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Startup promises minimally invasive heart repair
Cambridge, Mass. - March 15, 2018 - A minimally invasive surgical device to be commercialized by a newly launched startup...
RE: Thinking the robot/Robotic Futures: Fresh Perspectives/Panel Discussion on March 22, 2018
Credit: 2018 Institute Of Industrial Science, the University Of Tokyo We are on the cusp of the robotics revolution: new...
‘Frequency combs’ ID chemicals within the mid-infrared spectral region
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Applied Physics Division, Quantum Nanophotonics group WASHINGTON, D.C., March 15, 2018 -- Chemical...
Neuroscientists identify brain circuit that integrates head motion with visual signals
Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre Neuroscientists at the Sainsbury Wellcome Centre have identified a circuit in the primary visual cortex (V1)...
Dr. A.M. Barrett receives NIH funding to study hand function poststroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. March 15, 2018. A.M. Barrett, MD, of Kessler Foundation has received a five-year National...
Large racial and ethnic disparity in world’s most common STI
Credit: Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a new Johns Hopkins study, researchers have added to evidence that Trichomonas vaginalis (TV),...
When natural disaster strikes, can insects and other invertebrates recover?
Credit: Jeff Thrasher Annapolis, MD; March 15, 2018 -- After a 100-year flood struck south central Oklahoma in 2015, a...
Higher doses of radiation don’t improve survival in prostate cancer
A new study shows that higher doses of radiation do not improve survival for many patients with prostate cancer, compared...
False beliefs about MMR vaccine found to influence acceptance of Zika vaccine
People's willingness to use a Zika vaccine when it's available will be influenced by how they weigh the risks associated...
The Protein Society’s Best Paper Award
Credit: Brian Matthews, Editor Protein Science Warmest congratulations to Minfei Su and Chang-Ting Lin , the recipients of the Protein...
Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death
DALLAS, March 15, 2018 - Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their...
How cells protect themselves against mechanical stress
A light breeze, a gentle stroke - the human skin can sense the slightest touch. A key player in this...
A new algorithm designed to make cardiopulmonary resuscitation more effective
Credit: UPV/EHU In the event of a cardiorespiratory arrest, two actions are crucial for the patient's survival: cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)...
The Protein Society announces 2018 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research,...
The coffee cannabis connection
CHICAGO --- It's well known that a morning cup of joe jolts you awake. But scientists have discovered coffee affects...
The brain puts the memories warehouse in order while we sleep
During the hours of sleep the memory performs a cleaning shift. A study led by a Spanish scientist at the...
Little creek, big impact
Credit: Andrew Engilis, Jr./ UC Davis Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology A small restored area is having a big...
Scientists map the portal to the cell’s nucleus
Credit: The Rockefeller University Like an island nation, the nucleus of a cell has a transportation problem. Evolution has enclosed...
Reducing collateral damage
Healthier fish stocks. Higher catches. Profits from fishing. Is there a way to achieve these holy grails of commercial fisheries...
Ludwig study extends potential for personalized immunotherapy to large variety of cancers
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research A Ludwig Cancer Research study shows that ovarian cancer, which has proved resistant to currently available...
