Health
Beyond ‘shovelomics’: Growing cassava in the air helps study the plant’s mysterious roots
Scientists tossed aside the shovel and studied cassava roots as they grew in real-time, suspended in the air. The innovative...
JDRF awards 23 training grants to advance type 1 diabetes research
Nonprofit funding to accelerate laboratory and clinical research to treat, prevent and drive cures for type 1 diabetesCredit: JDRF NEW...
To the brain, straight from the vein: IV treatment for TBI
Data supports 'cell-free' exosome injection for traumatic brain injuryCredit: UGA A team of researchers from the University of Georgia's Regenerative...
Team finds bovine kobuvirus in US
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A virus that afflicts cattle that was first discovered in Japan...
Experts review evidence yoga is good for the brain
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have known for decades that aerobic exercise strengthens the brain...
With novel technique, new study is first to definitively map the early development of PTSD
Disease proceeds along two independent tracks, suggesting new treatment approachesCredit: ER24 EMS Ltd. Most people who experience severe trauma recover...
Project aims to make mining more efficient, safer
Credit: Virginia Tech Efficiency and safety are two aspects paramount to an effective mining operation that industry constantly seeks to...
Secure data backup of medical records using secret sharing and secure communications
Prompt restoration of medical records via a satellite link for disaster medical supportCredit: National Institute of Information and Communications technology...
Combining science and design to measure our exposure to light
Credit: © HEAD-Baptiste Coulon How much light do you receive over the course of a day? What type of light...
The danger behind certain biologics
The surprising role of an immune cell that explains some of the drugs' side effects and could lead to better...
New insights to major disease pathways
Chemical tool identifies hundreds of modified proteinsCredit: Flinders University Australian researchers are making major inroads into finding the cause of...
Running research: Heel-toe or toe-heel?
Credit: Unsplash New research from La Trobe University suggests there is no evidence that changing a runner's strike pattern will...
Novel e-skin achieves self-powered hippocampal neural stimulation
Credit: ZHAN Yang Chinese scientists recently developed a flexible electronic skin (e-skin) capable of self-powered neural stimulation and inducing a...
‘Football as Medicine’
Prescribing football for global health promotionCredit: Bo Kousgaard The new book "Football as Medicine - Prescribing Football for Global Health...
Could some people with schizophrenia in poorer nations simply have a vitamin deficiency?
A new hypothesis may hold the key to solving four medical mysteries associated with the chronic brain disorderCredit: University of...
Depression, anxiety may hinder healing in young patients with hip pain
Pre-operative depression, anxiety linked to worse postsurgical outcomesCredit: Matt Miller New research suggests that physicians evaluating young patients with hip...
A guidebook for local governments and CBOs to support elderly people to take out the trash
Credit: NIES One of the issues related to waste management in aging society is helping elderly people who find it...
Flipping the script on novel cancer therapy leads to insights into lupus
Credit: (Image credit: Chen Lab) In the last decade, scientists discovered that blocking a key regulator of the immune system...
University of Iowa receives major grant to continue work on Huntington’s disease
$18 million NIH grant for research to understand brain development in children at risk for HDCredit: University of Iowa Health...
Study supports long-term benefits of non-drug therapies for pain
Findings based on review of more than 140,000 Veteran health recordsCredit: John Liston A new study based on Veterans Affairs...
