BIOENGINEERING
New butterfly species discovered in Israel for the first time in 109…
Credit: Dr Vladimir Lukhtanov Vladimir Lukhtanov, entomologist and evolutionary biologist at the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg, Russia, made a...
Biological consequences of climate change on epidemics may be…
Credit: IOZ Conventional thinking holds that current climate warming will increase the prevalence and transmission of disease. However, a recent...
Research finds common household chemicals lead to birth defects in…
Credit: Virginia Tech A new study at the Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine (VCOM) and the Virginia-Maryland College of...
Researchers to develop new allergy relief device using cold plasma technology
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers at the University of Liverpool have been awarded funding to develop an innovative device that...
Noted experts critically evaluate benefits of medical marijuana for treatment of epilepsy
Credit: Tilray Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 24, 2017 – Although cannabis had been used for many centuries for treatment of...
Small gold mines in Senegal create high mercury contamination
Credit: Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and...
UTHealth leads ACSM paper on safety recommendations for energy drinks
Credit: UTHealth Helpful guidance and warnings regarding the potential dangers that energy drinks present to at-risk populations, primarily children, were...
UTHealth leads ACSM paper on safety recommendations for energy drinks
Credit: UTHealth Helpful guidance and warnings regarding the potential dangers that energy drinks present to at-risk populations, primarily children, were...
Clean and green: A moss that removes lead (Pb) from water
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have demonstrated that that moss can...
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese. Credit: Buclin/UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Some of the smallest and...
Highly sensitive sensors successfully map electrical patterns of…
Highly sensitive sensors have been successfully used to map the electrical activity of the developing heart in embryos, in a...
University of Seville researchers reveal the role of a DNA repair mechanism
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the University of Seville, in collaboration with the Genome Damage and Stability Centre of...
Here’s why the epidemic strain of C. difficile is so deadly…
A new, epidemic strain of C. difficile is proving alarmingly deadly, and new research from the University of Virginia School...
Experimental therapy could boost stroke recovery
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio (Edmonton, AB) An experimental therapy being tested by University of Alberta scientists that targets the spinal cord...
Growing organs a few ink drops at a time
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Printed replacement human body parts might seem like science fiction, but this technology is rapidly...
Direct link between glands and implanting embryos critical to pregnancy
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Researchers used 3D imaging with molecular testing to uncover new insight into the earliest stages...
Researchers improve vbectors for delivering hFVIII gene therapy to…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 31, 2017–A new study examined 42 combinations of promoters and...
Wayne State awarded $2.28 million from NIH to study buprenorphine
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – A team led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Mark Greenwald, Ph.D.,...
Suicide molecules kill any cancer cell
Northwestern scientist and lead study author Marcus Peter – Credits: Northwestern University Super assassin in every cell is poised to...
In a nutshell: Walnuts activate brain region involved in appetite control
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Packed with nutrients linked to better health, walnuts are also thought to...
