Engineers harness the power of 3-D printing to help train surgeons, shorten surgery times
Credit: University of California San Diego A team of engineers and pediatric orthopedic surgeons are using 3D printing to help ...
What flowers looked like 100 million years ago
Credit: Copyright: Hervé Sauquet/Jürg Schönenberger Flowering plants with are by far the most diverse group of plants on Earth. Flowering ...
Microscopic body snatchers infest our oceans
Credit: Leles et al. New research from Swansea University academics has found that our oceans are full of microscopic 'bodysnatchers' ...
Academy collections aid researchers in revising a mammal branch on tree of life
Credit: © Jabruson/NPL/Minden Pictures SAN FRANCISCO (August 2, 2017)--One small mammal is experiencing a triumphant return to its long-ago spot ...
Historical wildlife trends reliable for predicting species at risk
Some of the methods used to predict at risk species are trend-based - an indicator of what happens gradually over ...
From a memory too strong to a memory too weak
Heidelberg, 2 August 2017 - There is increasing evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases the risk of developing dementia ...
Singapore scientists uncover the role of spindle matrix proteins in NSC reactivation
SINGAPORE, 2 August 2017 - A multicentre research team led by Duke-NUS Medical School (Duke-NUS)'s Neuroscience and Behavioural Disorders Programme ...
Clarifiying complex chemical processes with quantum computers
Credit: ETH Zurich Specialists expect nothing less than a technological revolution from quantum computers, which they hope will soon allow ...
Species richness — a false friend?
Credit: Photo: Gernot Kunz Oldenburg. Assessing the state of an ecosystem solely on the basis of short-term changes in the ...
Team receives $6 million for research that could lower drug prices
Credit: Clemson University Sarah W. Harcum of Clemson University is leading a team that has received $6 million for research ...
The nitty-gritty behind how onions make you cry
Adding onions to a recipe can make a meal taste rich and savory, but cutting up the onion can be ...
Smaller, smarter, softer robotic arm for endoscopic surgery
Credit: Harvard University Flexible endoscopes can snake through narrow passages to treat difficult to reach areas of the body. However, ...
Lighting the way: Sensors show drug uptake
When designing and characterizing new drugs, a key aspect is making sure the drug actually goes where it is intended ...
Risk to Europe’s most dangerous pathogens revealed
The impact of climate change on the emergence and spread of infectious diseases could be greater than previously thought, according ...
Millions may face protein deficiency as a result of human-caused carbon dioxide emissions
Key Takeaways: Human-caused carbon dioxide emissions lower the nutritional value of staple crops, increasing the risk for dietary deficiencies among ...
Cancer patients turning up in emergency departments with delirium likely to die earlier
According to a new study published in The Oncologist, patients with advanced cancer who are diagnosed with delirium when turning ...
A new HER2 mutation, a clinical trial and a promising diagnostic tool for metastatic breast cancer
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine There is a group of metastatic breast cancers that has the HER2 gene amplified - ...
Increased α5β1 integrin could improve tumor cell-killing performance in geriatric patients
A new report in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology describes an important step toward developing cancer treatments involving the body's ...
Gene-regulatory factors shown to improve pancreatic cancer response to chemotherapy
Credit: Department of Molecular Cytogenetics,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Pancreatic cancer is a particularly devastating disease because of the difficulty of ...
Periodontal disease is associated with higher risk of several cancer types
Bottom Line: Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk of several types of cancer in postmenopausal women, even in women ...
