Hearts and stripes: A tiny fish offers clues to regenerating damaged cardiac tissue
Zebrafish and mammals share key cellular features; researchers have identified how the former repair their damaged hearts and now wonder...
Using 3D-printing to stop hair loss
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center Columbia researchers have created a way to grow human hair in a dish, which...
Predictors of cognitive recovery following mild to severe traumatic brain injury
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 25, 2019--Researchers have shown that higher intelligence and...
The making of ‘warm ice’
Development of ice controlling technology using pressureCredit: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) Can water freeze at room...
Adding clinical variables improves accuracy of lung allocation score
Improved scoring better identifies sickest cystic fibrosis and COPD patients Tuesday, June 25, 2019, Cleveland: Implemented back in 2005, the...
Hubble finds tiny ‘electric soccer balls’ in space, helps solve interstellar mystery
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed the presence of electrically-charged molecules in space shaped like soccer...
Study funded by NIH supports optimal threshold for diagnosing COPD
Credit: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute A new study provides evidence to support a simple measurement for diagnosing clinically...
LGBTI adolescents and young adults with cancer: Can we do better?
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 24, 2019--A new systemic review of the literature...
Massachusetts General study identifies pathway linking socioeconomic status to cardiovascular risk
Stress-associated pathway could present therapeutic targets to reduce risk associated with low socioeconomic status A biological pathway previously found to...
These neurons affect how much you do, or don’t, want to eat
University of Arizona researchers have identified a network of neurons that coordinate with other brain regions to influence eating behaviors....
George Mason University to teach communities collaborative approach to financing health
Model helps reduce costs and improve health by channeling investment 'upstream'Credit: George Mason University Research shows that investments in housing,...
De-escalating breast cancer therapy; can some patients be spared chemotherapy?
Credit: National Cancer Institute About one of every five breast cancers presents with high levels of HER2 proteins. Known as...
Ultrasmall nanoclusters and carbon quantum dots show promise for acute kidney injury
Credit: Credit: D. Ni and W. Cai, et al., Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI. ANAHEIM, CA (Embargoed...
A new ‘golden’ age for electronics?
Materials that shrink when heated -- changing colour from black to golden -- could save expensive electronics from heat damageCredit:...
How human genetic data is helping dogs fight cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Some of what we learn through the compassionate treatment of dogs with cancer goes...
Scientists find potential way to defuse ‘time bomb’ of cardiology
Credit: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Western University They have been called the 'time bomb' of cardiology - ascending aortic aneurysms...
Virtual reality faces: animating precise, lifelike avatars for VR in real-time
Researchers to present their work at SIGGRAPH 2019Credit: Image courtesy of Facebook Computer scientists are focused on adding enhanced functionality...
Investigating the impact of drug addiction and pollution on behaviour in humans and wildlife
Credit: University of Portsmouth Scientists from the University of Portsmouth are helping to develop new technology that will aid our...
Biochip advances enable next-generation sequencing technologies
A review of advances in biochip technology shows it's playing a fundamental role promoting the use of next-generation DNA sequencing...
Symbiotic upcycling: Turning ‘low value’ compounds into biomass
Scientists discover the first known sulfur-oxidizing symbiont to be entirely heterotrophicCredit: Brandon Seah (left), Silke Wetzel (right) / Max Planck...
