Bioengineer, Author at BIOENGINEER.ORG

Credit: OIST Baking a cake from scratch is a task deemed difficult for many. Constructing an artificial cell-like system from...

Bionic catalysts to produce clean energy

Quantum technology R&D program between Ben-Gurion University, IDF and US Defense Departments

BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...July 2, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) announces that it is pursuing joint research and development...

Cardiac genetic mutation may not always predict heart disease

Researchers at Penn Medicine and Geisinger find only 5 percent of patients with a mutation of the TTN gene have...

Why are we able to see moving objects against moving backgrounds?

Credit: University of Rochester, Duje Tadin, first author Visual motion is an important source of information for separating objects from...

Human Frontier Science Program awards Michael Hall the 2019 HFSP Nakasone Award

HFSP Nakasone Award The Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) has announced that its 2019 HFSP Nakasone Award will be awarded...

Greater awareness needed of stomach cancer risk in under-40s, especially in Latin America

ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer 2019, Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6Credit: @European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 2 July...

Supervised fun, exercise both provide psychosocial benefit to children with obesity

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 2, 2019) -A program with clear rules, routines and activities,...

Top global public health scientists launch new challenge to anti-vaxxers

Search engines and social media organizations must do more to prevent the spread of inaccurate information on childhood vaccination, and...

Trendy on eight legs: Jumping spider named after fashion czar Karl Lagerfeld

Credit: Robert Whyte (Jotus fortiniae sp. nov., top row) and Michael Doe (unidentified species, bottom row), CeNak. New to science...

Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites

By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problemCredit: WikiMedia Commons Over...

Response to gene-targeted drugs depends on cancer type

Cancers with the same genetic weaknesses respond differently to targeted drugs depending on the tumour type of the patient, new...

Scientists, students to conduct first live, interactive public broadcasts from arctic ocean

On an 18-day voyage July 18 -- August 4, 2019 US/Canadian team of experts and students to measure vital signs...

Harnessing reliability for neuroscience research

The neuroimaging community has made significant strides towards collecting large-scale neuroimaging datasets, which--until the past decade--had seemed out of reach....

Sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease connection explored

Credit: Patrick Drew, Penn State A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer's disease...

CCNY experts in lateralization of speech publish discovery

City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization...

Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980

Researchers have retraced the pathogen's route as it spread from the state of Pará by analyzing tissue samples from dead...

Study shows some generics can cost medicare recipients more than brand-name drugs

Medicare Part D enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts, according...

New imaging molecule captures brain changes tied to progressive multiple sclerosis

Novel PET tracer detected abnormal inflammation in the cerebral grey matter of patients with MS, reflecting patients' clinical severity Secondary...

Geisel study finds downside risk contracts still less common for ACOs