I hollandsk studie begyndte overlevelseskurverne for patienterne af divergere efter ét år, men selv efter ti år var der ikke signifikant forskel mellem at have fået den ene eller den anden behandling.
Asteroid researchers and spacecraft engineers from the US, Europe and around the world will gather in Rome next week to discuss the latest progress in their common goal: an ambitious double-spacecraft mission to deflect an asteroid in space, to prove the technique as a viable method of planetary defense.
Within 30 years, the bird population around Lake Constance declined with increasing rapidity. While in 1980 around 465,000 breeding pairs were still living in the region, by 2012 the number had fallen to 345,000—a loss of 25 percent. These are the findings of a study carried out by researchers from the Ornithological Working Group at Lake Constance and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
They look like planets: Two droplets move in orbits on an ice cold fluid surface. They attract each other, and by almost frictionless movement on their own vapour, they skate around each other. It is a fascinating mechanism that could be used for preparing and transporting biological samples with a minimum of contamination. Researchers of the University of Twente have published a study on this sub
Make-up artist Emmy Burbidge travels to Papua New Guinea to discover the truth about what's in her make-up, and find out whether there's a sustainable way of producing the oil used.
Within 30 years, the bird population around Lake Constance declined with increasing rapidity. While in 1980 around 465,000 breeding pairs were still living in the region, by 2012 the number had fallen to 345,000—a loss of 25 percent. These are the findings of a study carried out by researchers from the Ornithological Working Group at Lake Constance and the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior.
The impact of climate change on the stability of individual financial institutions and the financial system in general is growing. It influences the types of activities that financial institutions will fund and the cost of finance.
As we go on with our everyday lives, it's very easy to forget about the sheer size of the universe. The Earth may seem like a mighty place, but it's practically a grain within a grain of sand in a universe that is estimated to contain over 200 billion galaxies . That's something to think about the next time you take life too seriously. So when we gaze up into the starry night sky, we have every r
Several studies show a low minimum wage is horrible for the health of the people making it. Their children are also likely to endure hardships that will burden them for much of their lives. The effects on their physical and mental health are varied, multi-faceted. A treasure trove of recent research affirms what many of us already know — being broke sucks. One 2016 study, for instance, found that
Diagnoses of mental disorders and drug prescriptions among school-age children have skyrocketed over the last two decades. The World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that 20% of children experience mental disorders—such as depression, anxiety, ADHD and autism – at any given time.
A recent report suggests Apple has scrapped its plans of releasing a set of augmented reality (AR) glasses, but there are clues the company is still interested in AR hardware in some capacity. …
Traffic congestion is one of the most significant challenges facing our cities. Melbourne's population is growing by around 325 people a day and is projected to overtake Sydney's within a decade. Identified as the most congested city in the country, this was a factor in Melbourne losing its seven-year grip on the "world's most livable city" title last year.
Quantum gauge theories are mathematical constructs that are typically used by physicists to describe subatomic particles, their associated wave fields and the interactions between them. The dynamics outlined by these theories are difficult to compute, yet effectively emulating them in the lab could lead to valuable new insight and discoveries.
Quantum information relies on the possibility of writing messages in a quantum particle and reading them out in a reliable way. If, however, the particle is relativistic, meaning that it moves with velocities close to the speed of light, it is impossible for standard techniques to decode the message unambiguously, and the communication therefore fails.
Whether multi-layered food packaging, power cable sheathing or a toothbrush: Many plastic products cannot be recycled. This is the case, for example, when products are made of multiple materials that cannot be separated at all or only insufficiently.
Whether multi-layered food packaging, power cable sheathing or a toothbrush: Many plastic products cannot be recycled. This is the case, for example, when products are made of multiple materials that cannot be separated at all or only insufficiently.
When groups of people disagree, it's easy for one side to blame the other's irrationality for the difference in opinion. But new work from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that humans' limited memory might instead be at fault. The research shows that even when everyone actually listens to each other and thinks rationally, polarization can still occur. Penn researchers Daniel J. Singer, Will
Biochemists study life on a molecular level. So, as a biochemist, it made sense to investigate my own existence at that deepest of levels, which is why I had my DNA sequenced—my mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, to be exact.
Biochemists study life on a molecular level. So, as a biochemist, it made sense to investigate my own existence at that deepest of levels, which is why I had my DNA sequenced—my mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, to be exact.
