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STAT Plus: Italy becomes first country to require pharma to disclose public funding for R&D costs
Amid growing clamor for more transparency from the pharmaceutical industry, Italy has become the first…
Analysis of renewable energy points toward more affordable carbon-free electricity
A study identifies long-term storage technologies that would enhance the affordability and reliability of renewable…
New class of laser beam doesn’t follow normal laws of refraction
Researchers have developed a new type of laser beam that doesn’t follow long-held principles about…
Daily Aspirin May Cause More Harm Than Good in Healthy Adults
Low-dose (baby) aspirins may not be safe preventative medicine against strokes and heart attacks for…
Placebos prove powerful even when people know they’re taking one
Researchers have demonstrated that placebos reduce brain markers of emotional distress even when people know…
‘Extremely active’ hurricane season possible for Atlantic Basin
Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to…
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STAT Plus: Pressure mounts on FDA chief to stick with science for Covid-19 vaccine approvals
As pressure mounts to develop a successful Covid-19 vaccine, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen…
Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to…
How growth rates influence the fitness of bacteria
Bacteria are survival artists: When they get nutrition, they multiply rapidly, albeit they can also…
Hubble uses Earth as proxy for identifying oxygen on potentially habitable exoplanets
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, Hubble used the Moon as a mirror to…
Chemists create the brightest-ever fluorescent materials
By formulating positively charged fluorescent dyes into a new class of materials called small-molecule ionic…
This fruit attracts birds with an unusual way of making itself metallic blue
Instead of relying solely on pigments, the metallic blue fruits of Viburnum tinus use structural…
Faster rates of evolution are linked to tiny genomes
Inside every cell lies a genome – a full set of DNA that contains the…
STAT Plus: Biogen strikes $1 billion deal with Denali to advance Parkinson’s drug based on approach that was nearly abandoned
Biogen said Thursday it will pay more than $1 billion to the biotech firm Denali…
A closer look at water-splitting’s solar fuel potential
Scientists have gained important new insight into how the performance of a promising semiconducting thin…
Herbicide harming marsupial health and development, research finds
Researchers exposed the adult female tammar wallabies to atrazine contaminated water throughout pregnancy, birth and…
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Spintronics: Researchers show how to make non-magnetic materials magnetic
A complex process can modify non-magnetic oxide materials in such a way to make them…
Impact of climate change on tropical fisheries would create ripples across the world
Seafood is the most highly traded food commodity globally, with tropical zone marine fisheries contributing…
Trump to order government to buy certain drugs solely from U.S. factories, setting up major shakeup for industry
WASHINGTON — President Trump will sign an executive later today directing the federal government to…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: AstraZeneca strikes first Covid-19 deal with a Chinese company; vaccine trials face distrust from minority groups
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Opinion: As clinicians are redeployed for Covid-19, onboarding takes on extra importance
Think back to your first day at a new job. It was probably difficult to…
This California company has a better version of a simpler, faster Covid-19 test
In some parts of the U.S. right now, it can take weeks to get results…
How a Zoom forum is changing the way ICU doctors treat desperately ill Covid-19 patients
It was late April, near the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the big cities…
Promising new research identifies novel approach for controlling defects in 3D printing
Scientists use temperature data to tune — and fix — defects in 3D-printed metallic parts….
Herbivores, not predators, most at risk of extinction
One million years ago, the extinction of large-bodied plant-eaters changed the trajectory of life on…
Turning carbon dioxide into liquid fuel
Chemists report a new electrocatalyst that converts carbon dioxide and water into ethanol with very…
Alternative Remedies and Therapies, Five Reasons You Should Try Them – We Heart
Alternative Remedies and Therapies, Five Reasons You Should Try Them We Heart Read Original Article: Alternative…
STAT Plus: 10 burning questions about Teladoc’s $18.5 billion deal to buy Livongo
It’s hard to recall a deal that scrambled the dynamics of the health tech industry…
CBD Oil for Anxiety: A Better Option for Panic Attacks?
Panic attacks can knock you down for the count. Some people use CBD oil to…
CBD For Pain Relief: How Effective Is It Really?
CBD, one of the main components of cannabis, has long been touted as a pain…
An iconic Native American stone tool technology discovered in Arabia
A new article examines fluted projectile points from southern Arabia, detailing production methods and technical…
Ammonia sparks unexpected, exotic lightning on Jupiter
NASA’s Juno spacecraft — orbiting and closely observing the planet Jupiter — has unexpectedly discovered…
Back-to-School in 2020: Making the Right Choice
Back-to-school time is usually filled with shopping, trying on clothes, and wondering about the year…
New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora
New Guinea is the most floristically diverse island in the world, an international collaboration has…
Dinosaur relative’s genome linked to mammals: Curious genome of ancient reptile
Biologists have sequenced the genome of the tuatara, a lizard-like creature that lives on the…
Manifestation of quantum distance in flat band materials
A research team found a way to measure the quantum distance of Bloch states in…
Blackstone agrees to buy Ancestry in $4.7 billion deal
Investment firm Blackstone announced on Wednesday that it was scooping up direct-to-consumer genetics company Ancestry…
Don’t Depend on Coconut Oil for Heart Health; It Increases LDL Cholesterol
The coconut oil in your pantry may not be as heart healthy as you thought…
How tumor cells evade the immune defense
Scientists are increasingly trying to use the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. A…
New strategy against osteoporosis
An international research team has found a new approach that may be able to reduce…
Virtual Event: CRISPR’s forward march
Editor’s note: A livestream of this virtual event will be posted above at 1 p.m….
Ancient mountains recorded in Antarctic sandstones reveal potential links to global events
A new analysis of sandstones from Antarctica indicates there may be important links between the…
Break it down: A new way to address common computing problem
A new algorithm provides a framework for solving complex linear inverse problems that doesn’t require…
How thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly
The current generation of neural implants record enormous amounts of neural activity, then transmit these…
Improved modelling of nuclear structure in francium aids searches for new physics
Thanks to new research, we now know with much greater certainty the nuclear magnetic moments…
Carbon footprinting and pricing under climate concerns
Marketers can lead how their companies can use the cost and demand effects of reducing…
Understanding why some children enjoy TV more than others
New research shows that children’s own temperament could be driving the amount of TV they…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: J&J to supply U.S. with 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses; Feds seek $18 billion from Purdue in opioid probe
Rise and shine, everyone, another busy day is on the way. Yes, indeed, the middle…
Teladoc Health and Livongo merge in an $18.5 billion deal
Telemedicine provider Teladoc Health and diabetes coaching company Livongo have agreed to merge in an…