Ergonomic chair based on the innovation by Lithuanian researchers might help reduce back pain
Soon, people working sedentary jobs will be able to take advantage of the innovation created by Lithuanians and prevent troublesome back pain – a joint...
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Mineralization of amber insects provides new view of amber taphonomy
Inclusions in amber can preserve organisms' organs, tissues and cells in high fidelity, and are known as "exceptionally preserved" fossils.Credit: NIGPAS Inclusions in amber can...
Mystery solved about the origin of the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf
The almost 11 cm high figurine from Willendorf is one of the most important examples of early art in Europe. It is made of a...
Making the invisible visible: A clearer ‘picture’ of blood vessels in health and disease thanks to new imaging approach
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have developed and tested a new imaging approach they say will accelerate imaging-based research in the lab by allowing investigators to...
Scientists discover mechanism behind how certain osmolytes cause kidney damage
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have uncovered the mechanism by which osmolytes used to treat high fluid pressure in the eye and...
MU scientist links epigenetic biomarkers to gastrointestinal issues for kids with autism
COLUMBIA, Mo. -- As a clinician at the University of Missouri Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, David Beversdorf helps patients with autism spectrum...
Advancing our view at the subcellular level
In the field of scientific research, details matter. The minutia of processes and structures are explained with specificity, data points are reported to the most...
Reviving a failed network through microscopic interventions
Networks are a system comprised of many components that interact with one another through a collection of connections, nodes and links. In a well-functioning brain,...
To sleep, perchance to learn
Scientists have long known that when people sleep, the brain performs memory magic.Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists have long known that when people sleep, the brain...
What brain-eating amoebae can tell us about the diversity of life on earth and evolutionary history
AMHERST, Mass. – An international team of researchers, led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, recently announced in the journal Current Biology that an amoeba...
A first glimpse of the human brain’s drains
A joint research team at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and the University of Florida describes the first non-invasive and near real-time visualization...
February research news from the Ecological Society of America
From Ecology:Credit: Nandintsetseg Dejid From Ecology: Itinerant gazelle travels 18,000 kilometers across Mongolian steppe Author contact: Nandintsetseg Dejid ([email protected]) In October 2014, researchers placed GPS...
Researchers developing a new vaccine for a swine coronavirus
To address climbing economic losses from swine that contract the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus, Virginia Tech researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and Virginia-Maryland College...
Anti-tumor drug promotes weight loss in mice
An anti-tumor drug promotes weight loss in mice at low doses by activating a natural hunger-suppressing pathway, according to a new study publishing February 24th...
Student’s device enables researchers to easily track elusive insects
With some home security software and a little ingenuity, researchers have developed an inexpensive device that will allow them to study the behavior and activity...
