Ocean rip currents claim more lives than other natural hazards Rip currents claim more lives in Australia on average each year than bushfires, floods, cyclones and sharks combined, UNSW research shows. Rip currents are the cause of an average ...

Teaching matter waves new tricks: Making magnets with ultra cold atoms Magnets have fascinated mankind for millenia. From the Greek philosophers to scientists of the modern era, which saw the rise of quantum mechanics, magnets have been ...

New aggressive HIV strain leads to faster AIDS development A recently discovered HIV strain leads to significantly faster development of AIDS than currently prevalent forms, according to new research from Lund University in Sweden. The period from infection ...

New effect couples electricity and magnetism in materials In magneto-electric materials, electric and magnetic vibrations can be coupled to 'electromagnons' -- High hopes are placed on this technology, a breakthrough could now be achieved at the ...

New Collection from PLOS and DNDi highlights a decade of R&D into neglected tropical diseases As part of a collaborative initiative, PLOS and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) are delighted to be launching a special Collection—PLOS & DNDi: a decade of Open ...

Subarctic lakes are drying up at a rate not seen in 200 years Quebec City, November 27, 2013 – The decrease in snowfall observed in recent years in Canada's subarctic regions has led to worrisome desiccation of the regions' lakes. This ...

Penn study shows automated prediction alert helps identify patients at risk for 30-day readmission Flagging tool aims to reduce hospital readmissions Philadelphia - An automated prediction tool which identifies newly admitted patients ...

NASA sees Alessia reclaim her crown as a Tropical Storm The former tropical storm Alessia reclaimed her title on November 27 in the Gulf of Carpentaria, as NASA's TRMM satellite passed overhead and observed heavy rainfall occurring in bands of thunderstorms around ...

Figures of 8 and peanut shells: How stars move at the center of the Galaxy Two months ago astronomers created a new 3D map of stars at the centre of our Galaxy (the Milky Way), showing more clearly than ever the bulge at its core. Previous explanations suggested ...

Modafinil reduces depression's severity when taken with antidepressants Researchers believe findings could help the many individuals for whom anti-depressants offer little or no relief A new study has concluded that taking the drug modafinil, typically used ...

Circadian timing may give edge to West Coast NFL teams in night games Playing close to the circadian peak in performance provides an athletic advantage DARIEN, IL – A new analysis of National Football League results suggests that the body's natural circadian ...

Lakes discovered beneath Greenland ice sheet The subglacial lakes are the first to be identified in Greenland The study, published in Geophysical Research Letters, discovered two subglacial lakes 800 metres below the Greenland Ice Sheet. The two lakes ...

American Chemical Society podcast: Improving disease monitoring in remote locations The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series features an advance in smartphone-based imaging that ...

MD Anderson researchers identify a rescuer for vital tumor-suppressor Enzyme intervenes when cancer-fighting PTEN is bound for cell's protein-destroying machinery HOUSTON – A protector for PTEN, a tumor-thwarting protein often missing ...

NASA watches as India braces for Tropical Cyclone Lehar Tropical Cyclone Lehar is weakening as it heads for a landfall in eastern India. NASA's Aqua satellite captured an image of the storm nearing the coast today, November 27. Warnings were in effect in India ...

Flexible, stretchable fire-ant rafts How ants form structure to protect against raindrops and waves described at upcoming APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting ...

Better combustion through plasma Plasma-assisted combustion could help make jets fly higher, faster and longer, according to work presented at APS Division of Fluid Dynamics Meeting WASHINGTON D.C. Nov. 26, 2013 -- Mix together air, fuel, and heat and you ...

Interaction of nurses, pharmacists, and other non-physician clinicians within pharmaceutical industry is common Scrutiny of physician relationships with industry has culminated in passage of the US Physician Payments Sunshine Act (part of the Affordable Care Act), intended ...

New therapeutic target identified for Huntington's disease A new study published 26th November in the open access journal PLOS Biology, identifies a new target in the search for therapeutic interventions for Huntington's disease – a devastating late-onset neurodegenerative ...

Scientists characterize effects of transplanted fecal microbiota Longitudinal study examines patients treated for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections Baltimore, Md. — November 26, 2013 -- Scientists at the Institute for Genome Sciences at ...

2009 pandemic flu death toll much higher than official worldwide estimates WASHINGTON, DC (Nov. 26, 2013)—A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death ...

Micronutrient supplements reduce risk of HIV disease progression and illness Long-term (24-month) supplementation with multivitamins plus selenium for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients in Botswana in the early stages of disease who had ...

Drug improves remission of Crohn disease among children and adolescents Among children and adolescents with Crohn disease not responding to treatment, use of the drug thalidomide resulted in improved clinical remission after 8 weeks of treatment compared ...

Study finds no increased risk of retinal detachment with use of certain antibiotics In contrast to findings of a recent study, researchers in Denmark did not find an association between use of a class of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones (such as ciprofloxacin) ...

Induced hypothermia does not improve outcomes for patients with severe bacterial meningitis In a study of adults with severe bacterial meningitis, therapeutic hypothermia (reduction of body temperature) did not improve outcomes, and it may even have been ...