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How the World's First Dengue Vaccination Drive Ended in Disaster
Is a runaway immune reaction making a dengue vaccine dangerous?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Integrating infant mental health into the neonatal intensive care unit
(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) Psychotherapists attend to mental health needs of NICU families, specifically focusing on the developing relationship between babies and parents.
Disrupting the Single-Use Plastic Economy
An innovative business model could remedy a pervasive environmental harm-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
High-tech material in a salt crust
(Forschungszentrum Juelich) MAX phases unite the positive properties of ceramics and metals. A method developed by scientists from Forschungszentrum Jülich now makes it possible to produce this material class on an industrial scale: a salt crust prot...
Coral study traces excess nitrogen to Maui wastewater treatment facility
(University of California - Santa Cruz) A new method for reconstructing changes in nitrogen sources over time has enabled scientists to connect excess nutrients in the coastal waters of West Maui, Hawaii, to a sewage treatment facility that injects t...
Forests Are a Low-Tech but High-Impact Way to Fight Climate Change
Keeping forests intact can go a long way toward saving the planet-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
UTSA harnesses spin of electrons to power tech devices
(University of Texas at San Antonio) Building on the Air Force's need to develop tech devices that require minimal charging in the field, the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) is using principles in quantum science and engineering to bui...
Stress in childhood and adulthood have combined impact on hormones and health
(Association for Psychological Science) Adults who report high levels of stress and who also had stressful childhoods are most likely to show hormone patterns associated with negative health outcomes, according to findings published in Psychological...
Machines That Translate Wants into Actions
A new generation of brain-machine interface can deduce what a person wants-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
New protein for gene editing may improve disease treatment, sustainable manufacturing
(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers have developed a method that uses the protein Argonaute from Natronobacterium gregoryi (NgAgo) and supplied DNA for gene editing.