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Importance of universal sanitation underestimated in efforts to reduce child mortality
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The value of sanitation at reducing child mortality in many low income countries has been substantially underestimated according to recent research.
A study by Prof...
Mixing energy drinks, alcohol may affect adolescent brains like cocaine
Drinking highly caffeinated alcoholic beverages triggers changes in the adolescent brain similar to taking cocaine, and the consequences last into adulthood as an altered...
Restoring the sense of touch in amputees using natural signals of the nervous system
Electrical stimulation was delivered by an external stimulator (top left) through percutaneous leads to FINEs implanted on the median, ulnar, and radial nerves of...
Research reveals accidental making of ‘Patient Zero’ myth during 1980s AIDS crisis
A combination of historical and genetic research reveals the error and hype that led to the coining of the term 'Patient Zero' and the...
After blindness, the adult brain can learn to see again
Fundus of the patient's eye implanted with Argus II Retinal 98 Prosthesis, taken soon after the surgery.Credit: Castaldi E, Cicchini GM, Cinelli L, Biagi...
More evidence for ninth planet roming Solar System’s outer fringes
An artist's illustration of Planet Nine, a hypothesized Neptune-size planet orbiting in the distant reaches of our solar system (Illustration: Robert Hurt/Caltech)
As the search...
Self-renewable killer cells could be key to making cancer immunotherapy work
A small molecule that can turn short-lived 'killer T-cells' into long-lived, renewable cells that can last in the body for a longer period of...
New immunotherapy technique holds promise for curing food allergies
"This discovery reverses food allergies in mice, and we have many people with allergies volunteering their own cells for us to use in lab...
For the first time in humans, researchers use brain surface stimulation to provide ‘touch’...
The UW study is based on the concept of closed-loop “bi-directional brain-computer interfaces” (BBCIs) being developed at the CSNE that can both record from...
Nickel-78 is a ‘doubly magic’ isotope, supercomputing calculations confirm
From left, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Gaute Hagen, Thomas Papenbrock and Gustav Jansen used the Titan supercomputer at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility...
Young Stellar System Caught in Act of Forming Close Multiples
ALMA image of the L1448 IRS3B system, with two young stars at the center and a third distant from them. Spiral structure in the...