Stadsmiljöer dominerade av hårdgjorda ytor har begränsad förmåga att ta hand om allt dagvatten som bildas vid skyfall. Sensommar i Sverige innebär skiftande väder och ofta även lokala översvämningar efter störtskurar och åskregn. Många kommuner arbetar hårt för att bli klimatneutrala inom ett antal år, men även för att kunna stå emot kommande klimatförändringar bättre. Klimatanpassning ska göra s
Københavns Byret har taget hul på retssagen mod en tidligere hospitalslæge, som står tiltalt for at have bedraget to hospitaler i Region Hovedstaden for mere end 3,7 mio. kr. Den 53-årige læge nægter sig skyldig.
Nature, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02597-2 The Japanese woman's vision has improved since the transplant, say her doctors.
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows NGC 5307, a planetary nebula that lies about 10,000 light-years from Earth. It can be seen in the constellation Centaurus (the Centaur), which can be seen primarily in the southern hemisphere.
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory are now able to see greater details of DNA origami nanostructures, which will lead to a greater understanding and control of their assembly for future applications.
On one of my first field trips as a young student, searching in sweltering September heat for banksia trees in the bush around Sydney, my eye was caught by a flash of remarkable crimson. Trudging over the red dust, we saw the beautiful waratah flower.
The satellite is believed to be among America's most advanced. Some believe it's as large as the Hubble Space Telescope. (Image credit: United Launch Alliance)
On one of my first field trips as a young student, searching in sweltering September heat for banksia trees in the bush around Sydney, my eye was caught by a flash of remarkable crimson. Trudging over the red dust, we saw the beautiful waratah flower.
In Northern Ireland, Catholics and Protestants are frequently segregated, with some neighborhoods divided by barbed wire fences, reflecting deep historical conflicts between the faiths.
Astronomers from Italy and Spain have detected a new blazar by analyzing data from two astronomical surveys. The newly found object, designated DESJ014132.4-542749.9, turns out to be an extremely X-ray-weak blazar at high redshift. The discovery is detailed in a paper published August 22 on arXiv.org.
Returning our old clothes to big fashion chains—rather than taking them to charity stores—could make fast fashion companies pay for their waste and fuel vital recycling research. Even better if we all do it at once.
A team of researchers from Zhejiang University and Xiamen University has found a way to repair human tooth enamel. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their process and how well it worked when tested.
Being rooted in one place gives plants the stability they need to grow and thrive. But as the Amazon fires show, that can quickly turn into a deadly disadvantage. Without any means of escape, it would seem that plants are powerless against the approaching flames. But while they can't run from fire, that doesn't necessarily mean certain death.
The United States and Poland believe suppliers of 5G network equipment should be rigorously evaluated for foreign government control, a joint declaration signed on Monday said, as Washington …
FN's klimapanel pegede i 2018 på øget skovrejsning som en del af løsningen på verdens klimaproblemer. Det danske skovareal har siden 1990 været støt stigende, men denne udvikling er stagneret de seneste 3 år trods mål om det modsatte.
Being rooted in one place gives plants the stability they need to grow and thrive. But as the Amazon fires show, that can quickly turn into a deadly disadvantage. Without any means of escape, it would seem that plants are powerless against the approaching flames. But while they can't run from fire, that doesn't necessarily mean certain death.
Is climate change making spiders more aggressive? A recent scientific study suggests so, as the researchers link aggressiveness to tropical cyclones, events that are expected to become more frequent and powerful with climate change. Unsurprisingly, the findings got considerable media coverage. After all, it matches justified fears of catastrophic climate change impacts, with the unjustified fear m
When we see green, scummy water, we know better than to drink it or even swim in it. But the same is not true for many dogs, and that green scum could be a toxic blue-green algae bloom, which can be fatal to animals.
The integration of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and other metal nanoparticles has increasingly led to the creation of new multifunctional materials. Many researchers have integrated MOFs with other classes of materials to produce new structures with synergetic properties.
Is climate change making spiders more aggressive? A recent scientific study suggests so, as the researchers link aggressiveness to tropical cyclones, events that are expected to become more frequent and powerful with climate change. Unsurprisingly, the findings got considerable media coverage. After all, it matches justified fears of catastrophic climate change impacts, with the unjustified fear m
When we see green, scummy water, we know better than to drink it or even swim in it. But the same is not true for many dogs, and that green scum could be a toxic blue-green algae bloom, which can be fatal to animals.
