Mosquito sex protein could provide key to controlling disease
A protein transferred from male to female mosquitoes during sex influences female mating behavior -- a phenomenon that could be exploited to limit the spread of mosquito-borne illnesses like Zika and dengue.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ru-msp121217.php
Perking up and crimping the 'bristles' of polyelectrolyte brushes
A molecular-sized brush that looks like a shoe brush has properties with great potential for the materials industry and medicine, but polyelectrolyte brushes can be sensitive, and getting them to work right tricky. New research shows what can make them break down, but also what can get them to systematically recover.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/giot-pua121217.php
Centralized population health coordinators improve care for patients with chronic disease
A centralized chronic disease management program produced significant improvements in the care of patients with diabetes, hypertension or cardiovascular disease treated at practices in the Massachusetts General Hospital primary care network.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/mgh-cph121217.php
Study examines medicinal compound in plant roots
Xanthones are specialized metabolites with antimicrobial properties that are found in the roots of medicinal plants called Hypericum perforatum, also known as St. John's wort.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/w-sem121217.php
Skin cancer treatment selfie goes viral, has public health lessons
In a new study, researchers analyzed the impact of one viral social media post in generating awareness about skin cancer.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/ulcc-sct121217.php
Night-flyers or day-trippers? Study sheds light on when moths, butterflies are active
Butterflies fly during the day while moths travel at night - or so you might think. In reality, their behavior is much more complicated.A new Florida Museum of Natural History study offers the first comprehensive overview of the surprisingly complex question of when butterflies and moths are active.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/fmon-nod121217.php
Few California retailers offer pharmacist-prescribed birth control, despite law
A new law took effect in California last year allowing pharmacists to prescribe birth control, but few of the state's pharmacies are actually offering this service, according to new UC Berkeley research.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc--fcr121217.php
Columbia engineers create artificial graphene in a nanofabricated semiconductor structure
Researchers at Columbia Engineering, experts at manipulating matter at the nanoscale, have made an important breakthrough in physics and materials science, recently reported in Nature Nanotechnology. Working with colleagues from Princeton and Purdue Universities and Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, the team has engineered "artificial graphene" by recreating, for the first time, the electronic structure of graphene in a semiconductor device.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/cuso-cec121217.php
Put the cookie down! Researchers create app to predict and intervene in users' over
Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and the University of Connecticut (UConn) are collaborating on a smartphone app aimed at helping users manage their overeating challenges. In addition to tracking stress and eating, SlipBuddy provides personalized interventions through a system built through the integration of behavioral strategies and technologies like machine learning and data mining. The app helps users identify what triggers them to overeat and inserts new stimuli that lead to healthy behaviors.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/wpi-ptc121217.php
Hubble's celestial snow globe
It's beginning to look a lot like the holiday season in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image of a blizzard of stars, which resembles a swirling snowstorm in a snow globe.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/nsfc-hcs121217.php
Research reveals how diabetes in pregnancy affects baby's heart
Researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA have discovered how high glucose levels -- whether caused by diabetes or other factors -- keep heart cells from maturing normally. Their findings help explain why babies born to women with diabetes are more likely to develop congenital heart disease.
Source: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-12/uoc--rrh121217.php
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