New miniature heart could help speed heart disease cures
There’s no safe way to get a close-up view of the human heart as it goes about its work: you can’t just pop it out,...
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nTIDE March 2022 COVID Update: Job data show more people with disabilities are looking for work
East Hanover, NJ. April 22, 2022. Unemployment rose for people with disabilities in March, indicating that more people with disabilities are looking for work, according...
Rice trains postdocs for nano-cancer future
HOUSTON – (April 22, 2022) – Nanotechnology is increasingly important to the development of treatments for cancer. But to succeed, clinicians need to understand it.Credit: Jeff...
WVU student selected to present Alzheimer’s research to members of Congress
Eyes are often said to be windows to the soul; however, for one West Virginia University student, they are windows to the brain and a key tool...
Breakthrough in estimating fossil fuel CO2 emissions
A team of scientists led by the University of East Anglia (UEA) has made a major breakthrough in detecting changes in fossil fuel carbon dioxide...
Carbon Collect unveils MechanicalTree™ in partnership with Arizona State University
In a major innovation in the fight against climate change, Carbon Collect Ltd. has developed a MechanicalTree™ which is primed to become a leading technology in the global...
A roadmap for deepening understanding of a puzzling universal process
A puzzling process called magnetic reconnection triggers explosive phenomena throughout the universe, creating solar flares and space storms that can take down mobile phone service...
UCI scientists turn a hydrogen molecule into a quantum sensor
Irvine, Calif., April 22, 2022 — Physicists at the University of California, Irvine have demonstrated the use of a hydrogen molecule as a quantum sensor...
Aston University and Invibio unlock barriers to more advanced fracture fixation devices
Credit: Aston University and Invibio The knowledge transfer partnership developed robust data evaluation procedures to encourage use of Invibio’s composite technology in medical devices The...
The physics of a singing saw
The eerie, ethereal sound of the singing saw has been a part of folk music traditions around the globe, from China to Appalachia, since the...
Cancer: Sialylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor modulates cell mechanics and enhances invasion
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – For more than two decades, University of Alabama at Birmingham researcher Susan Bellis, Ph.D., has studied how the addition of sialic acid...
The deformation of the hydrogel is used to measure the negative pressure of water
Water, unexpectedly, has the potential to withstand a massive stretching force or tension due to its internal cohesive force. Under extreme tension, the hydrostatic pressure...
Water processing: light helps degrade hormones
Wherever people are living, hormones used in e.g. contraceptives or agriculture enter the wastewater. Steroid hormones, such as sex hormones and corticosteroids, may accumulate in...
Rapid bicarbonate bolus post extensive neonatal resuscitation leads to increased perfusion to the heart and brain
DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study examines the effect of rapid infusion of 2meq/kg of sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3) in an ovine model on...
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health visits in pediatric primary care
DENVER, April 22, 2022 – A new study describes the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pediatric primary care mental health visits. Findings from the...
