Automated imaging detects and tracks brain protein involved in Alzheimer’s disease
The method may lead to earlier diagnoses, when treatments are most effectiveCredit: Justin Sanchez BOSTON - Amyloid-beta and tau are ...
Recycling face masks into roads to tackle COVID-generated waste
Circular economy approach to PPE waste aims to cut tonnes of rubbish going to landfillCredit: RMIT University Researchers have shown ...
Year delay between abnormal, at-home screening and colonoscopy increases cancer risk
Study finds risk of late-stage colon cancer increased at 16 months by approximately 33%Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Colorectal ...
Tread tester
Sandia Labs and Goodyear develop means to test tires before they're builtCredit: Photo by Jennifer Plante, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, ...
Cancer research expands body’s own immune system to kill tumors
Scientists are working to expand the way they have made immune cells fight tumors from a small handful of cancers ...
Regenstrief partners with Boomerang Ventures to maximize impact of healthcare discoveries
Credit: Regenstrief Institute Regenstrief Institute and Boomerang Ventures are announcing a partnership to develop and disseminate healthcare solutions to improve ...
American Gastroenterological Association announces 2021 AGA recognition prizes
Dr. Michael Camilleri of the Mayo Clinic receives the highest honor of the Julius Friedenwald MedalCredit: American Gastroenterological Association Bethesda, ...
New tool at Sandia brings some West Texas wind to the Duke City — virtually
Credit: Photo by Bret Latter, courtesy of Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have a ...
Opioid prescriptions remained elevated two years after critical care
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Nearly 11 percent of people admitted to an intensive care unit in Sweden between 2010 and 2018 ...
Toward safer steroids: Scientists devise method for improving safety of drug used to treat COVID-19, autoimmune disorders and more
Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - A collaboration led by Scripps Research has developed a way to separate the beneficial ...
Highly deformable piezoelectric nanotruss for tactile electronics
Credit: KAIST With the importance of non-contact environments growing due to COVID-19, tactile electronic devices using haptic technology are gaining ...
Study indicates US cities underestimate their GHG emissions by nearly 20%
Some cities' self-reported emissions are as much as 145% below standardized estimates, distorting data on which climate change policy actions ...
Tracking cells with omnidirectional visible laser particles
Credit: by Shui-Jing Tang, Paul H. Dannenberg, Andreas C. Liapis, Nicola Martino, Yue Zhuo, Yun-Feng Xiao, and Seok-Hyun Yun Laser ...
Venus flytraps found to produce magnetic fields
Physicists use atomic magnetometers to measure the biomagnetic signals of the carnivorous plantCredit: photo/©: Anne Fabricant The Venus flytrap (Dionaea ...
Generation of conjunctivae in a dish
Researchers from Osaka University generate functional conjunctival tissue in a dishCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - Conjunctival tissue is perhaps ...
Temperature, humidity, wind predict second wave of pandemic
Weather parameters, typically excluded from pandemic modeling, improve prediction capabilitiesCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis, University of Nicosia WASHINGTON, February ...
How do electrons close to Earth reach almost the speed of light?
New study found that electrons can reach ultra-relativistic energies for very special conditions in the magnetosphere when space is devoid ...
EU project on development of high-performance photonic processors gets started
Consortium headed by physicist Wolfram Pernice from Münster University acquires funding of almost €6 millionCredit: AG Pernice - xvivo Artificial ...
Body and mind: hormones in the brain may explain how exercise improves metabolism
During moderate exercise, the brain's hypothalamus - the region controlling metabolism - releases a hormone linked to obesity resistance, according ...
Air-guiding in solid-core optical waveguides: A solution for on-chip trace gas spectroscopy
Credit: by Marek Vlk, Anurup Datta, Sebastián Alberti, Henock Demessie Yallew, Vinita Mittal, Ganapathy Senthil Murugan, Jana Jágerská Optical waveguides ...