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3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter
Credit: Adam Feinberg/HardwareX Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D...
New device uses biochemistry techniques to detect rare radioactive decays
Credit: UTA UTA researchers are leading an international team developing a new device that could enable physicists to take the...
New microsensor enables kidney dialysis to be customized
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a microsensor that makes it possible to...
‘AGameOfClones’: Identification of transgenic organisms
Credit: Strobl/Stelzer, Goethe University Frankfurt To understand biological processes, researchers often use model organisms, such as mice, zebrafish and various...
USDA invests in research on environmental benefits of woody fruit, nut crops
Credit: Sarah Taylor Lovell, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture has announced...
What the first American astronauts taught us about living in space
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine NASA's Project Mercury was the United States' first human-in-space program. Between 1961 and 1963, six...
Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate...
Genome does not like to excessively change in male germ cells
Credit: © 2018 Yoshimura et al. EMBO reports e42054. doi: 10.15252/embr.201642054 A group of researchers at Osaka University reported the...
DNDi, GSK, and University of Dundee to identify drug candidates to treat leishmaniasis and Chagas
Geneva / Brentford / Dundee - 27 March 2018 - The not-for-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
Salvage logging is often a pretext for harvesting wood
Credit: (Photo: Reinhold Weinberger, Bavarian Forest National Park management) Bia?owie?a Forest in Eastern Poland is one of the last remaining...
Paper-folding art inspires better bandages
Credit: Image courtesy of researchers CAMBRIDGE, MASS.--Scraped up knees and elbows are tricky places to securely apply a bandage. More...
Gene therapy may help brain heal from stroke, other injuries
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - March 27, 2018 - Scientists have found a genetic trigger that may improve the brain's...
How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners
Credit: Bruce Jayne/UC Anyone who has sat down to a summer crab feast knows how hard, messy and delicious they...
Genes in songbirds hold clues about human speech disorders, UCLA biologists report
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA Insights into how songbirds learn to sing provide promising clues about human speech disorders and may lead...
£3 million boost for Liverpool advanced materials and healthcare research
(University of Liverpool) The University of Liverpool has been awarded more than £3 million from the Engineering and Physical Sciences...
From lullabies to live concerts: How music and rhythm shape our social brains
March 27, 2018 - Boston - A universal sign of motherhood is the lullaby. The world over, mothers sing to...
Repurposing inhibitors may provide new treatment approach for ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 27, 2018) -- Wistar researchers have found rationale for repurposing a class of antitumor compounds called HDAC...
Montana State researchers find that beetle odor could help tackle tamarisk
Credit: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/Montana State University BOZEMAN - In the fight against an invasive plant colonizing portions of the state, a...
The connection between diet, obesity, and cancer: Nutrition experts explore the evidence
Credit: Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Philadelphia, March 27, 2018 - About one third of cancer cases...
Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones
Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial...
