New method speeds up development of medication
Credit: UZH One of the key steps in developing new drugs is determining the atomic structure of its biologically active...
A simple method developed for 3-D bio-fabrication based on bacterial cellulose
Credit: Luiz G. Greca Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are promising building blocks for the development of sustainable materials with the...
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
Credit: Mclein/Shutterstock.com Medellin, Colombia -- Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of...
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero
March 26, 2018 - Boston - The time babies spend in the womb is far from idle. The brain is...
Caribou drone study finds ‘enormous variation’ within herd
Credit: Drone footage courtesy Andrew Berdahl et al. Camera footage courtesy Jeff Turner, River Road Films, Ltd. Edited by Nate...
Themed issue lays foundation for emerging field of collective movement ecology
On land, in air, and through water, many species of animals move together in groups. Thundering herds of wildebeest migrate...
Ultrathin endoscope captures neurons firing deep in the brain
Credit: Shay Ohayon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair...
Patients to skip the lab, get immediate results with new blood test technology
Credit: Arsenii Zhdanov TAMPA, Fla. (March 26, 2018)- The often costly, time consuming process of obtaining bloodwork and urinalysis could...
Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable
Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal...
Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how...
3-D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees created by students
Credit: Alex Agboola-Dobson and his team- - lead electrical engineer Sebastian Preston-Jensen, lead software engineer Panagiotis Papathanasiou and mechanical and...
Lung transplant drug enters human testing in culmination of decades of work
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System In the culmination of decades of research at the University of Virginia Health...
Neural fingerprints of altruism
Credit: Moll et al., 2018 There are two war veterans, both with penetrating traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a...
Karger Publishers expands in the Middle East
On March 25, Karger Publishers opened a new Regional Office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates - an important step in...
Increase in number of places for local medical students
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London has been allocated an additional...
Drug reduces inflammation in stroke patients
An anti-inflammatory drug given to patients in the early stages of a stroke has been shown by researchers at The...
Insect toxin detected in the world’s longest animal
Credit: Photo Erik Jacobsson The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 metres...
First IVF bison calf joins NoCo herd
Credit: Mary Guiden/Colorado State University And then there were... 44. Eight bison -- four calves and their mothers -- were...
Vampire bat immunity and infection risk respond to livestock rearing
Athens, Ga. - The availability of livestock as a food source for vampire bats influences their immune response and infection...
Canadian neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Kinsmen Lab. of Neurological Research VANCOUVER, BC (March 26, 2018): A Vancouver-based research team led by Canada's most cited...
