Science news articles about 'universal test'

  • WHO suggests universal HIV tests

    Universal testing for HIV, followed by immediate treatment could cut full-blown Aids cases by up to 95%, a study says.
  • New test for depression

    ... new universal test to predict the risk of someone succumbing to major depression has been developed by UCL ... Professors Michael King and Irwin Nazareth, was tested in 6,000 people visiting their family ...
  • US soldiers in high-tuberculosis areas face new epidemic: false positives

    ... or clusters of false-positives for TB that are the result of universal testing with a notoriously inaccurate tuberculin skin ... 95 percent of positive TB tests (38 of 40 tests) from Army National Guard ...
  • Nerve repair, biodetectors, proton therapy, microscopic medical devices

    ... cells survive the process. Bioengineering graduate student Xiaofeng Cui of Clemson University tested this with a comprehensive study of changes in heat shock protein expression and the morphology of ...
  • Flame retardants prove ineffective on fresh-cut Christmas trees

    ... , professor of horticulture at North Carolina State University, tested two flame retardants on Douglas- ... dry naturally. The tests showed that fresh branches placed in water actually absorb more water ...
  • You can look -- but don't touch

    ... . Researchers from Ohio State University and Illinois State University tested how touching an item before ... a mug worth $3.95 at the nearby university bookstore. They then flipped the paper over so no ...
  • Action video games improve vision

    ... and Uri Polat, professor at the Eye Institute at Tel Aviv University, tested the contrast sensitivity function of 22 students, then divided them into two groups: One group played ...

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