Day April 21, 2021

IMAGE: In a recent study, Sunil Sharma–section chief of pulmonary/critical care and sleep medicine at the WVU School of Medicine–and his colleagues found that rural e-cigarette users are older–and often get… view more  Credit: Zane Lacko/WVU Just as e-cigarette ingredients can…

IMAGE: A genetic condition known as 22q.11.2 deletion syndrome is associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia. A Penn Vet-led team found that a leaky blood-brain barrier, allowing inappropriate immune involvement… view more  Credit: Courtesy of Jorge Iván Alvarez Like a…

IMAGE: This photograph shows two MEMS elements on a single chip, with the active elements of 250 ?m × 250 ?m. A micrograph (top inset) the actual size of the diffractive… view more  Credit: Jin Wang WASHINGTON — Researchers have developed…

IMAGE: New soft, mechanical metamaterials can “think ” about how forces are applied to it and respond via preprogrammed reactions. view more  Credit: ELIZABETH FLORES-GOMEZ MURRAY/ PENN STATE Engineered, autonomous machines combined with artificial intelligence have long been a staple of…

People who regularly use psychoactive substances report experiencing a variety of negative impacts since the COVID-19 pandemic began, including increased usage and fear of relapse or overdose, highlighting the need for improved supports and services, including better access to safe…

IMAGE:  “Microadenomas, a common justification for contrast administration, may not influence management in this patient population, ” wrote first author Jennifer Huang of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN, adding “minimal inconvenience would… view more  Credit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)…

IMAGE:  “When these metrics are combined, ” first author Winston Wang of the Mayo Clinic Arizona cautioned, “the risk of complication is significantly higher when the SBP is ? 180 mm Hg,… view more  Credit: American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)…

Researchers have found a causal link between caesarean section birth, low intestinal microbiota and peanut sensitivity in infants, and they report the effect is more pronounced in children of Asian descent than others, in a recently published paper in the…

IMAGE: Unsupervised identification of high-frequency oscillations co-occurring with epileptiform spikes view more  Credit: College of Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University Professor Bin He’s team at Carnegie Mellon University, in collaboration with the Mayo Clinic, has discovered that fast oscillations in scalp-recorded electroencephalography…

IMAGE: Anushree Chatterjee working with graduate student Dana Stamo in her lab at CU Boulder within the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. view more  Credit: College of Engineering Applied Science, University of Colorado Boulder When disease outbreaks happen, response time…