New York State sepsis reporting mandate appears to improve care, reduce deaths
A New York State requirement that all hospitals report compliance with protocols to treat severe sepsis and septic shock appears to improve care and...
Toddlers prefer winners, but avoid those who win by force
Toddlers aged just 1 1/2 years prefer individuals whom other people yield to. It appears to be deeply rooted in human nature to seek...
Cover the U.S. In 89 percent trees, or go solar
Researchers found that using bio-sequestration to capture carbon produced by US coal-fired plants even after carbon capture and storage would require using 62 percent...
Simple but effective: Spontaneous synthesis of homogenous polymer networks
Researchers have developed a spontaneous polymer network synthesis that allowed for the preparation of gels containing narrow molecular weight distribution polymers. The gel networks...
Osteoarthritis research effort works to understand cartilage development
For the first time, researchers have identified and characterized unique cell populations that form the superficial zone of human joint cartilage. The zone has...
Artificial synaptic device simulating the function of human brain
Researchers have developed a high-reliability artificial electronic synaptic device that simulates neurons and synapses. The finding is expected to be utilized in the development...
Scientists developing new blood test to screen for secondary heart attack
Scientists are developing a blood test that quickly and easily detects whether a person is at risk of a secondary heart attack. The researchers...
Evolution of psychiatric disorders and human personality traits
How and why human-unique characteristics such as highly social behavior, languages and complex culture have evolved is a long-standing question. A research team has...
Protocell guests flee the nest
Researchers have shown that resident artificial cells abandon their protocell hosts by displaying antagonistic behavior on receiving a chemical signal.
Shared lifetime of grandmothers and grandchildren significantly increased since 1800s
The importance of grandmothers in the lives of their grandchildren has changed. The shared lifetime between grandmothers and their grandchildren has a fundamental effect...
