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More than 100 million Americans suffer from chronic pain and this figure is expected to grow, driven by the increased life expectancy, increasing incidence of diabetes and cancer, combined with

The “pocket colposcope” is a slender wand that can connect to many devices, including laptops or cell phones. If widely adopted, women might even use the device to self-screen, transforming

The results of the latest study are published in JAMA Cardiology. Hypertension is the leading preventable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and death. Current guidelines call for adults with hypertension

The discovery has been years in the making. Back in 2012, Katherine Duncan used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to identify how the brain triggers memory states, uncovering a brain

The research team, led by clinical researchers at Intermountain Healthcare’s Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, studied nearly 1,900 hep C patients and found that the number of patients

The new evidence comes from an analysis that combined surface temperatures with information about how much light is reflected off the moon’s surface. “We found that the coldest places near

Steven Wilhelm, Kenneth and Blaire Mossman Professor of Microbiology, along with UT graduate students Joshua Stough and Lauren Krausfeldt, worked with a team of 25 researchers to examine the physiological

A recent University of Miami study conducted in the laboratory of neuroscientist Amishi Jha, associate professor in the UM College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Psychology, asks if college

Particle collisions at RHIC — a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility located at DOE’s Brookhaven National Laboratory — regularly recreate tiny specs of quark-gluon plasma

“Our work suggests that methylene blue could be a powerful antioxidant for use in skin care products,” said Kan Cao, senior author on the study and an associate professor of

The sensor has been proven reliable to detect the presence of the cancer biomarker carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) to the magnitude of 1 nanogram per milliliter. Most humans carry at least

Fertilizers are chemical sources of nutrients that are otherwise lacking in soil. Most commonly, fertilizers supply the element nitrogen, which is essential for all living things, as it is a

Fertilizers are chemical sources of nutrients that are otherwise lacking in soil. Most commonly, fertilizers supply the element nitrogen, which is essential for all living things, as it is a

Engineers recently presented their research, which is still at the prototype stage, at the Electronic Imaging, Engineering Reality for Virtual Reality conference in Burlingame, Calif. Currently, VR user interfaces consist

A study published in Applied Ergonomics details the creation of a “Self-Report Ergonomic Assessment Tool,” or SEAT, which is designed as a quick and easy-to-use method of determining how much