Simulations are starting to gel
Tokyo, Japan – Investigators from the Institute of Industrial Science at The University of Tokyo added the influence of hydrodynamics, which includes the flow and...
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Novel wearable belt with sensors accurately monitors heart failure 24/7
There are about 64 million cases of heart failure worldwide. According to the American Heart Association, 6.2 million adults in the United States have heart...
Eco-friendly paint most effective against fouling on ships and boats
Emissions from copper-based antifouling paints are a well-known environmental problem. As much as 40 percent of copper inputs to the Baltic Sea come from antifouling...
About 1 in 100 heart disease deaths linked to extreme hot and cold weather days
Exposure to extremely hot or cold temperatures increases a heart disease patient’s risk of dying, according to a new study published today in the American...
Alcohol-involved injuries linked to increased risk of death in the next year: Study
By Kimberly FlynnCredit: Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs By Kimberly Flynn PISCATAWAY, NJ — When people are injured severely enough to require treatment...
Could insulin come in a pill? How a molecule that mimics insulin may advance diabetes research
WEHI researchers in Melbourne have answered a 100-year-old question in diabetes research: can a molecule different to insulin have the same effect? The findings provide...
Study: New customizable, strontium-filled scaffold could improve dental implant healing
BUFFALO, N.Y. – A team of University at Buffalo researchers has developed a new strontium-loaded scaffold that can be personalized to fit any size dental...
BioRescue produces primordial germ cells from northern white rhino stem cells – a world’s first for large mammals
In its race to advance assisted reproduction and stem cell associated technologies to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, the BioRescue consortium announces a...
A big step toward producing rhino gametes
To save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, the BioRescue team is racing to create lab-grown egg and sperm cells of the critically endangered subspecies....
Structural studies offer “how-to” guide for designing cancer drugs
LA JOLLA, CA— To design drugs that stall the growth of aggressive cancers, it helps to know the structures of the proteins that are revving...
Researchers shed (laser) light on emerging water treatment technique
KINGSTON, R.I. – Dec. 8, 2022 – Assuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of...
Global marine experts urge COP15 policy-makers to support research to find, catalogue, protect disappearing deep-sea species
More than 90% of marine species are undescribed and many may go extinct due to human activity before they’re discovered — the loss of unique,...
Researchers identify a critical inhibitory site in an energy-producing enzyme, which can lead to rational design of antibiotics
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a global health problem. Handful species of drug-resistant pathogens, including Neisseria gonorrhoeae, could become untreatable due to a high degree of...
New study highlights urgent need to safeguard deep reefs – one of the largest and least protected ecosystems
As world leaders, government negotiators, scientists and conservationists gather at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, to agree to halt and reverse nature loss, an international...
New collaborative research centre for integral structures
With effect from January 2023, the German Research Foundation (DFG) will fund the new Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio ‘Integral Structures in Geometry and Representation Theory’ (CRC/TRR 358) for...
