Daily Archives: January 31, 2018
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Pregnant mothers aged 40 and over may have an increased risk for preterm birth, regardless of confounding factors, according to a new study.
Engineers have taken an important step toward the creation of a working optical transistor: precisely controlling the mixing of optical signals via tailored electric fields, and obtaining outputs with a near perfect contrast and extremely large on/off ratios.
Researchers studied blood samples taken from patients diagnosed with sepsis and found that elevated chlorinated lipids predicted whether a patient would go on to suffer acute respiratory distress symptom (ARDS) and die within 30 days from a lung injury.
Has thee ever been a Star Wars character (or any film character, for that matter) who has been surrounded by so much mystery, rumour and theory? After two years debating whether Supreme Leader Snoke was secretly Darth Plagueis, Mace Windu, Jar Jar Binks or an ancient Whill, he was swiftly […]
One of Amazon’s “leadership principles” for its employees calls on them to keep “looking around corners for ways to serve customers.” Another one is to “not compromise for the sake of cohesion.” Such creative approaches may help explain why the Seattle-based e-commerce giant has decided to join forces with two […]
GOP Lawmakers Who Sprang into Action During Baseball Shooting Again Rush to Help After Train Crash More Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake and Ohio Rep. Brad Wenstrup rushed to the rescue Wednesday after a train they were taking to a Republican policy retreat in West Virginia crashed into a garbage truck, […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts pharmacist convicted for his role in a deadly 2012 meningitis outbreak fought through sobs as he apologized to victims and their families Wednesday before being sentenced to eight years in prison. Nearly 80 people died and almost 800 were sickened in what’s considered the worst […]