Researchers at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern have developed a novel tool for tracking and manipulating long-term memories as they are stored in the brains of fruit flies. The tool, reported recently in the journal PLOS Biology, will help investigate how memory works at the molecular level. Insights gained from the simpler fruit fly brain can later guide studies of human memory.
The Bahamas have been hit with the powerful Hurricane Dorian, which was made more intense by moving over water that is abnormally warm due to climate change
Incorporating individual metal atoms into a surface in the right way allows their chemical behavior to be adapted. This makes new, better catalysts possible.
Researchers at the Molecular Photonics group of the Van "t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences at the University of Amsterdam have significantly improved the experimental determination of the chirality or "handedness" of molecules using vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy. By employing a genetic algorithm they were able to "tame" the uncertainties in VCD analysis resulting from the
Researchers at Technische Universität Kaiserslautern have developed a novel tool for tracking and manipulating long-term memories as they are stored in the brains of fruit flies. The tool, reported recently in the journal PLOS Biology, will help investigate how memory works at the molecular level. Insights gained from the simpler fruit fly brain can later guide studies of human memory.
Strictly Come Dancing, the TV show which pairs celebrities with professional dancers to compete in a ballroom dancing competition, has apparently been the cause of a number of divorces, break-ups, and scandals. This "Strictly curse" is not helped by the show's demanding schedule, long practice hours, and intimate dancing.
It started with a relatively simple goal: create a prototype for a new kind of device to monitor the motion of underground structures at CERN. But the project—the result of a collaboration between CERN and the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna, Russia—quickly evolved. The prototype turned into several full-blown devices that can potentially serve as early warning systems for ear
Living alone is associated with difficulties using the 'blood thinner' warfarin in men, but not women, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
Australia's National Nutritional Guidelines are not helpful to working mums, who are committed to providing nutritious meals for their families but find this difficult under time pressures that are ubiquitous to modern life.
A global team of scientists including researchers from The University of Western Australia and the United States has found deforestation in the Brazilian Amazaon-Cerrado region is causing temperatures to rise in areas as far as 50km away from deforestation sites.
WNT signaling pathways play important roles in cell growth, development and cancer. The classical or "canonical" WNT pathway and its atypical, "non-canonical" counterpart share a protein called DVL2 that "transduces" or converts one kind of signal to another.
Homeless individuals in rural areas are offered few options when it comes to assistance in their communities, frequently forcing them into urban centers in search of help.
More than many other auto parts, brake discs are subject to repeated mechanical loads. As a result of this continual abrasion, they produce fine particulate matter, which pose a substantial environmental burden. Now, however, a new coating process developed by the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT and RWTH Aachen University can significantly reduce this impact. By using "Extreme High-s
WNT signaling pathways play important roles in cell growth, development and cancer. The classical or "canonical" WNT pathway and its atypical, "non-canonical" counterpart share a protein called DVL2 that "transduces" or converts one kind of signal to another.
Nature, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02619-z How workflow tools can make your computational methods portable, maintainable, reproducible and shareable.
On one unremarkable day in April this year, just over a third of news stories were about issues likely to impact young people, such as policies to address climate change, school teacher training, the impact of automation on future employment and proposed social media regulation.
Compulsory testing of in-car dog restraints and better education about the dangers of having pets loose in the car are needed to ensure the safety of drivers and pets, a new study from the University of Adelaide suggests.
This story contains some spoilers for the first two episodes of The Terror: Infamy . A woman in a kimono kneels before a mirror in a dark room. She stabs the knot of her black hair with two chopsticks before shuffling outside, down a deserted dock in the early morning. The water is still, offsetting the unnatural cracking sounds emanating from the woman's ankles and neck. She lurches to a stop an
Compulsory testing of in-car dog restraints and better education about the dangers of having pets loose in the car are needed to ensure the safety of drivers and pets, a new study from the University of Adelaide suggests.
Volunteers in Salvador's favelas are collecting data on deadly infections and inequality to help campaign for better sanitation Wearing crisp, white T-shirts and carrying tablets, the students fan out through Marechal Rondon – a bustling favela spread over hillsides and a valley in Brazil's north-eastern city of Salvador. As they walk, they map blocked drains and piles of rubbish on their tablets
After resting for decades in the storerooms of the Natural History Museum in London, a fragmentary fossil from the Late Triassic (200 million years ago) has been named as a new species by a Masters' student at the University of Bristol.
