Column: A cancer survivor's advice: research, persistence and second opinions
It's very helpful, Robin Clough said, when, in the midst of a life-threatening medical crisis, the person you live with is a doctor who makes house calls. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - April 13, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Steve Lopez Source Type: news
What biologists see from the shores of the drying Great Salt Lake
Half of the Great Salt Lake in Utah has now dried up but scientists say there's still some time left to reverse its decline. (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kirk Siegler Source Type: news
10 Science-Backed Reasons Life Is Better When You're Tall
Go on, tower over everyone with pride. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ACC 2024: Insights on Advancements in Lipid Management ACC 2024: Insights on Advancements in Lipid Management
Dr Erin D. Michos highlights five trials presented at ACC that offer exciting advancements in lipid science.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None MDAngle Source Type: news
Remembering Joel Breman, Ebola pioneer and beloved global health mentor
(Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Joanne Silberner Source Type: news
Dark energy survey looks 11 billion years into the past, reveals most detailed view ever of expanding universe
Researchers have measured the expansion history of the universe with the highest precision ever, providing a more detailed look at the nature of dark energy and its effect on the universe. The results are from an analysis of spectra of galaxies and … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
Hiring ban disrupts research at Florida universities
When Zhengfei Guan, an agricultural economist at the University of Florida (UF), advertised for a new postdoc last summer, one applicant from China quickly rose to the top of the pile. But after being offered the job, the young scholar decided he didn’t want to work in Florida.
His change of heart was triggered by a
new Florida law
prohibiting the state’s 12 public universities from employing graduate students and postdocs from China and six other “countries of concern” without special permission. Enacted in May 2023, the law restricts collaborations between Florida and Chinese academic institutions...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
How CAN you get addicted to hippy crack? Science explained after Trisha Goddard's daughter says it was 'more addictive than any other drug I'd known'
Sometimes called laughing gas or nos, and sold in little silver cannisters that litter the streets, former users have described it as 'more addictive than cocaine'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More Than a Trillion Cicadas Are Coming. Are You Ready?
Cicadas spend the vast majority of their lifetime—more than 90%—underground. But this spring, two broods of more than a trillion cicadas will make their debut above the soil across the Midwest and Southeast in an event that has not happened in more than two centuries.
“When these emerge, it really is a unique, natural phenomenon,” says PJ Liesch, the director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Insect Diagnostic Lab, who compares the insects’ emergence to that of Monday’s total solar eclipse. “If you think about your entire lifetime, you might only have a few opportunit...
Source: TIME: Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Solcyré Burga Tags: Uncategorized News Desk Source Type: news
An Epigenetic Strategy to Control Bad Cholesterol
Modifying markers on DNA allows scientists to lower cholesterol levels in mice, even long-term. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Tags: News News & Opinion Source Type: news
Brightest gamma ray burst of all time emerged from collapsing star
A burst of gamma rays more than 10 times brighter than any detected before struck Earth in October 2022,
searing the atmosphere
, wowing astronomers, and earning the nickname of the BOAT—the brightest of all time. Now, astronomers using NASA’s JWST orbiting observatory have identified the source of the blast—and stumbled on a new puzzle.
As theorists expected, what powered the burst was a type of supernova called a collapsar: a massive, rapidly rotating star that ran out of fuel and collapsed, blasting its outer layers into space before disappearing into a black hole. Researchers also think the extrem...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
6 Compliments That Land Every Time
On a recent weekday afternoon, Xuan Zhao popped into the post office shortly before it closed. The man helping her was incredibly patient and went out of his way to assist her with a pile of packages. So before she left, she handed him a compliment card she had designed. “Your willingness to go the extra mile never goes unnoticed,” it said on the front. The flip-side read: “You’re receiving this compliment because your awesomeness deserves a big shoutout,” along with a reminder that kind words have the power to brighten other people’s day more than we might expect, and a suggestion to pa...
Source: TIME: Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Angela Haupt Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Improving diagnosis of a dangerous but overlooked disease of pregnancy
A new grant will fund Yale research into improving diagnostic techniques for a rare liver condition found in pregnant women that can cause fetal complications. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - April 12, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
National Academy Asks Court to Strip Sackler Name From Endowment
Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Opioids and Opiates Suits and Litigation (Civil) Conflicts of Interest Pain-Relieving Drugs Science and Technology Endowments OxyContin (Drug) National Academy of Sciences Purdue Pharma Sackler Family Source Type: news
National Medal of Science, National Medal of Technology and Innovation laureates to be honored
The new class of laureates of the National Medal of Science and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation will be honored during the inaugural Laureate Celebration Weekend from April 12-14, a collaboration among the U.S. National Science … (Source: NSF News)
Source: NSF News - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news
