SwRI launches Markerless Motion Capture Joint Industry Project for biomechanics research
M2CJ will leverage BIOCAP™ 3D biomechanical motion capture system for precompetitive researchCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- April 7, 2021 -- ...
Month: April 2021
U.S.-Mexico asthma study examines hygiene hypothesis amid pandemic
With a $15.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, a University of Arizona Health Sciences-led research team takes a three-pronged ...
Rice, Intel optimize AI training for commodity hardware
CPU algorithm trains deep neural nets up to 15 times faster than top GPU trainersCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University ...
Race and poverty appear to guide heart muscle DNA methylation in heart-failure patients
Differences in DNA methylation correlated with differences in heart-failure outcomes, as measured by two-year mortality.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Race ...
Johns Hopkins Medicine expert creates comprehensive guide to new diabetes drugs
Diabetes specialist Rita Kalyani outlines the current standards of care for diabetes managementCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine New medicines for people ...
Field guides: Argonne scientists bolster evidence of new physics in Muon g-2 experiment
Credit: (Image by Mark Lopez/Argonne National Laboratory.) Scientists are testing our fundamental understanding of the universe, and there's much more ...
SMU helping study how photosynthesis uses sunlight to support growth in changing environments
Human Frontier Science Program grant provides more than $1 million in supportCredit: Family handout DALLAS (SMU) - Doran I.G. Bennett, ...
Ultrasensitive, rapid diagnostic detects Ebola earlier than gold standard test
Portable platform detects early biomarkers of the Ebola virus faster than PCR, the current industry standardCredit: Michaela Kane, Duke University ...
Surgical sutures inspired by human tendons
Next-generation sutures can deliver drugs, prevent infections, and monitor woundsCredit: Zhenwei Ma, McGill University Sutures are used to close wounds ...
WHOI and NOAA release report on U.S. socio-economic effects of harmful algal blooms
Credit: U.S. National Office for Harmful Algal Blooms Harmful algal blooms (HABs) occur in all 50 U.S. states and many ...
First results from Fermilab’s Muon g-2 experiment strengthen evidence of new physics
UMass Amherst researchers contribute to landmark findingsCredit: Fermilab/DOE AMHERST Mass. - The long-awaited first results from the Muon g-2 experiment ...
Red deer have personality and it is related to their dominance behavior
Credit: University of Turku An international team of researchers has studied individual differences in the behaviour of red deer. They ...
Study shows why crossing obstacles is difficult for patients with Parkinson’s disease
The scientists detected incapacities related to gait timing and foot placement. Their discoveries serve as a basis for the development ...
Ant responses to social isolation resemble those of humans
Social isolation results in changes of behavior and activity of immune and stress genesCredit: photo/©: Susanne Foitzik, JGU Ants react ...
AGS honors Dr. Helen Fernandez for outstanding contributions to geriatrics education
Credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Helen Fernandez, MD, MPH, ...
Carbon dioxide levels reflect COVID-19 risk
University of Colorado Boulder duo confirms value of measuring carbon dioxide to estimate infection riskCredit: Image courtesy of Spanish newspaper ...
Junctions between three cells serve as gateways for the transport of substances
Researchers at the University of Münster discover how cell contacts are dynamically remodelled during egg development in fruit flies / ...
Urolithin A shows effective against muscular dystrophy
Credit: © Amazentis / EPFL Auwerx Lab Progression of Duchenne Muscle Dystrophy (DMD) can be delayed in mice by supplementing ...
NASA’s Webb Telescope packs its sunshield for a million mile trip
Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn Engineers working on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have successfully folded and packed its sunshield for its ...
Genomes of the earliest Europeans
Ancient genomes shed new light on the earliest Europeans and their relationships with NeandertalsCredit: MPI-EVA/ Nikolay Zaheriev An international research ...