In this image by the international Cassini spacecraft, Saturn's shadow is captured creeping across the rings. The bottom half of the image shows the bright rings reflecting sunlight from their icy particles, whereas the top is partially obscured in shadow from the gas giant.
Vi kan gøre langt mere for at sikre lighed i sundhed, men vi kan ikke gøre det i regionerne alene. Det kræver, at vi rykker mere sammen på tværs af regioner og kommuner, skriver formand for Danske Regioner Stephanie Lose (V).
– Man kan säga att bakterierna bekämpar eld med eld när de besegrar immunförsvaret. Kroppen använder nämligen också själv väteperoxid som försvar mot bakterierna. Därför var det förvånande att se att bakterierna faktiskt använder samma ämne, säger Nelson Gekara, forskningsledare. I studien har forskarna, Saskia Erttmann och Nelson Gekara, fokuserat på bakterien streptococcus pneumoniae . Bakterie
Editor's Note: Every Monday, Lori Gottlieb answers questions from readers about their problems, big and small. Have a question? Email her at dear.therapist@theatlantic.com . Dear Therapist, My adult sister is a thoroughly unhappy person, but according to her, it is because no one in her life treats her well: Her children don't call and visit enough; her friends don't want to spend enough time wit
Nationalt Center for Fødevarer og Jordbrug på Aarhus Universitet trækker sin rapport om klimabelastningen fra oksekød tilbage, da den ikke lever op til universitetets standarder omkring armslængde og uafhængig forskning.
Armed with AI-equipped smartphones, African farmers should be able to detect and deal with potato viruses before they get out of hand — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Launching spacecraft into orbit around Earth and on voyages through the solar system relies on a network of antennas and ground stations across the globe.
MTG shares leapt as much as 25% on Monday after the Swedish e-sports and gaming firm said Chinese live streaming platform Huya would buy a stake in its Turtle Entertainment (ESL) business …
Welcome to your Monday morning! It's the first week of those US tech tariffs, and while you might not feel the effect right now, you might in the future. This week's Bad Password …
Smart speakers seem like the perfect gadget for the modern era, where we can use our voice to control all manner of devices like our door locks, lights, TV, and it can also help us search for …
Armed with AI-equipped smartphones, African farmers should be able to detect and deal with potato viruses before they get out of hand — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Social media users extol—and health experts decry—a 25-year-old study from Jamaica suggesting cannabis use poses no harm to fetal development — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Armed with AI-equipped smartphones, African farmers should be able to detect and deal with potato viruses before they get out of hand — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Advocates say employing more early-career researchers — from scientists in the final years of their Ph.D. to young principal investigators — in peer review could help diversify and improve science. In the past few years, efforts to include these scientists in peer review have sprung up across multiple fields.
A simple treatment to stave off the health problems of old age could be available in five to 12 years. Here's how it would work The science of extending life is a subject of morbid fascination, conjuring the image of old billionaires being cryogenically frozen. But imagine if, instead of a pill you could take to live for ever, there was a pill that could push back the ageing process – a medicine
Smut Clyde goes nanotechnology again and disagrees with Royal Society of Chemistry and the Chinese authorities on how honest a researcher Mi-Cong Jin is.
Five years ago, China said it would screen candidates for election to chief executive in Hong Kong. Some of the protesters who first unfurled umbrellas in response to that announcement, to complain about Beijing's heavy finger on the electoral scales, were arrested on Friday. Joshua Wong—who, as a 14-year-old, helped organize those protests—was among those detained. China's promise, 30 years ago,
The Supreme Court as we once knew it—as a national institution that could at least sometimes stand apart from partisanship—died last year. The ongoing fight over its corpse spilled into public view last week. On Thursday, 53 United States senators—every member of the Republican caucus—wrote a " letter " to the clerk of the Supreme Court assuring the justices that the Republican Party has their ba
The sun was still beating down when, one late afternoon earlier this year, I arrived at a dust bowl of baked earth where there should have been water. Lake Abbe, a soda lake on the border between Ethiopia and Djibouti, wasn't where it was supposed to be. The local Afar people told me that an Ethiopian dam had stanched its inflow to irrigate a sugarcane plantation, and now the shore had receded to
Submarine hobbyists are helping scientists in Montana do environmental research on the state's lakes. Researchers couldn't otherwise afford to rent subs, and it gives the hobbyists a sense of purpose. (Image credit: Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio)
The common characteristic of mass shootings in America is that they are being perpetrated by men. Masculinity, in the modern day, still entails that men fight and act on their aggressive impulses. When men, who are taught to "leave their mark," experience isolation and loneliness, they often leave their stamp on horrendous atrocities. The Time Has Come: Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revol
Vi lever i teknosfæren. En tid defineret af teknologi, men også en tid, hvor vi har tabt kontakten til naturen. Det skal der rettes op, mener nogle af verdens førende designere.
