Getting on top of rural Asia’s blood pressure
Low-cost hypertension management intervention shown to be cost-effective, scalable in rural South AsiaCredit: ICDDR, Bangladesh (Mr Nantu Chakma and Dr Aliya Naheed); Aga Khan University,...
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An industrially viable competitor to silicon-based solar cells is in the works
Researchers from Kanazawa University fabricated a highly efficient perovskite solar cell with nearly the energy conversion efficiency of commercial silicon-based solar cells, which can be...
Depression affects visual perception
Credit: Viljami Salmela Researchers specialised in psychiatry and psychology at the University of Helsinki investigated the effects of depression on visual perception. The study confirmed...
Deciphering the secrets of printed electronics
We live in a world where we want our electronics to be flexible, bendable and stretchable apart from being intelligent. Printed electronics technology has emerged...
Procedures identify Barrett’s esophagus patients at risk for cancer progression
Credit: Elizabeth Cook A combination of esophageal brushing and extensive genetic sequencing of the sample collected can detect chromosome alterations in people with Barrett's Esophagus,...
Natural resources decrease income inequality in resource-rich countries
The main conditions are a developed democracy and a transparent market economyCredit: UrFU / Ilya Safarov. A group of researchers from Russia, Germany, the Czech...
MD Anderson’s Guillermina Lozano elected to fellows of the AACR Academy
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON ? Guillermina (Gigi) Lozano, Ph.D., chair of Genetics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been...
Optogenetics: Light regulates an enzyme
Credit: (Picture: Shiqiang Gao / University of Wuerzburg) The unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has already given research a massive boost: One of its light...
New drug to regenerate lost teeth
Antibody for USAG-1 shown to stimulate tooth growthCredit: Kyoto University/Katsu Takahashi Japan -- The tooth fairy is a welcome guest for any child who has...
HKBU-led research unlocks the genomic secrets of organisms that thrive in extreme deep-sea
Credit: (Drawn by HKBU student Hu Juntong) A study led by scientists at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has decoded the genomes of the deep-sea...
First steps towards revolutionary ULTRARAM™ memory chips
Credit: Manus Hayne A new type of universal computer memory - ULTRARAM™ - has taken a step closer towards development with a successful experiment by...
Faster and less-invasive atomic force microscopy for visualizing biomolecular systems
Credit: Kanazawa University High-speed atomic force microscopy (HS-AFM) is an imaging technique that can be used for visualizing biological processes, for example the activity of...
Mapping policy for how the EU can reduce its impact on tropical deforestation
Credit: Anna Lena Lundqvist / Chalmers University of Technology EU imports of products including palm oil, soybeans, and beef contribute significantly to deforestation in other...
Decoding the ‘black box’ of AI to tackle national security concerns
Of wolves and huskies, cats and dogs--and nuclear nonproliferationCredit: Composite image by Timothy Holland | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Second in a series of four...
Genetic sleuthing reveals endangered river dolphins in Asia as different species
Tissue collection at NOAA Fisheries lab helps reveal genetic distinctionCredit: Mansur/WCR Bangladesh New genetic analysis and years of painstaking research has revealed that one of...
