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‘Harder, better, faster, stronger’-tethered soft exosuit reduces metabolic cost of running
Loading video... Credit: The Wyss Institute at Harvard University What if running the 26.2 miles of a marathon only felt...
Health care process a roadblock for adolescents with autism and their caregivers
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - For most people, trips to the doctor can be quite scary. For adolescents...
Ludwig researchers present new findings at the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting
Ludwig Cancer Research released today the full scope of Ludwig's participation at this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)...
Handheld scanner reveals vascularization in psoriasis patients
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A newly developed tissue scanner allows looking under the skin...
Sugar sponges sop up and release glucose as needed
Many diabetes patients must inject themselves with insulin, sometimes several times a day, while others take medications orally to control...
Wearable system helps visually impaired users navigate
Computer scientists have been working for decades on automatic navigation systems to aid the visually impaired, but it's been difficult...
Support for tidal energy is high among Washington residents
Credit: Craig Hill/University of Washington Puget Sound is one of the best places in the United States to capture energy...
Peek into your genes: NASA one-year mission investigators identify links to vision problems
Credit: NASA Coinciding with May - Healthy Vision Month, NASA's One-Year Mission investigators are peering into their new findings to...
Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaurs’ ancestors
An international group of researchers has discovered that the most ancient dinosaurs' ancestors were quadrupedal. Andrey Sennikov, employee of the...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June, MD, to receive ASCO’s Highest Scientific Honor
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The American Society of Clinical Oncology has named University of Pennsylvania cancer and HIV gene...
Detecting Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms emerge
Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES - Long before symptoms of Alzheimer's disease become apparent to patients and their families,...
How does water get to homes? Hint: It isn’t magic
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New Indiana University research shows many Americans don't know how clean water gets to...
New targeted molecular therapy takes aim at incurable prostate cancer
NEW YORK (May 31, 2017) -- NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine have begun the first clinical trial in the United...
With $58M grant, University of Michigan researchers will push health research forward with community’s help
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The next big idea to help people with cancer, heart disease, diabetes,...
Gaps in hepatitis testing and monitoring programmes across the EU/EEA
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, ECDC The survey results suggest a wide variation in existing national testing...
Web-based search data is a new key to understanding public reaction to major events
INDIANAPOLIS -- Analyzing millions of internet searches tied to major societal events offers a new way to understand public reaction...
Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of...
The fairer — The greener
Researchers at universities in Freiburg, Kiel and Berlin have discovered that the economic value of nature for a society is...
Oxytocin reduces cravings for methamphetamine
Philadelphia, PA, May 31, 2017 - Many people have suggested that addiction hijacks the body's natural drives in the service...
Cancer therapy shows promise for psoriasis treatment
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 31, 2017) - HDAC inhibitors, already widely used to treat...
