Heart failure patients, clinicians have differing perceptions of risk level

Physicians identified a majority of patients with advanced heart failure as at high risk for transplant,…

Heavily-used pesticide linked to breathing problems in farmworkers’ children

New study finds that elemental sulfur is linked to reduced lung function, more asthma-related symptoms and…

Greenland ice flow likely to speed up

Flow of the Greenland Ice Sheet is likely to speed up in the future, despite a…

Evolutionary history of imperiled salmon stocks

New technologies for analyzing DNA may transform how imperiled species are considered and managed for conservation…

New test differentiates between Lyme disease, similar illness

There is now a way to distinguish Lyme disease from similar conditions, report scientists. Lyme disease…

Online education boosts proper use of drugs that prevent blood clots

Well-designed online education can decrease the rate of nonadministration of prescribed and necessary doses of blood…

Lithium-air batteries: Mystery about proposed battery material clarified

A compound called lithium iodide (LiI) has been considered a leading material for lithium-air batteries, which…

Spray-on electric rainbows: Making safer electrochromic inks

A flick of a switch, and electrochromic films change their colors. Now they can be applied…

Boron nitride foam soaks up carbon dioxide

Researchers have created a reusable hexagonal-boron nitride foam that soaks up more than three times its…

Superconductivity research reveals potential new state of matter

A potential new state of matter is being reported with research showing that among superconducting materials…