Diamond ‘spin-off’ tech could lead to low-cost medical imaging and drug discovery tools
Credit: Berkeley Lab, UC Berkeley It may sound contradictory, but diamonds are the key to a new technique that could...
Using virtual biopsies to improve melanoma detection
With Skin Cancer Awareness Month upon us, Colorado State University researcher Jesse Wilson is accelerating research to improve imaging and...
Giraffes surprise biologists yet again
Credit: Zoe Muller New research from the University of Bristol has highlighted how little we know about giraffe behaviour and...
Research offers new insights into malaria parasite
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) - A team of researchers led by a University of California, Riverside,...
Cardiomyopathy mutation reduces heart’s ability to vary pumping force, study reveals
Researchers from Washington State University have discovered how a genetic mutation linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) disrupts the heart's normal...
Women sometimes feel regret after electing to freeze their eggs
Most women feel empowered by elective procedures that enable them to bank eggs in case they can't conceive naturally later...
Optimum shade for cocoa
Credit: Wilma Blaser/ETH Zurich Chocolate consumption is increasing around the world. Yet, cocoa farmers, most of them smallholders, have to...
Brain simulation reveals benefits of emergency cooling treatment
Fresh insight into how the brain responds to medically induced cooling could inform treatments for head injuries and conditions such...
Matabele ants: Travelling faster with detours
Credit: Erik Frank Termites are the African Matabele ants' (Megaponera analis) favourite dish. Proceeding in long files of 200 to...
Asian tiger mosquito on the move
Credit: Dorian D. Dörge FRANKFURT. Due to global trade and tourism, mosquitoes - transmitters of dangerous infectious diseases - have...
Label-free method for rapid cancer diagnosis
Credit: RUB, Marquard Researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have deployed a novel infrared (IR) microscope with quantum cascade lasers in order...
Ammunition with risks and side effects
Due to its ballistic properties, lead shot up to now has been regarded as the optimal ammunition for hunting waterfowl....
Big data reveals new Alzheimer’s risk genes
An international research team led by scientists at the University of Edinburgh and the University of Queensland, has identified three...
Drug used to treat daytime sleepiness does not appear to improve driving in those with sleep apnea
Credit: ATS In "Does Armodafinil Improve Driving Task Performance and Weight Loss in Sleep Apnea? A Randomized Trial," Nathaniel Marshall,...
World first use of cognitive training reduces gait freezing in Parkinson’s patients
The researchers report significant reduction in the severity and duration of freezing of gait, improved cognitive processing speed and reduced...
Particle shows promise for treating the deadliest type of breast cancer
Credit: Oihana Iriondo/Min Yu/USC Stem Cell USC researchers have pinpointed a remedy to thwart a protein that helps the metastatic...
Genome editing method targets AIDS virus
By destroying the regulatory genes of the AIDS virus HIV-1 using the genome editing system CRISPR/Cas9, a Japanese research group...
Experimental MERS treatments enter clinical trial
Credit: NIAID Enrollment has begun in an early-stage clinical trial testing the safety of two human monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) designed...
CENTECH’s Propulsion Program will help Innodem Neurosciences succeed globally
Credit: Innodem CENTECH, a Montreal-based technology incubator, announced earlier that it has selected a company founded by Dr. Etienne de...
The dark side of our genes — healthy ageing in modern times
The transition to modernity - largely driven by the Industrial Revolution - provided us with easier access to food and...
