We must let go of the desperate vision of the future engendered by doomsday scenarios, and of the idea that the current way of living can continue with only minor adjustments.
For raw water to turn into drinking water, it must go through a process of complex purification which first removes any physical impurities.
With its new funding instrument, TRANSFORM, UZH is laying the groundwork for innovation across the whole university.
Advances in medical technology are expanding the possibilities for humans to have a child.
Words used to describe pain often do not have the same meaning for patients as for medical professionals. That can lead to misdiagnoses, says philosopher Kevin Reuter. He conducts research into our understanding of pain.
A new Rice University study showcases the severity of discriminatory behavior toward Asians and Asian Americans driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A recent presumed case of monkeypox in Washington state should raise awareness of the virus, but it will not spread as easily as COVID-19, according to Washington State University infectious disease experts.
Keith Herman has found that, in general, offering students more positive encouragement rather than negative reprimands not only reduces disruptive student classroom behavior but can also improve students’ academic and social outcomes.
Two-year grant aims to help nurses talk with rural mothers about newborn care, feeding options.
How and why do incentives elicit unethical behavior?
The pandemic put a spotlight on mental health and burnout within health care professions, but emerging research reveals these issues have been affecting health care workers for years, with suicide rates notably high among physicians and nurses.
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation.
A massive effort to track the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona over the past two years resulted in the genomic sequencing of more than 100,000 samples of the COVID-19 virus by a coalition of Arizona universities and health agencies
A recent study by the University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital confirmed that scent detection dogs can be taught to identify individuals with a coronavirus infection from skin swabs.
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation.
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified the top 12 ways European cities have been able to curb car use.
The Phytophtora species are devastating plant pathogens, responsible for billions of dollars of crop damage yearly. Understanding exactly how their zoospores swim at high speed is important in controlling their spread.
A team of University of Texas at Austin researchers has resumed testing Austin’s wastewater for signals of COVID-19 after the Texas Division of Emergency Management gave new funding for the project.
Texas could eliminate its carbon pollution in fewer than 30 years