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‘Electronic skin’ takes wearable health monitors to the next level
Credit: DGIST A new, electronic skin microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits...
Our hairy insides
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Our bodies are lined on the inside with soft, microscopic carpets of hair, from the grassy extensions...
Repairing damaged hearts with self-healing heart cells
Credit: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore Singapore - New research has discovered a potential means to trigger damaged heart cells...
Research reveals ‘exquisite selectivity’ of neuronal wiring in the cerebral cortex
Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - The brain's astonishing anatomical complexity has been appreciated for over 100...
Antarctic salt-loving microbes provide insights into evolution of viruses
Credit: UNSW Sydney UNSW Sydney scientists studying microbes from some of the saltiest lakes in Antarctica have discovered a new...
Sugars in human mother’s milk are new class of antibacterial agents
Credit: Barbara Cramer/Zack Eagles, Vanderbilt University Mother's milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats...
Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges...
UH receives $3.3 million from state cancer research program
Credit: Rohith Reddy The University of Houston has received $3.3 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas....
Study of California kidney cancer shows declining incidence, end of a trend
(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A review of kidney cancer in California from 1988 through 2013 by the UC Davis Institute for...
Under the redwoods, UC Santa Cruz fights kids’ cancer using computers
Credit: City of Santa Cruz Economic Development Office SANTA CRUZ, CA - August 17 , 2017 - When you hear...
Special issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry explores immunotherapy edit article
The field of immunotherapy is moving forward at an unprecedented rate, and a range of therapeutic approaches are now used...
The Western Ghats of India revealed two new primitive species of earthworm
Credit: Dr S Prasanth Narayanan The Western Ghats mountains lie at the southwestern continental margin of Peninsular India and extend...
Allergies: Cross-reactivity between cypress pollen and peaches/citrus fruits explained
Credit: Youcef Shahali / Colorization Jean-Marc Panaud, Institut Pasteur Working in collaboration with teams from the Czech Republic and Japan,...
Histone 1, the guardian of genome stability
Credit: Jordi Bernués, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by Ferran Azorín, CSIC research professor and head of the Chromatin Structure and...
Right kind of collaboration is key to solving environmental problems
Credit: Andreas Altenburger/Mostphotos The coming decade may determine whether humanity will set a course toward a more socially and ecologically...
Organ crosstalk: Fatty liver can cause damage to other organs
Credit: © IDM Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is becoming more and more common. Approximately every third adult in the industrialized...
CAS scientists make autism advance using monkey model
Autism is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior or interests. The reported...
A map of the cell’s power station
Credit: Source: AG Meisinger Mitochondria are the cell's power stations; they transform the energy stored in nutrients so that cells...
Gene variant activity is surprisingly variable between tissues
Credit: Lip Comarella (Vienna, August 17, 2017) Every gene in (almost) every cell of the body is present in two...
Researchers discover new chemical process that could reduce nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust
Credit: University of Notre Dame/Barbara Johnson Chemical engineers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a catalytic process that...
