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A New Paper Calls for More HIV Research in Marginalized Communities

Intimate partner violence is a key indicator for poor HIV outcomes.

Toward a Quantum Computer That Calculates Molecular Energy

Researchers at Columbia and Google Quantum AI have developed an algorithm that uses the most quantum bits to date to calculate ground state energy, the lowest-energy state in a quantum mechanical system. The discovery could help make it easier to design new materials.

Copper Artifacts Unearth New Cultural Connections In Southern Africa

A University of Missouri researcher and colleagues use geochemical analyses on copper objects to reveal centuries of previously unknown connections within the region.

App Helps Curtail PTSD And Drinking After Sexual Assault

In a pilot clinical trial, THRIVE offered coping skills training and coaching for recent sexual assault survivors.

Incident Atrial Fibrillation Appears To Heighten Dementia Risk

A large UW Medicine-Kaiser Permanente study finds modestly increased risk, with a stronger link seen among younger people.

Black Men Face Grim Prostate Cancer Realities With Surgery

Black men have higher prostate cancer mortality rates if treated by less experienced surgeons, researchers found.

Many Students Not Getting Recommended Concussion Care

Prompt diagnosis and treatment can reduce risk of long-term psychological and cognitive harms, an injury-prevention specialist says.

Home Test Offers Earlier Diagnoses For Liver Disease Patients

“One of the unmet needs for this condition is that we don’t have many tools, to screen for this condition at home,” said UW Medicine's Dr. Philip Vutien.

Engineers Adapt Smartphone For Blood-Sugar Screening

Researchers modified a commercially available test strip into a prototype that enables people to self-test for prediabetes.

Scallops Swim into Illuminated Fishing Pots

Scallops are drawn to illuminated fishing pots like moths to a flame, new research shows.

Comic Illustrated by Former Uk Comics Laureate Depicts Experiences of Shame in Medical Learning

A new comic will be used to teach medical students about the role of shame in their training to become doctors.

Children Who Play Adventurously Have Better Mental Health, Research Finds

Children who spend more time playing adventurously have lower symptoms of anxiety and depression, and were happier over the first Covid-19 lockdown, according to new research.

'Traffic Calming' Boosts Breeding on Coral Reefs

Coral reef fish breed more successfully if motorboat noise is reduced, new research shows.

Satellites and Drones Can Help Save Pollinators

Satellites and drones can provide key information to protect pollinators, researchers say.

Researchers develop platform to advance research on carbohydrates

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have devised a tool that can assist with identifying carbohydrate-binding proteins, a new MIT press release said.

New MU Study Shapes Understanding Of Adaptive Clothing Customer Needs

Researchers at the University of Missouri find that adaptive clothing retailers must make changes to satisfy an increasingly diverse customer base.

Group Exercise Program For Older Adults Led To More Independent Exercise Despite Pandemic Restrictions, MU Study Finds

Findings show the Stay Strong, Stay Healthy eight-week resistance training program helps older adults maintain long-term exercise habits and increase their self-confidence.

To keep information in mind, you may store it among synapses

The human brain is an amazing organ that holds information in its working memory, which has been a mystery to researchers for decades — a team of neuroscientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may have recently unraveled part of that mystery, with a clue that may tell us how the brain holds information in working memory.

MIT, Harvard, Yale, Dana Farber researchers: Enzyme 'atlas' helps researchers decipher cellular pathways

A team of researchers has mapped out more than 300 protein kinases and their targets, which they hope ultimately could result in new leads for cancer therapeutics.

MIT researchers develop quantum computing architecture that could link high-fidelity communication devices

Advances in quantum computing architecture have allowed researchers to demonstrate directional photon emission, the first step toward connecting large-scale devices.