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Lab-grown mini-lungs mimic the real thing – right down to covid infection
Living human lung air sacs in tiny dishes promise to accelerate covid researchCredit: Arvind Konkimalla/Tata lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C....
A wearable sensor to help ALS patients communicate
Researchers have designed a skin-like device that can measure small facial movements in patients who have lost the ability to...
COVID-19: Dexamethasone discovery carries treatment implications
Credit: Courtesy Marcin Minor A new discovery about how the body transports dexamethasone, a drug that can increase the survival...
Comparing canine brains using 3D-endocast modelling
The shortening of the facial skeleton greatly influences the ratio of certain brain regions, primarily the olfactory bulb and the...
Global MRI data offers hope for improving treatment of brain injuries
Building big datasets can make for more breakthroughs in treatmentCredit: Olsen et al., Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2020 Traumatic brain...
NIH award to fuse immunology and neuroscience research
Credit: Virginia Tech Gabriela Carrillo didn't always aspire to be a neuroscientist. It wasn't until she was providing in-home behavioral...
Cicada-inspired waterproof surfaces closer to reality, researchers report
Credit: Wayne Boo, U.S. Geological Survey CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A multidisciplinary group that studies the physical and chemical properties of...
RUDN University chemist suggested synthesizing bioactive substances using a copper catalyst
Credit: RUDN University A chemist from RUDN University used a copper catalyst in the click reaction of triazole synthesis. Triazoles...
Turning streetwear into solar power plants
Ready-to-wear solar cellsCredit: EMPA Our hunger for energy is insatiable, it even continues to rise with the increasing supply of...
Samara Polytech chemists designed portable analyzers
Universal devices will be used in industrial and medical diagnosticsCredit: @SamaraPolytech Despite their high accuracy, the majority of the existing...
Reviewing multiferroics for future, low-energy data storage
'Multi-ferroic' materials in low-energy data storageCredit: FLEET A new UNSW study comprehensively reviews the magnetic structure of the multiferroic material...
Hazumi datasets for dialogue systems that recognize human sentiment released
Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers from Osaka University has released multimodal human-system dialogue corpora Hazumi on the Informatics...
Enzyme biofactories to enhance cord blood transplants
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Heno Hwang A new way of producing an enzyme called fucosyltransferase VI (FTVI) in the lab...
Researchers develop a simplified method to modify disease signaling with light
Credit: Michael Courtney Most diseases are caused by aberrant cell signaling processes and basic research in cell signaling is needed...
UH Connor Integrative Health Network to study acupuncture in the ED with $2+ million grant
Study could lead to reduced utilization of opioids for painCredit: University Hospitals Jeffery Dusek, PhD, Director of Research at University...
How is gender diversity achieved in working life?
Credit: University of Bern The aim of the international "G-VERSITY - Achieving Gender Diversity" research project is not just to...
MRI safely performed in patients with pacemakers and ICDs
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - MRI examinations can be performed safely in patients with non-MR...
Oxygen can do a favor to synthesize metal-organic frameworks
Credit: IBS Metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, are composed of metal ions periodically surrounded by organic bridging molecules, and these hybrid...
Big-hearted corvids
Social life as a driving factor of birds' generosityCredit: © Lisa Horn Ravens, crows, magpies and their relatives are known...
Researchers develop simple way to capture high quality 3d images of live cells and organisms
New approach captures multifocus microscopy images with high speedsCredit: Sheng Xiao, Boston University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a simple...
