Drug does not reduce digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis
In an article appearing in the May 10 issue of JAMA, Dinesh Khanna, M.D., of the University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, Ann Arbor, and colleagues evaluated the efficacy of the drug macitentan in...
View ArticlePET scans reveal that tau predicts Alzheimer’s disease progression
Thanks to positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of tau, which has only recently become available, researchers now report that tau tangles provide a good indication of cognitive decline in later...
View ArticleSuperfluorinated copper sulfide nanoprobes for simultaneous 19F magnetic...
Multifunctional Cu7S4@PSI-19F nanoprobes with ultrahigh loading of fluorous content were developed and found to be highly stable and biocompatible, with applications as diagnostic and therapeutic...
View ArticleA novel oscillator based on heterogeneous carbon@MoS2 nanotubes
A smooth and stable oscillator with a frequency reaching 20 GHz can be obtained based on a double-walled carbon and molybdenum disulfide heteronanotube for a wide range of gap width values.
View ArticleA simple and novel method for the quantitative detection of...
In this work, we report the first application of antibody-functionalized CNT-FETs in quantitative detection of 5-hmC from mouse tissues. This technology could be developed into facile routine 5-hmC...
View ArticleWhere is the Chinese sturgeon going to migrate in the sea?
As a first-class protected animal in China, Chinese sturgeon is born in the Yangtze River while living in the sea. Recently, researchers have revealed the distributions of Chinese sturgeon in the sea,...
View ArticleWhile the Arctic warms, migrating birds pay the price in the tropics
Red knot birds are becoming smaller as temperatures warm in their Arctic breeding grounds. But the migrating birds don’t pay the price for this climate-caused shrinkage until they arrive at the more...
View ArticleIn Sierra Leone, short reconciliation ceremonies restore social ties
Short, low-cost interventions can help communities to recover from a civil war, a new study evaluating the efficacy of a postwar reconciliation strategy in Sierra Leone shows.
View ArticleDisrupted REM sleep can derail memory formation
A new study in mice provides direct causal evidence that rapid eye movement or REM sleep helps to consolidate memory in the brain.
View ArticleNew insights into how magnetic lines around Earth reconnect
High-resolution measurements from NASA spacecraft have unraveled the mysteries of magnetic reconnection around Earth – a phenomenon whereby magnetic field lines break and reconnect, releasing energy...
View ArticleEarly, high-dose administration of hormone EPO in very preterm infants does...
In a study appearing in the May 17 issue of JAMA, Giancarlo Natalucci, M.D., of the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and colleagues randomly assigned 448 preterm infants born between 26 weeks 0...
View ArticlePhysicians, surrogate decision makers often do not agree on a patient’s...
Among critically ill patients, expectations about prognosis often differ between physicians and surrogate decision makers, and the causes are more complicated than the surrogate simply...
View ArticleSexual harassment and discrimination experiences of academic medical faculty
In a study appearing in the May 17 issue of JAMA, Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and colleagues conducted a survey of clinician-researchers on career and...
View ArticleRedefining health for seniors
A comprehensive model of health in older adults is better at predicting mortality risk than a model that considers disease alone, according to a study.
View ArticleTelephone metadata and privacy
Telephone metadata can reveal a person's location, relationships, and other sensitive information, according to a study.
View ArticleHow child's brain responds to mother's voice
Brain activity elicited by a mother's voice might help predict her child's social communication abilities, a study suggests.
View ArticleLead isotopes and ancient Neapolitan plumbing
A study suggests that lead isotopes can reveal the history of ancient Roman water distribution systems.
View ArticleBiodiversity and fisheries production
Researchers report that biodiversity boosts global biomass production and climate tolerance of reef fishes.
View ArticleWearable batteries and solar cells
Researchers report the development of flexible, skin-mountable power supplies.
View ArticleAlso of interest from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Researchers report a printing technique called laser-assisted direct ink writing, which can produce conductive, flexible wires and other complex 3D metallic shapes in a one-step process that combines...
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