Americans born in the '70s and '80s may not be immune to measles, health officials say. If you're traveling to a country or region having an outbreak, consider a second dose of vaccine before you go. (Image credit: Erik Witsoe/EyeEm/Getty Images)
– Studien visar att de opereras mer, har fler komplikationer och sämre tal vid fem års ålder, konstaterar Johnna Schölin, doktorand inom plastikkirurgi och förstaförfattare till studien, publicerad i tidskriften Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery. – Man måste dock tänka på att detta inte är ett slutresultat för barnen och vi ser det som oerhört viktigt att följa dem över tid, betonar hon
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11914-2 Malz et al. show how electromagnetic driving leads to amplification of topological magnon edge states and thus a large steady-state magnon edge current. Their approach should yield experimental signatures of topological magnon edge states and has potential applications in magnon spintronics.
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11799-1 Drug addiction is a chronic disorder and many sufferers experience relapses even after a period of successful abstinence. Here, the authors reveal a subset of neurons in the rat infralimbic cortex that suppresses relapse into cocaine or alcohol use by responding to drug-omission cues.
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11947-7 Natural killer (NK) cells are important innate immune cells with diverse functions. Here the authors use single-cell RNA-sequencing of purified human bone marrow and peripheral blood NK cells to define five populations of NK cells with distinct transcriptomic profile to further our understanding of NK devel
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11862-x Whether mucinous ovarian carcinoma (MOC) arises from cells at the ovary or from metastases from other primary sites is an unanswered question. Here, Cheasley et al perform a genetic analysis of the disease, showing that MOC arises at the ovary.
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11881-8 Gestational duration depends on both maternal and fetal genetic influences. Here, the authors perform a fetal genome-wide association meta-analysis and find that a locus on 2q13 is associated with pregnancy duration and further show that the lead SNP rs7594852 changes the binding properties of transcription
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11825-2 Clamping effects in ferroelestastic thin films limits their usefulness for applications such as sensitive mechanical sensors. Here, the authors report on non-local mechanical force induced switching in PbTiO3 thin films by tuning the material to a state of nearly energetically degenerate co-existing domains
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-019-11853-y Liquid biopsies are emerging as a useful method for diagnosis and prognosis in cancer. Here, the authors show the prognostic value of monitoring the level of circulating Epstein-barr virus DNA throughout induction chemotherapy and chemo-radiotherapy and its potential utility for risk-adapted individualised
Nature, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02504-9 Alejandra Ortega explains the importance of working efficiently to make time for friends and fun.
People in 16 communities received usual care and those in 14 communities had an intervention that included the initiation and monitoring of treatments and controlling risk factors by non-physician health workers using computer tablet-based management algorithms and counselling; the provision of free antihypertensive and statin medicines recommended by non-physician health workers under supervision
A substantial reduction in the risk of cardiovascular disease, the world's leading cause of death, can be achieved in a year with a new comprehensive approach, according to a randomised controlled trial of 1,371 adults in two countries published in The Lancet and simultaneously presented at the ESC Congress 2019.
Zao is yet another deepfake app that allows you to swap your face and place it into several scenes from popular movies and TV shows. The app was released on Friday and has quickly overtaken …
There are more 4K TVs available on the market than you can shake a stick at these days, having pushed their Full HD (1080p) counterparts down to the bargain bin. Today, you can find competent 43-inch …
Scientific Reports, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-48944-1 Symbiotic effectiveness and ecologically adaptive traits of native rhizobial symbionts of Bambara groundnut ( Vigna subterranea L. Verdc.) in Africa and their relationship with phylogeny
Scientific Reports, Published online: 02 September 2019; doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49079-z Modeling the Interplay between Photosynthesis, CO 2 Fixation, and the Quinone Pool in a Purple Non-Sulfur Bacterium
PLUS. Præcisionslandbrug vinder frem i Danmark og sparer både brændstof og gødning. Men mange landmænd er usikre på effekten af den nye teknologi, og udviklingen går langsomt.
