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Life sciences company GeniPhys Inc. receives $974,349 NSF SBIR Phase II grant
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- GeniPhys Inc., a life sciences company focused on developing and commercializing a proprietary biopolymer technology developed in...
Major contract fuels three-university study of TMS for treating depression
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine and Stanford Medicine have launched a collaborative,...
Light-based device uses a few drops of saliva to effectively test Covid-19 patients
The breakout of Covid-19 became a game changer in the medical field in 2020. Studies bloomed and steered into full...
Low-cost, 3D printed device may broaden focused ultrasound use
Researchers and clinicians have been working to use focused ultrasound combined with microbubbles to open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for...
Rats can estimate their timing accuracy
Thanks to their capacity for introspection, human beings are able to estimate the duration of their actions. When they perform...
Photonic technology enables fast, sensitive saliva test for COVID-19
WASHINGTON — Researchers from ICFO-The Institute of Photonic Sciences and IrsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, both in Spain, have demonstrated a...
Balkanatolia: the forgotten continent that sheds light on the evolution of mammals
A team of French, American and Turkish palaeontologists and geologists led by CNRS researchers1 has discovered the existence of a...
Following the inner compass: How birds find their ways to foreign lands
How migratory animals find their way to the wintering grounds, thousands of kilometers apart from their breeding ground, is a...
Sonic advance: How sound waves could help regrow bones
Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one...
Building artificial nerve cells
For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living...
Fish generate movable pairs of vortices to propel them forward like body waves
WASHINGTON, February 22, 2022 -- Swimming in complex underwater environments, fish are unmatched when it comes to motion control and...
Genentech Vice President Vishva M. Dixit receives Vilcek Prize in Biomedical Science
NEW YORK, February 22, 2022—The Vilcek Foundation recognizes and celebrates the research contributions of molecular biologist Vishva M. Dixit in...
COVID-19 genetic risk variant protects against HIV
Some people become seriously ill when infected with SARS-CoV-2 while others have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all....
Study identifies key regulator of cell differentiation
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Embryonic stem cells and other pluripotent cells divide rapidly and have the capacity to become nearly any...
The body fights infection amidst ‘waves’ of regulatory CD4+ T cells
LA JOLLA, CA—Every kind of T cell has a job to do. A healthy immune system makes sure no T...
Sequencing puts carnivore chromosomes in context
Studies comparing animal genomes generally focus on the DNA sequence itself. A new study by researchers at the University of...
Early life treatment prevents autism symptoms from developing in mice
Timing is key when treating developmental disorders. Blocking an overactive signaling pathway during the first five weeks of life prevents...
Newly developed radio-labeled molecule enables real-time imaging of innate immune activity
HOUSTON ― Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new radio-labeled molecule capable of...
New simple method for surveying amphibians: A vital contribution to conservation efforts
An international collaborative research group consisting of members from 7 institutions has developed a method of determining which amphibious species...
Games, stories, and science for successful public engagement
A science game involving simulated animal battles reached half a million middle and high school students in the United States...
