PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — Today, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) has published a new addition to its library of patient resources, expanding the information...
Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), which are being developed for use in electric vehicles, rely on nanoparticles called catalysts to trigger electricity-producing reactions between hydrogen...
New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has...
As the movement toward “deprescribing” medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in this idea.Credit: Emily Smith - University of Michigan...
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to...
The orientations of these infinitesimally small separations between individual “grains” of a polycrystalline material have big effects. In a material such as aluminum, these collections...
Modern-day technologies like optical computing, integrated photonics, and digital holography require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions. To achieve this, it is necessary...
Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is found everywhere from the dust filling most of outer space to the cores of stars to...
University of Pittsburgh researchers have identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation and...
The discovery shows why it can be so difficult to tackle drug-resistant bacteria, but does provide a possible avenue for tackling the problem. The super-polymer...
WHAT: A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within six months of completing antibiotic treatment, according to...
Cells are the smallest living entities in our body. Every minute, body cells deform to perform their natural function. For example, the white blood cells...
Despite the increasing use of genomic sequencing in clinical practice, interpreting rare genetic mutations, even among well-studied disease genes, remains difficult. Current predictive models are...
Repairing or replacing injured tendons or similar load-bearing tissues represents one of the major challenges in clinical medicine. Natural tendons are water-rich tissues exhibiting outstanding...
A research team led by Dr Zhou Jie and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology,...
