Scientists optimize methods to study brains at rest in a key model organism
Tokyo, Japan – A team led by researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have identified the best methods to study the resting state of the brain...
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Healthcare utilization varies among community-living people with spinal cord injury by demographic, injury-related, and socioeconomic factors
East Hanover, NJ. November 18, 2022. A survey of community-living people with spinal cord injury revealed healthcare utilization below the recommended rates for four types...
Kessler partners with BrainQ on national trial of innovative approach to stroke rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ. November 18, 2022. Researchers from Kessler Foundation and Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation (collectively “Kessler”) are enrolling participants in a national trial of...
New study identifies connection between diabetes medications, multiple sclerosis
TUCSON, Arizona — A new University of Arizona Health Sciences study found that people older than 45 whose Type 2 diabetes was treated with anti-hyperglycemic medications had...
Brain organoids reveal in detail the harms of prenatal alcohol exposure
Alcohol consumption during pregnancy poses significant peril to the healthy development of the unborn child. There is no known safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy.Credit:...
Rice turns asphaltene into graphene for composites
NEWS RELEASECredit: Illustration by M.A.S.R. Saadi/Rice University NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 [email protected] Mike Williams 713-348-6728 [email protected] HOUSTON – (Nov. 18, 2022) – Asphaltenes, a...
‘Butterfly bot’ is fastest swimming soft robot yet
Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than...
Soft skills: Researchers invent robotic droplet manipulators for hazardous liquid cleanup
CSU researchers have created the first successful soft robotic gripper capable of manipulating individual droplets of liquid, according to a recent article in the Royal Society...
Forecasting the health returns of tobacco tax proposals
Scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC are leading a five-year, $3.5 million study to predict the impact of tobacco taxes on...
Dietary change starves cancer cells, overcoming treatment resistance
Nov. 18, 2022Credit: Sumeet Solanki Nov. 18, 2022 For more information, contact: Nicole Fawcett, [email protected] 734-764-2220 For immediate release ANN ARBOR, Michigan...
Biologist applies quality control for quail
A University of Cincinnati biologist is using tech more commonly found in Amazon distribution warehouses to care for birds in her lab.Credit: Andrew Higley/UC A...
Corporate pledges to recycle or reduce plastics aren’t translating into less plastic use
Plastic pollution is overwhelming landfills, littering Earth’s coastlines, and affecting the health of animals, including humans, while also contributing to environmental degradation and climate change....
With training, people in mind-controlled wheelchairs can navigate normal, cluttered spaces
A mind-controlled wheelchair can help a paralyzed person gain new mobility by translating users’ thoughts into mechanical commands. On November 18 in the journal iScience,...
You are “what you eat”, but you are not “where you live”
Genetic studies of the past 20 years have extensively shown how, across human populations worldwide, the majority of genetic differences are encountered at the individual...
Study reveals the intrinsic immune mechanism that boosts axon regeneration in the adult nervous system
Damages to the central nervous system (CNS), for example in the case of spinal cord injury, can result in permanent loss of sensory and motor...
