Month: July 2018

(Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)) A new startup, DIANA Biotechnologies, has ...

Riding an e-bike promotes fitness and health — already after four weeks

The role of the e-bike in promoting health and fitness is comparable to that of a conventional bicycle. This was ...

New study finds that aging can make it more difficult to swallow

New York, NY - As adults age, they all experience a natural loss of muscle mass and function. A new ...

Certara experts highlight quantitative systems pharmacology’s role in first-in-human clinical trials

Credit: Certara PRINCETON, NJ - July 26, 2018 - Certara®, the global leader in model-informed drug development, regulatory science, market ...

Soundwave-surfing droplets leave no traces

Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Engineers at Duke University have developed a way to manipulate, split and mix droplets ...

Surrey develops ground-breaking flexible X-ray detector

Detectors that are presently used for mammograms and for dose measurements in radiotherapy are often rigid, causing errors in screening, ...

Aging overweight scuba divers at risk of underwater heart attack

Sophia Antipolis, July 26, 2018: Older, overweight scuba divers are being urged to shed pounds to avoid an underwater heart ...

Adherence to healthy diets associated with lower cancer risk

Bottom Line: A diet that encourages both healthy eating and physical activity and discourages alcohol consumption was associated with a ...

MicroRNA panel can identify malignancy in indeterminate thyroid nodules

Bottom Line: A panel of 19 microRNAs identified using next-generation sequencing could categorize indeterminate thyroid nodule samples into malignant and ...

Researchers identify new arthritis severity gene

A new gene associated with disease severity in models of rheumatoid arthritis has been identified by researchers at the Icahn ...

Openscope: the first shared observatory for neuroscience

Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science, a division of the Allen Institute, today announced the launch of ...

Amphibians face many challenges in Brazilian rain forest

Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Deforestation remains the biggest threat to animals that call the rain forest ...

Turbo-charging chemotherapy for lung cancer

Credit: Garvan Institute of Medical Research A naturally occurring hormone could help make chemotherapy much more effective for many Australians ...

Zika viruses show potential as treatment for high-risk childhood cancer

Credit: Nemours Children's Health System Zika virus, long feared for its severe effects on pregnant mothers and unborn babies, may ...

Smokers hazy on actual benefits of lung cancer screenings

Credit: VA photo by Jeff Bowen, for illustrative purposes only Regular cancer screenings can lower the chance of death from ...

Team shatters theoretical limit on bio-hydrogen production

Credit: Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska-Lincoln In 1977, researcher Rudolf Thauer proposed a theoretical ceiling on the amount of hydrogen ...

Feds back Rice U. study of nanoscale electrocatalysis

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 25, 2018) - The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences ...

Unisexual salamander evolution: A long, strange trip

Credit: Kevin Fitzsimons, The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The reproductive history of the unisexual, ladies-only salamander species is ...

Bacterial communities use sophisticated strategy to communicate over long distances

Credit: Suel Lab, UC San Diego It's the way we end up with a fresh cup of coffee from a ...

A century-old model for life’s origin gets significant substantiation