Lyz Lenz spent most of her youth immersed in the conservative subcultures of the South and the Midwest; as an adult, she carries a Feminist as Fuck keychain and describes her politics as "two steps away from joining Greenpeace." She grew up in Baptist churches in Texas and passed her 20s in buttoned-up evangelical congregations in Iowa; now she attends a progressive Lutheran church in Cedar Rapid
Carbon-heavy development in countries part of China's Belt and Road Initiative could render the Paris climate goals unreachable, according to a new analysis on the gargantuan global infrastructure project released Monday.
India's space agency says the landing module of the country's unmanned moon mission has separated from the orbiter ahead of its planned touchdown on the moon's south polar region this weekend.
Hurricane Dorian has slammed into the northern Bahamas, one of the strongest storms to make landfall in history. It's also the fifth Category 5 storm to form in the Atlantic in the past four years. Here are some facts about what makes a Category 5 storm and what to expect as climate change supercharges our weather.
In a slow, relentless advance, a catastrophic Hurricane Dorian kept pounding at the northern Bahamas early Monday, as one of the strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded left wrecked homes, shredded roofs, tumbled cars and toppled power poles in its wake.
Antalet dagar med extrem hetta har blivit fler i Europa och antalet dagar med extrem kyla färre. Den slutsatsen drar forskare efter att ha analyserat data från mätstationer över hela kontinenten.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney has suggested that a virtual currency, modelled on Facebook's Libra, could one day replace the dollar as king of the foreign exchange market.
Purveyors of disinformation can be caught out by the particular words they use, according to new research The internet represents the biggest explosion of data in human history. There's more out there, and more access to it than ever before. The information ecosystem is a bit like a tropical rainforest: luxuriant, dense and fiercely competitive. As such, it contains its fair share of predators an
Det er ikke længe siden, industrien diskuterede netop denne sikkerhedstrussel. Alligevel faldt tre af fire selskaber i, da Version2 og Ingeniøren trykprøvede deres basale sikkerhedsprocedurer.
GÖRLITZ, Germany—Near the center of this picturesque city on Germany's eastern border with Poland sits an idyllic park square called Wilhelmsplatz. A large field of lush grass is ringed on all sides by colorful, carefully manicured flowers; benches line the edges of the square, and a large memorial occupies one end. On a nice afternoon, families sit on blankets, their children laughing and playin
As I was spending a quiet Saturday night watching Animal Planet, I was disturbed to see out and out quackery on The Zoo:San Diego , as an elephant named Tembo, who was suffering from arthritis of the hip and one of her legs, was being subjected to thermography and acupuncture. Yes, as with human medicine, acupuncture quackery has infiltrated even the highest levels of veterinary medicine.
Fewer sports-related sudden cardiac arrest victims die nowadays, a trend linked with increased bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), reports a study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.(1) The late breaking study also found that the incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during sports has not changed over the last decade.
A large Cleveland Clinic study shows that weight-loss surgery performed in patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity is associated with a lower risk of death and major adverse cardiovascular events than usual medical care. These patients also lost more weight, had better diabetes control, and used fewer medications for treatment of their diabetes and cardiovascular disease than those undergoing us
Results were released today from the first two clinical studies designed specifically to examine the effects of the heart drug sacubitril/valsartan on the structure and function of the failing heart.
Malaria infection is linked with a 30% raised risk of heart failure, according to a small study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
A type of brain damage linked with dementia and cognitive impairment is as common in heart failure patients as it is in patients with a history of stroke, according to findings from the LIFE-Adult-Study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.
Physical inactivity, smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol play a greater role than genetics in many young patients with heart disease, according to research presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology. The findings show that healthy behaviors should be a top priority for reducing heart disease even in those with a family history of ea
Research shows that bacteria use hydrogen peroxide to weaken the immune system and cause pneumonia. This according to a study at Umeå University and Stockholm University, Sweden. Hydrogen peroxide is also known as a bleaching agent that is used to whiten teeth or hair, as a stain remover, as well as for cleaning surfaces and disinfecting wounds.
