Waist-to-height ratio more accurate than bmi in identifying obesity, new study shows

Calculating a person's waist-to-height ratio is the most accurate and efficient way of identifying whether or…

Seeing the forest and the trees to find parasitic reactions in batteries

A detailed view of the atomic scale and mesoscale changes in a troubling layer offers insights…

Are friends better for us than family?

The power of friendship gets stronger with age and may even be more important than family…

Diabetes research and care model expanding

Building on its pioneering work to better control type 1 diabetes, the University of Virginia Center…

New low-cost material for lighting and diagnostics produces white luminescence comparable to sunlight

A synthetic material has been created based on the natural hackmanite mineral which produces broad spectrum…

Anxious people worry about risk, not loss

Life is a series of choices. Every time you make a decision, there is a possibility…

New approach to combatting anxiety states, pain and inflammation

Endogenous cannabinoids (endocannabinoids) play an important role in the brain and immune system. Researchers have now…

Novel approach to seeing dengue infection in the body

Positron emission tomography (PET) paired with the glucose metabolism probe, fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), is considered 'old' technology…

Is there a link between infertility and child educational outcomes?

Involuntary childlessness prior to either a first or a second birth is associated with lower academic…

Memory loss and other cognitive decline linked to blood vessel disease in the brain

Memory loss, language problems and other symptoms of cognitive decline are strongly associated with diseases of…