Immigration agents X-raying migrants to determine age isn't just illegal, it's a misuse of science A teenager's father is murdered in Somalia, and the boy travels to the United States seeking asylum. Another teen's father and brother are murdered by extremist groups in Afghanistan and he too makes his way to the U.S. to ... Jun 1, 2018 0 9
Virus detector based on lifelike interaction In order to detect an influenza virus successfully, even in small concentrations, you would like to know in what way the virus interacts with healthy cells. Researcher Mark Verheijden of the University of Twente succeeded ... Jun 1, 2018 0 2
A survey needs to involve how many people before I'm convinced? Research studies, opinion polls and surveys all rely on asking a number of people about something to try to extract some pattern of behaviour or predict a result. Jun 1, 2018 0 4
Nucleoside logic: Supply-side programming of the immune biocomputer The immune system is host to a bewildering array of cell types. Traditionally, immunologists have classified cells in different states of activation according to the various interleukins, interferons and other cytokines they ... Jun 1, 2018 report 0 135
Can focused sound waves fix rare 'giggling' form of epilepsy? What was fiction on a recent episode of "Grey's Anatomy" is being pioneered for real at the University of Virginia Health System. Jun 1, 2018 0 2
Baby born in world's first in utero stem cell transplant trial UC San Francisco researchers have safely transplanted a woman's stem cells into her growing fetus, leading to the live birth of an infant with a normally fatal fetal condition. The infant, who had been critically ill during ... Jun 1, 2018 0 5
Parenting, child care services have most potential to help low-income families Child care, parenting and child health/health care are important factors in improving the lives of children in low-income families, according to a new study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Jun 1, 2018 0 4
Study reveals brain activity patterns underlying fluent speech When we speak, we engage nearly 100 muscles, continuously moving our lips, jaw, tongue, and throat to shape our breath into the fluent sequences of sounds that form our words and sentences. A new study by UC San Francisco ... Jun 1, 2018 0 394
Researchers describe how acidity makes oxygen-starved cancer cells dormant and drug resistant Cells enter a state of dormancy as tissues starved of oxygen become increasingly acidic, according to new research led by investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, the Ludwig Institute ... Jun 1, 2018 0 68