How do neurons create feelings of sadness? Or the sense of a unique self? On the other hand, could conscious thought be an illusion? The nature of conscious experience is one of the most essential,… — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Hello. So I have been thinking that in some places like the US and other regions in the world students face huge economic burdens to achieving an education. But what is really required here? Some people have to move away from home, find housing, pay for their own meals, textbooks, school course materials, computer programs, transportation, school facility fees etc. Schools that are also for profi
PLUS. Danske landmænd kigger mod industrien i forsøget på at tage det næste store skridt mod automatisering. Det betyder små selvkørende robotter i stedet for store tunge maskiner bag traktorer.
Scientists have drawn a map that illustrates three regions in the brain of people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) that fail to talk to each other, inhibiting a person's speech production, word finding and word comprehension. The map can be used to target those brain regions with therapies, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), to potentially improve an affected person's speech.
Ecosia is a search engine that donates 80 percent of its profits to tree-planting projects in multiple countries. The search engine makes money by selling advertising space, but doesn't sell or track user data. Planting trees is likely one of the cheapest and most effective ways to combat climate change. None The Brazilian Amazon suffered a record number of fires in August, prompting internationa
In just one year, around 115,000 cancer patients in England are diagnosed too late to give them the best chance of survival, according to new calculations from Cancer Research UK released today.This means that nearly half of all cancers diagnosed with a known stage in England are diagnosed at stage 3 or 4.
The Endocrine Society and 10 other internationally esteemed medical societies have today issued the first Global Position Statement on the use of testosterone in the treatment of women. The statement was published in four leading international medical journals and has been authored by a diverse team of leading experts based around the world.
Research led by Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, will help crops resist global heating The discovery of a gene in barley responsible for drought resistance will help future-proof crops against some of the effects of climate change, scientists believe. Researchers spent nearly five years isolating the specific gene – HvMYB1 – from more than 39,000 genes in barley. Tests proved that plants in whi
The crescent of Neptune and Triton, captured by Voyager 2 on August 25, 1989, as the spacecraft was fleeing from the planet toward interstellar space. (Credit: NASA-JPL) Thirty years ago this week, the Voyager 2 spacecraft flew past Neptune, providing the first up-close look at the last planet in the solar system*. The anniversary tugged generously at my heart. You see, I fell in love with Neptune
This month's open thread for climate science topics. A new two-part community assessment of tropical storms and climate change is online at BAMS: Knutson et al. (2019a ; 2019b) . And for those interested in Arctic Sea Ice, there is always the NSIDC . References T. Knutson, S.J. Camargo, J.C.L. Chan, K. Emanuel, C. Ho, J. Kossin, M. Mohapatra, M. Satoh, M. Sugi, K. Walsh, and L. Wu, "Tropical Cycl
Sure, nuclear explosions are terrifying, but you're more likely to be exposed to radiation through more mundane means. (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency/) On Aug. 8, residents of Severodvinsk, Russia, witnessed a tremendous explosion. Experts across the world are still trying to piece together exactly what happened—and Russian media outlets are demanding answers from the Kremlin—but it se
Having an MRI scan can be a noisy, unusual, and sometimes stressful experience. But can it also be a social one? In a new paper, neuroscientists Benjamin O. Turner and colleagues ask whether telling people that their MRI scan will be a "mind reading" procedure is enough to alter brain activity through 'implied social presence'. As the authors put it: If people believe that a technology can 'see' t
As the moon passes its first quarter phase this week, it will share the sky with the two largest planets in the Solar System At the beginning of this week, keep a watch out for a young moon. The lunar month began on 30 August, and from tonight it should be relatively easy to see a thin crescent moon. It will appear low in the west shortly after sunset. Find an unobstructed western horizon, prefer
A clinical trial evaluated whether adding ticagrelor to aspirin improves outcomes for patients with stable coronary artery disease and diabetes mellitus but without a history of heart attack or stroke. Researchers found that taking ticagrelor in addition to aspirin reduced the risk of a composite of cardiovascular death, heart attack, or stroke.
A new study shed lights on how a class of medications that help regulate blood sugar for patients with Type 2 diabetes can also protect against heart disease.
