellowstone volcanic eruptions
Geyser eruptions, like volcanic eruptions, are a mystery, so the reactivation of Steamboat Geyser in…
Scientists develop new approach to understanding massive volcanic eruptions
An international volcanology team has created a first-of-its kind tool that can aid scientists in…
Uncovering how plants see blue light
Plants can perceive and react to light across a wide spectrum. New research shows how…
STAT+: Pharma rings in the new year with 5% price hikes on hundreds of medicines
When it comes to prescription drug prices, what goes up often continues to go up…
Focusing on diversion yields positive results for kids with behavioral issues
Researchers found that focusing on diversion — instead of detention — yields positive results for…
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria: Fluoride to the rescue?
Scientists have long been aware of the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and the increasing number…
New tool for reconstructing ancient sea ice to study climate change
A previously problematic molecule turns out to be a reliable proxy for reconstructing sea ice,…
Supercapacitors challenge batteries
A team has developed a highly efficient supercapacitor. The basis of the energy storage device…
Pandas’ popularity not protecting neighbors
Doubt is cast on the long-held hope that the conservation protections granted pandas and other…
Single-cell analysis of metastatic gastric cancer finds diverse tumor cell populations associated with patient outcomes
Researchers who profiled more than 45,000 individual cells from patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis (PC), a…
Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure
Researchers describe, how structural defects in self-assembling nacre attract and cancel each other out, eventually…
Better together: Scientists discover applications of nanoparticles with multiple elements
As catalysts for fuel cells, batteries and processes for carbon dioxide reduction, alloy nanoparticles that…
Prediabetes subtypes identified
All prediabetes is not the same: in people in the preliminary stages of type 2…
Astronomers agree: Universe is nearly 14 billion years old
From an observatory high above Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers have taken a new look at…
First glimpse of polarons forming in a promising next-gen energy material
Polarons affect a material’s behavior, and may even be the reason that solar cells made…
A high order for a low dimension
Spintronics refers to a suite of physical systems which may one day replace many electronic…