Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched
Credit: Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Working up a sweat from carrying a heavy load? That is when the textile...
Attacking lymphoma at the source
Credit: E. Oricchio/EPFL Non-Hodgkin lymphomas are cancers that affect white blood cells of the immune system called B-lymphocytes or B...
Biotech pioneers, Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht, win 2018 Stockholm Water Prize
Credit: Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) By revolutionizing microbiological-based technologies in water and wastewater treatment, Professors Mark van Loosdrecht and...
Scientists develop tiny tooth-mounted sensors that can track what you eat
Credit: Fio Omenetto, Ph.D., Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (March 22, 2018) - Monitoring in real time what happens in and...
Gut bacteria determine speed of tumor growth in pancreatic cancer
The population of bacteria in the pancreas increases more than a thousand fold in patients with pancreatic cancer, and becomes...
Gene-based test for urine detects, monitors bladder cancer
Credit: eLife Sciences Publication Researchers at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have developed a test for urine, gathered during...
Pap test fluids used in gene-based screening test for two gyn cancers
Credit: Johns Hopkins University Cervical fluid samples gathered during routine Papanicolaou (Pap) tests are the basis of a new screening...
Researchers identify compound to prevent breast cancer cells from activating in brain
Credit: Houston Methodist Researchers at Houston Methodist used computer modeling to find an existing investigational drug compound for leukemia patients...
Oral microbiome and anthropometry changes following caries arrest using silver-nitrate/fluoride-varnish
Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction...
Plants really do feed their friends
Credit: Heejung Cho Researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley have discovered...
Salivaomics: Saliva extracellular RNA (exRNA) and saliva proteome Wiki
Alexandria, VA, USA - The 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with...
Mobile ‘dual-comb’ device significantly improves methane leak detection
Credit: Stephanie Sizemore and Ian Coddington/NIST Accurately detecting, locating and quantifying leaks of methane, the main component of natural gas...
Laser-based system offers continuous monitoring of leaks from oil and gas operations
Credit: Sean Coburn, University of Colorado in Boulder WASHINGTON -- Researchers have conducted the first field tests for a new...
Keystone Symposia and Volkswagen Foundation begin scientific conference series in Hannover, Germany
SILVERTHORNE, COLORADO, USA - March 22, 2018 - Keystone Symposia, in partnership with the Volkswagen Foundation, is pleased to announce...
New study highlights unique state of ‘restful alertness’ during transcendental meditation
Credit: Maharishi University of Management The Transcendental Meditation technique is said to lead to a state of "restful alertness," and...
Novel genomics tool enables more accurate identification of rare mutations in cancer cells
Credit: New York Genome Center NEW YORK, NY (March 22, 2018) -- A new computational method developed by researchers at...
Signalling study sheds light on conditions from alopecia to cancer
Researchers from the University of Dundee and the Francis Crick Institute have made a significant discovery about a cellular pathway...
Shaking up newborn ambulance transportation for a brighter future
Credit: University of Nottingham The multidisciplinary team led by Professor Donal McNally, Professor of Bioengineering and Head of the Bioengineering...
Health check can spot psychologically vulnerable persons
If mental health was made part of a health check, then it would be possible to detect vulnerable people who...
North and south cooperation to combat tuberculosis
Credit: UZH Tuberculosis can be cured and could be eradicated. For this to happen, however, patients have to receive the...
