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3-D printing with living tissues may help treat joint diseases
Degeneration of cartilage and other joint tissues is a major cause of disability. A new review highlights the recent developments...
Are activity monitors fit for exercise research? Getting there, but further steps needed
June 26, 2017 - Activity monitors or fitness trackers are fun and informative gadgets to help track daily physical activity....
Scientists use algorithm to peer through opaque brains
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University Trying to pinpoint signals from individual neurons within a block...
Sandia creates better ‘fingerprints’ to detect elusive, valuable chemical compounds
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories LIVERMORE, Calif. -- Imagine being able to see the entire Statue of Liberty and a small...
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every...
Study: Most families in low-income countries don’t have soap at home
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Washing with soap and water is second nature for many. But in many...
Combination approach improves power of new cancer therapy
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute An international research team has found a way to improve the anti-cancer effect of...
Readily available drug cocktail can help prevent sepsis shock and death
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 - Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income...
UT-ORNL to shepherd US-China Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Network
Credit: Photo of switchgrass harvest in East Tennessee by P. McDaniels, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A new grant sponsored...
Ten million tonnes of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every...
Medicaid restrictions linked to increased late-stage breast cancer diagnoses
Women in Tennessee who were diagnosed with breast cancer were more likely to be diagnosed with late stage disease after...
Physician heal thyself: Simple coping strategies for pervasive physician burnout
Credit: Florida Atlantic University The proverb, "physician heal thyself," is probably more relevant today than it was in biblical times...
Study describes changes to structural brain networks after radiotherapy for brain tumors
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2017--Researchers compared the thickness of brain cortex in patients...
Novel viral vectors deliver useful cargo to neurons throughout the brain and body
Credit: Chan et al., Gradinaru Lab Viruses have evolved to be highly effective vehicles for delivering genes into cells. Seeking...
New method to rapidly map the ‘social networks’ of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 26, 2017) Salk scientists have developed a new high-throughput technique to determine which proteins in...
Septic systems are a major source of emerging contaminants in drinking water
Newton, Mass. (June 26, 2017) - A new analysis shows that septic systems in the United States routinely discharge pharmaceuticals,...
Using body noise to improve cancer detection
WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Elastography, sometimes referred as seismology of the human body, is an emerging technology used...
Tiny bubbles offer sound solution for drug delivery
Credit: Miles M. Aron, courtesy of BUBBL, University of Oxford, England WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Your brain is...
Exploring the potential of human echolocation
Credit: Kurt Vikman WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- People who are visually impaired will often use a cane to...
Seeing with your ears
Credit: Ghost Orchestra Project/LIMSI WASHINGTON, D.C., June 25, 2017 -- Paris' Cathedral of Notre Dame has a ghost orchestra that...
