Smartphone accessory for rapid diagnosis of HIV
A team of researchers, led by Samuel K. Sia, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has developed a low-cost smartphone accessory that can...
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New ‘reset’ button discovered for circadian clock
The discovery of a new “reset” button for the brain’s master biological clock could eventually lead to new treatments for conditions like seasonal affective disorder,...
Bioengineered miniature structures could prevent heart failure
The delivery of tiny biodegradable microstructures to heart tissue damaged by heart attack may help repair the tissue and prevent future heart failure. A team...
Reprogram tumor’s cells to attack itself
Inserting a specific strain of bacteria into the microenvironment of aggressive ovarian cancer transforms the behavior of tumor cells from suppression to immunostimulation, researchers at...
Scientists discover viral ‘Enigma machine’
Researchers have cracked a code that governs infections by a major group of viruses including the common cold and polio. Until now, scientists had not...
Artificially intelligent robot scientist ‘Eve’ could boost search for new drugs
Eve, an artificially-intelligent 'robot scientist' could make drug discovery faster and much cheaper, say researchers writing in the Royal Society journal Interface. The team has...
Electronic Skin Enables Magnetic ‘Sixth Sense’
Magnetoception is a sense which allows bacteria, insects and even vertebrates like birds and sharks to detect magnetic fields for orientation and navigation. Humans are...