Combination drug treatment reduces agitation for patients with probable...
In a preliminary 10-week randomized trial, patients with probable Alzheimer's disease who received the combination medication dextromethorphan-quinidine demonstrated less occurrences and severity of...
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Current water allocations to the Alberta oil sands might not be sustainable, according to a study. The Athabasca River supplies water for the exploitation of the Alberta oil sands, the world’s...
View ArticleEarly salmon use
Salmon remains dating back to around 11,500 years ago suggest the early establishment of salmon spawning runs and the beginnings of human salmon use in North America, according to a study.
View ArticleEmitting heat into space
A silica radiator can emit heat energy into space while remaining transparent to solar energy, according to a study. Because the cold universe represents a vast heat sink, emitting heat energy into...
View ArticleUrine excretion from stem cell-derived kidneys
Researchers report a strategy for enabling urine excretion from kidneys grown from stem cells. The number of patients with end-stage renal disease is increasing worldwide due to a shortage of donor...
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
By analyzing in-depth audio and video recordings of a child’s daily life at home from 9-24 months of age, researchers report that the earliest words produced by the child are those consistently used...
View ArticleClosing “blind spots” in patients’ immune response to lethal brain infection
Patients with a rare and often fatal brain disease caused by JC polyomavirus (JCV) infection fail to produce antibodies that eradicate the virus, creating “blind spots” that allow JCV to escape immune...
View ArticleFlower declines shrink bee tongues
Climate-related changes in flower diversity have caused a decrease in the length of alpine bumble bees’ tongues, a new study reports, leaving these insects poorly suited to feed from and pollinate the...
View ArticleIf it’s not a norm, why practice female genital cutting?
Social norms can cause people to partake in unusual and sometimes harmful actions, and yet recent research suggests that the practice of female genital cutting may in fact not be a social norm – so...
View ArticlePast spikes in CO2 levels were accompanied by high ocean circulation
Two abrupt rises in carbon dioxide and Northern Hemispheric warming occurred during the last glacial ice melt, and new evidence confirms that these spikes were accompanied by deep ocean “flushing”...
View ArticleKey control mechanism of cell senescence identified
Little is known about cellular senescence, a state where abnormal cells are no longer able to progress through the cell cycle, but new research has identified a key mechanism that induces the...
View ArticleProjected impacts of climate change on protected birds and nature reserves in...
A recent research showed that the risk of extinction for Chinese protected birds would be high, even in the moderate climate change scenario. These findings indicate that the management and design of...
View ArticleReview suggests Metformin associated with small height increase in children
A review of the medical literature suggests the diabetes medication metformin may be associated with a small increase in height in children and adolescents in randomized clinical trials providing the...
View ArticleComputer-aided mammography detection not associated with improved accuracy
Computer-aided detection (CAD) in screening mammography was not associated with improved diagnostic accuracy in a study that analyzed results from a large Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium...
View ArticleTwo-dimensional Ni(OH)2 nanoplates for flexible on-chip microsupercapacitors
On-chip microsupercapacitors (MSCs) compatible with on-chip geometries of integrated circuits can be used either as a separate power supply in microelectronic devices or as an energy storage unit....
View ArticleNeural processes in pain and empathy
A study involving modulation of first-hand pain sensitivity finds corresponding changes in empathy for the pain of others, suggesting that empathy may be grounded in the neural responses and...
View ArticleAdiponectin and maternal obesity
Supplementation with the protein adiponectin may prevent fetal complications associated with maternal obesity, according to a study.
View ArticleStorm flooding in New York City
Rising sea level and increases in both intensity and radius of maximum winds of tropical cyclones contribute to a heightened risk for major flooding in New York City, according to a study.
View ArticleDefining units in numerical perception
Units counted in numerical perception may be definable in terms of topology, such as connected groups or groups enclosed inside a closed boundary, according to a study.
View ArticleKing crab continental slope habitat
Warming waters around Antarctica may allow king crabs, which are shell-crushing predators, to emerge onto the continental shelf, according to a study.
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