Health
Illuminating cancer: Researchers invent a pH threshold sensor to…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 20, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have invented a transistor-like threshold sensor...
Cannot sleep due to stress? Here is the cure
Credit: Univetsity of Tsukuba Everyone empirically knows that stressful events certainly affect sound sleep. Scientists in the Japanese sleep institute...
Digital liver scanning technology could halve the number of liver biopsies needed in the NHS
Credit: University of Birmingham A study jointly led by the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh has revealed that...
NIH releases first dataset from unprecedented study of adolescent brain development
Credit: Source: Dr. Richard Watts and ABCD/Univ. of VT P.I. Dr. Hugh Garavan The National Institutes of Health today released...
Light-activated cancer drugs without toxic side effects: Fresh insight
Credit: Robbin Vernooij/University of Warwick Cancer drugs activated by light, minimizing toxic side-effects, are a step closer thanks to new...
New book on Cell Polarity from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Travis R. Ruch and Joanne N. Engel, University of California, San Francisco Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Cold Spring...
Neuron types in brain are defined by gene activity shaping their communication patterns
Credit: Huang Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY – In a major step forward in research, scientists at Cold Spring...
Scientists block the siren call of two aggressive cancers
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 23, 2018) – Aggressive cancers like glioblastoma and metastatic breast...
Lithuanian researchers are developing new generation eco-design air cleaner
Credit: KTU Team of researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania are creating a new generation indoor air cleaning...
Antibodies identified that thwart Zika virus infection
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified antibodies capable of protecting against Zika virus infection,...
NUS researchers turn fashion waste into multifunctional material
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering has successfully...
Proteins from camouflaging underwater creatures provide key to seeing through cells
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Feb. 12, 2018) A team of investigators led by Salk Professor Inder Verma has...
UT Southwestern study links small RNA molecule to pregnancy complication
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Oct. 24, 2016 – A family of small RNA molecules affects the development...
Facial recognition software help diagnose rare genetic disease
Credit: Paul Kruszka, et al. Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of...
New protein biomarker identifies damaged brain wiring after concussion
PHILADELPHIA–Physicians and others now recognize that seemingly mild, concussion-type head injuries lead to long-term cognitive impairments surprisingly often. A brain...
Researchers put new spin on old technique to engineer better absorptive materials
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A team of University of Illinois bioengineers has taken a new...
Painless microneedles extract fluid for wearable sensors for soldiers,…
Credit: Photo by Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The lab is calm and quiet, clean and well organized; boxes of...
Siberian chemists have improved hydrogen sensors
Credit: Pavel Krasnov A group of scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) and the Nikolaev Institute of...
Finding new cancer drugs in the neighborhood
Credit: Dezs? Módos Cancer is caused by an accumulation of genetic changes in a cell, that overcome the normal checks...
Brain’s ‘GPS’ does a lot more than just navigate
Credit: Illustration by Julia Kuhl The part of the brain that creates mental maps of one's environment plays a much...
