Creating virtual worksites for students to gain ‘hands-on’ skills
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Scientists eager to explain brain rhythm boost’s broad impact in Alzheimer’s models
Credit: Picower Institute at MIT The sweeping extent to which increasing 40Hz "gamma" rhythm power in the brain can affect ...
Eavesdropping on the human microbiome uncovers ‘potent’ new antibiotics
Using a massive dataset drawn from the genomes of hundreds of people, a team of Princeton researchers identified two microbes ...
NTU Singapore scientists convert plastics into useful chemicals using sunlight
Credit: NTU Singapore Chemists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have discovered a method that could turn plastic waste ...
Tucatinib ‘game changing’ against HER2+ breast cancer, especially with brain metastases
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Phase III clinical trial results reported today in the New England Journal of Medicine ...
Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama
Credit: Alejandro Tagliafico Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. ...
Blueprint for nanomaterial development offers hope to newborns, elderly and busy doctors
Scientist hopes 'blueprint' leads to a new golden age of healthcareCredit: Daniel O'Driscoll Newborn babies, elderly people, sick hospital patients ...
New research seeks to improve safety equipment for pregnant women
UBC Okanagan engineer says not all body types are taken into accountCredit: UBC Okanagan As technology advances in the things ...
Illumination drives bats out of caves
No matter the color of the lightCredit: Stefan Greif Artificial light influences the behaviour of many nocturnal animals such as ...
How light a foldable and long-lasting battery can be?
Credit: Soojin Park(POSTECH) With the launch of wearable devices and smartphones that require high capacity of electricity such as foldable ...
Real-time photoacoustic thermometry of tumors during HIFU treatment in living subjects
Credit: Chulhong Kim(POSTECH) High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a non-invasive method that removes unhealthy tissues and tumors by ...
A machine learning approach to identify functional human phosphosites
New resource for identifying functional human phosphosites relevant for diverse biological processes and diseaseCredit: Spencer Phillips 9 December 2019, Cambridge ...
Study sheds light on ‘overlooked’ bee species
Findings from ARU project could help to protect solitary, ground-nesting beesCredit: Dr Thomas Ings, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) The UK's ...
Blood pressure drug could help problem drinkers: QUT research
Credit: QUT A drug used to treat high blood pressure may alleviate anxiety induced by long-term heavy alcohol use, and ...
MASS: An integrative software program for streamlined morphometric analyses of leaves
Credit: Chuanromanee, T. S., J. I. Cohen, and G. L. Ryan. 2019. Morphological Analysis of Size and Shape (MASS): An ...
Researchers develop approach to alter intestinal microbiota, vaccinate against inflammatory diseases
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Targeted immunization against bacterial flagellin, a protein that forms the appendage that enables bacterial mobility, can ...
Water common — yet scarce — in exoplanets
Credit: Amanda Smith The most extensive survey of atmospheric chemical compositions of exoplanets to date has revealed trends that challenge ...
Illinois team develops first of a kind in-vitro 3D neural tissue model
Credit: University of Illinois Department of Bioengineering Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have successfully used stem cells ...
Print me an organ — Why are we not there yet?
SUTD leads in-depth review on the impending reality of 3D printed organs and analyses recent accomplishments, limitations and opportunities for ...
Plant researchers examine bread aroma: Modern and old wheat varieties taste equally good
Publication by HHU and the University of Hohenheim in Food Research InternationalCredit: BeckaBeck The scientists compared taste and aroma of ...
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