Despite its portrayal as a network that "champions free speech," users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according …
The medical community have known for a century that women are living in constant pain. They've done nothing about it It's frustrating to have questions that don't get answered. It's altogether disturbing to find out that those questions haven't even been asked. When I was diagnosed with endometriosis at age 23, I didn't know enough to ask the right questions. I assumed my gynaecologist had all th
Influenza vaccination in patients with high blood pressure is associated with an 18% reduced risk of death during flu season, according to new research.
The first reliable evidence of a link between major cardiovascular risk factors in children — serum cholesterol, blood pressure, body mass index (BMI), and smoking — with cardiovascular disease in adults is being presented today. The study highlights the need to lay the foundations for heart health early in life.
A new study has shown that opening all the blockages is better than treating only the one blockage causing the heart attack. This led to a 26% reduction in the patient's risk of dying or having a recurrent heart attack.
Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its 185 mph winds ripping off roofs and tearing down power lines as hundreds hunkered in schools, churches and other shelters.
Despite its portrayal as a network that "champions free speech," users of the social media platform Gab display more extreme social hierarchy and elitism when compared to Twitter users, according to a new study published in the September edition of the online journal "First Monday." Researchers found a small number of Gab users hold a large amount of influence, sharing more homogeneous content tha
Earlier this year, Googles Project Zero threat analysis group discovered 12 separate security flaws, seven of which involved the iPhones built-in Safari web browser. The five different exploit …
Genetic high cholesterol is underdiagnosed and undertreated, according to new research. Screening could identify patients and family members affected by the condition so that lifestyle changes and treatments can be started to prevent heart attack and stroke.
Prækonditionering af patienter med akutte blodpropper kan ikke reducere risiko for død eller hjertesvigt, viser resultaterne af det store CONDI-2 studie, som professor Hans Erik Bøtker har præsenteret på ESC.
Kick the coffee habit without losing the boost entirely. (Joanna Kosinka via Unsplash/) There has been an endless debate on whether coffee is good for you . For some, not even the coffee's science-backed association with longevity can overcome the downsides, like restless sleep, jitters, and withdrawal headaches. No matter where you stand on the 'is coffee good or bad' issue, coffee shortages are
The movement to ban miniature toiletries isn't likely to make a dent in the global plastic crisis. (vaidehi shah/Flickr, CC BY/) InterContinental Hotels Group will replace mini-shampoos and conditioners with bulk products by the year 2021 . Marriott Hotels recently followed suit , vowing to ban miniature toiletries by next year. But environmental activists shouldn't rejoice just yet . These annou
The smell of a wood fire on a crisp evening is one of the best outdoor aromas around. (Landmann USA/) This article was originally published by Outdoor Life . When you can't make it to the campfire ring, a well-tended home fire pit can always take you there in spirit. Here are three options for enjoying a little "caveman TV" right out the patio door. Classic Wood-Burning Nothing sets the mood outs
For the second month in a row, sales of AMD's third-generation Ryzen processors are outpacing Intel's chips at one of the biggest computer hardware retailers in Germany. The freshly updated …
The Saffir-Simpson hurricane only goes up to Category 5. But in theory, winds from a powerful hurricane could blow the scale out of the water, scientists say.
Scientists are still trying to understand how the cycle of ice ages works, especially because human-caused climate change may have permanently broken the cycle.
Nyudviklet test ser ud til at have potentiale til at kunne identificere blodproppatienter, der er i høj risiko for at få en ny blodprop, hjertesvigt eller død, viser dansk undersøgelse præsenteret på ESC.
Hurricane Dorian is now a "catastrophic Category 5" storm as it approaches the Bahamas in the Caribbean, according to a National Hurricane Center update.
Staying alcohol-free at social events can be daunting, but be open to the new experience and own it The most recent survey on adult drinking habits in Great Britain found that as of 2015, 29% of 16- to 24-year-olds do not drink alcohol – an increase of 18% from 2005. With so many young people abstaining from drinking altogether, there has concurrently been a rise in the "sober-curious" movement ,
To most of us, zapping neurons with electricity to artificially "incept" memories, sensation, and movement still sounds crazy. But in some brain labs, that technology is beginning to feel old school. As a new review in Nature Biotechnology concludes: get off the throne, electrodes, there are plenty of other neural probes in town. They dance to the tune of light or chemicals, and in some cases, th
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