A new study in General Hospital Psychiatry finds patients visiting the hospital for a variety of ailments can be easily screened for depression and anxiety as they wait for care, information that can then be sent immediately to their doctor ...
Tags: Waiting room time, Depression, Anxiety
Students from Birmingham City University will be transforming parts of the campus this month, to showcase which trendy interiors will be the focal point of our living rooms this year. Focusing on key trends for Autumn/Winter 2014, the ...
About 18 months ago, I wrote about an MIT project in which computer models demonstrated that graphene could act as a filter in the desalination of water through the reverse osmosis (RO) method. RO is slightly less energy intensive than the ...
It looks like a worm and moves like a worm – sort of. But it is a previously unidentified microscopic species of mite that was discovered by a graduate student on The Ohio State University campus. Affectionately dubbed the "Buckeye ...
Tags: Agriculture
Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab) What is nanoparticle analysis and what biomedical applications does it have? Nanoparticle analysis is a very important field. Basically, we live in a world that is ...
Tags: Microfluidics, Microscopy, Nanoparticle, Protein
The phrase, 'Eat your vitamins,' applies to marine animals just like humans. Many vitamins, including B-12, are elusive in the ocean environment. University of Washington researchers used new tools to measure and track B-12 vitamins in ...
Tags: Vitamin Water, Ocean, B-12, CO2
Ordinary fishing line and sewing thread have joined forces in the lab to create incredibly strong artificial muscles. The new artificial muscles could someday lend superhuman strength to robots and wearable exoskeletons for humans. The ...
The 6th Annual 2014 IEEE Green Technologies will be held in Corpus Christi, Texas at the Corpus Christi Omni Hotel April 3-4, 2014. Sponsored by IEEE USA, IEEE Region 5, and IEEE Corpus Christi Section, and commonly referred to as IEEE ...
Tags: Green Technologies Conference, IEEE Green Technologies, IEEE
The Indiana State Museum will provide a platform that showcases how individuals and companies can tackle environmental issues at the annual Going Green Festival on Friday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday, March 15 from 11 a.m. ...
lllustration: University of Colorado Boulder Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have developed a model of a thermoelectric material that can insulate itself from heat transfers while still allowing electricity to flow. Such ...
Tags: Nanopillars, Thermoelectric Material, conducting electricity, voltage
Boys are at greater risk for delayed language development than girls, according to a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The researchers also found that reading and writing difficulties in the family gave ...
To develop correctly, baby hearts need rhythm...even before they have blood to pump. "We have discovered that mechanical forces are important when making baby hearts," said Mary Kathryn Sewell-Loftin, a Vanderbilt graduate student working ...
Tags: Baby Heart, Rhythm, Roadmap, SysCODE
A new Indiana University study that examines the brain activity of alcohol-dependent women compared to women who were not addicted found stark and surprising differences, leading to intriguing questions about brain network functions of ...
Tags: fMRI, network activation, physiological effect, Alcohol-Dependent Woman
Patrick J. Murphy Jr., M.D., director of the University of Louisville Home Call Program and professor of geriatrics in the Department of Family and Geriatric Medicine, has been named one of six finalists for a national award recognizing ...
Tags: Finalist, Recognizing Leadership, Long Term Care, AMDA
Fighting sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) in schools has been a business and social imperative for Cardiac Science since the company's founding. The reason is clear: Studies show that one in 50 high schools has had a SCA incident–either ...
Tags: sudden cardiac arrest(SCA), Cardiac Science, SCA incident