Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

An international team of researchers succeeded in recording photons in the ultraviolet range in real timeCredit: Jinyang Liang: Single?Shot Ultraviolet...

Pollinator monitoring more than pays for itself

Value of nationwide pollinator monitoring schemes, some involving citizen scientists, is 70 times higher than their costCredit: Credit Nadine Mitschunas...

New algorithm sharpens focus of world’s most powerful microscopes

Scientists develop a technique that improves the resolution of cryo-electron microscopyCredit: Veronica Falconieri/National Cancer Institute We've all seen that moment...

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group announces new Allen Distinguished Investigators

Collaborative projects funded by the awards will address important questions about neurodegenerative disease, nucleus biology, and protein turnoverCredit: Dollie LaJoie,...

NIH award to fund UArizona research on opioid addiction and relapse in postpartum women

The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant enables University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson's Dr. Alicia Allen to...

Women are more concerned about COVID-19 than men, Dartmouth-Gallup study finds

Implications for workplace reopenings and 2020 electionCredit: Table provided by Deborah Jordan Brooks and Lydia Saad. A Dartmouth-Gallup study finds...

Urban air pollution may make COVID-19 more severe for some

Credit: The Innovation As the pandemic persists, COVID-19 has claimed more than 200,000 lives in the United States and damaged...

Next-gen smartphones to keep their cool

First detailed look at how molecular Ferris wheel delivers protons to cellular factories

No human cell can function without these tiny machines, which cause disease when they go haywire and offer potential targets...

Study finds older adults using cannabis to treat common health conditions

Data indicates 61 percent of patients who used cannabis began after age 60Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences With growing...

Researchers awarded $2.7M to study loneliness and Alzheimer’s

Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: The...

Sensory device stimulates ears and tongue to treat tinnitus in large trial

Credit: B. Conlon et al., Science Translational Medicine (2020) A device that stimulates the ears and tongue substantially reduced the...

Simple sugar possible therapy for repairing myelin in multiple sclerosis

Credit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, CA - Oct. 7, 2020 - N-acetylglucosamine, a simple sugar found in human breast...

Oral cancer pain predicts likelihood of cancer spreading

Research identifies genes highly expressed in painful, metastatic oral cancer, revealing mechanism for cancer painCredit: Chuy Gutierrez Oral cancer is...

New approach helps EMTs better assess chest pain en route to hospital

Credit: Wake Forest Baptist WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Oct. 7, 2020 - Is this person with chest pain having a heart...

High-speed photos shine a light on how metals fail

By combining experimental and theoretical work, researchers discover what happens when metals are stretched to their yield pointCredit: Aalto University...

New biomarker to prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplants discovered

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers uncover a new biomarker whose activity can be blocked to prevent graft-versus-host disease following hematopoietic...

UMD researchers develop tools to sharpen 3D view of large RNA molecules

New technique breaks through a technology roadblock that limited RNA imaging for 50 yearsCredit: Kwaku Dayie/University of Maryland University of...

Paleontologists identify new species of mosasaur

Ancient lizard's long, crocodile-like snout suggests it carved out a niche in a competitive marine ecosystem.Credit: Tatsuya Shinmura) A new...

Jennifer Doudna wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry