Biology
How bacteria maintain and recover their shape
Credit: (Image courtesy of Harvard SEAS) Bacteria come in all shapes and sizes -- some are straight as a rod,...
Novel thermal ablation system for transdermal drug delivery
Credit: Professor Takuro Niidome Many diseases are treated with protein-based drugs. However, due to the size of the molecules, the...
New 10-MW offshore wind generator prototype
A huge market volume in offshore wind turbines is expected over the next few years, but a significant cost reduction...
Physicists gain new insights into nanosystems with spherical confinement
Credit: Ill./©: Arash Nikoubashman, Mainz University Theoretical physicists led by Professor Kurt Binder and Dr. Arash Nikoubashman at Johannes Gutenberg...
Shedding light deeper into the human brain
Credit: Texas A&M University The inner workings of the human brain have always been a subject of great interest. Unfortunately,...
Queen’s University Belfast researcher turning dirty tinfoil into biofuel catalyst
Credit: Queen's University Belfast A researcher at Queen's University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into...
Stanford researchers engineer 3-D hydrogels for tissue-specific cartilage repair
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, N.Y., July 26, 2017--Unlike the one-size-fits-all, homogeneous approach to tissue engineering for...
Study sheds light on how body may detect early signs of cancer
Fresh insights into how cells detect damage to their DNA - a hallmark of cancer - could help explain how...
Inventions by young KTU researchers can identify early stages of flatfeet condition
Credit: KTU A team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have designed a device for measuring pressure on...
Understanding cell segregation mechanisms which help prevent cancer spread
Credit: David Wilkinson Scientists have uncovered how cells are kept in the right place as the body develops, which may...
Quantifying lower limb muscle weakness in Osteogenesis Imperfecta type IV
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a heritable disorder characterized by increased bone fragility. In OI Type IV muscle weakness has important...
Zebrafish study reveals clues to healing spinal cord injuries
Credit: University of Edinburgh Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies for...
Consuming walnuts may help keep the gut healthy, says new animal research
Credit: California Walnut Commission FOLSOM, Calif., July 25, 2017 - Conclusions from a new animal study suggest that walnut consumption...
New virus discovered in migratory bird in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Credit: Isaac Simão Neto Researchers at the University of São Paulo's Biomedical Science Institute (ICB-USP) in Brazil have discovered a...
Ingestible drug-delivery materials may help patients comply with treatment regimens
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health...
Clinical trial for type 1 diabetes reaches halfway point
Credit: Sanford Health SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by...
Princeton researchers report new system to study chronic hepatitis B
Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department...
Novel class of antibiotics shows promise against plague, drug-resistant bacteria
Washington, DC - July 25, 2017 - Pathogenic bacteria are rapidly developing resistance to the arsenal of microbial therapies --...
New triggerable, tough hydrogels could make drug-releasing systems safer
Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients...
Gene therapy: Microdystrophin restores muscle strength in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Researchers from Genethon, the AFM-Telethon laboratory, Inserm (UMR 1089, Nantes) and the University of London (Royal Holloway) demonstrated the efficacy...