Obesity increases risk of complications after shoulder joint replacement surgery

For patients undergoing shoulder joint replacement surgery (arthroplasty), higher body mass index is linked to increased…

Human brain tunes into visual rhythms in sign language

In a new study scholars use sign language to understand whether neural entrainment is specialized for…

Wide-Open accelerates release of scientific data by identifying overdue datasets

Advances in genetic sequencing and other technologies have led to an explosion of biological data, and…

Sanitation access linked to children’s growth and health

An estimated 1 billion people in the world live without access to any type of sanitation…

Molecular code for melanin-like materials

A new approach for producing materials that mimic the properties of melanin has now been developed.…

New software tool could help doctors diagnose genetic diseases

An open-source software tool called Mendel,MD could help doctors analyze patients' genetic data in order to…

Research for an oil (palm) change

A new technique shows great promise for helping oil palm growers optimize production and reduce environmental…

PFOA threat to drinking water addressed with novel material

A highly toxic water pollutant, known as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), last year caused a number of…

Not so elementary: Physicists review three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics

Scientists reviewed three experiments that hint at a phenomenon beyond the Standard Model of particle physics,…

Improving adolescents’ social and emotional lives must go beyond teaching them skills

School programs designed to educate children and adolescents on how to understand and manage emotions, relationships…