Electromagnetic stimulation may improve arm and hand function after spinal cord injury
BrainQ Technologies awards funding to Drs. Androwis and Kirshblum for pilot study of BQ therapy at Kessler Foundation for restoring arm and hand function in...
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iTHRIV announces health research pilot project recipients
Credit: Virginia Tech The Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) hub partnership between Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, Carilion Clinic, and Inova Health System...
$100,000 to fund collaborative cancer research
Credit: Virginia Tech Children's National Hospital and Virginia Tech have awarded two $50,000 one-year pilot grants to multi-institutional teams of scientists for pediatric brain cancer...
BioRescue two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas
Now there are fiveCredit: Rio the Photographer Happy end to a challenging year: Two new northern white rhino embryos created at Christmas - now there...
Greenland melting likely increased by bacteria in sediment
Microbes in meltwater stream sediment may help boost island's contribution to sea-level riseCredit: Sasha Leidman Bacteria are likely triggering greater melting on the Greenland ice...
Smithsonian scientists reduce uncertainty in forest carbon storage calculations
Credit: Steve Paton, STRI Investors who bet on tropical forest conservation and reforestation to solve global warming by storing carbon in wood face huge uncertainties...
New classification marks paradigm shift in how conservationists tackle climate change
Credit: Nicole Matson NEW YORK (January 14) -- A new study co-authored by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Global Conservation Program and the...
Posidonia marine seagrass can catch and remove plastics from the sea
A trap for plastics in coastal areasCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Posidonia oceanica seagrass -an endemic marine phanerogam with an important ecological role in the marine...
Fast decisions of flying insects
Ten times more skilled at 'life or death' reactionsCredit: Flinders Foundation, Jonathan Barge photographer Scientists are homing in on the amazing flying skills of insects....
The regulatory network of sugar and organic acid in watermelon fruit is revealed
Credit: Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute Recently, the innovation project watermelon and melon cultivation and physiology team of Zhengzhou Fruit Research Institute has made new progress...
How aerosols are formed
Credit: ETH Zurich / Ruth Signorell Aerosols are suspensions of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in a gas. Clouds, for example, are aerosols because...
How insects activate muscles to adapt to limbs removed
Credit: Dai Owaki and Hitoshi Aonuma Adaptability explains why insects spread so widely and why they are the most abundant animal group on earth. Insects...
Not as simple as thought: How bacteria form membrane vesicles
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify a novel mechanism by which bacteria form various types of membrane vesiclesCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan -...
Retinal cell transplant clears experimental hurdle toward treating blindness
Credit: Su, Xinyi Retinal cells derived from adult human eye stem cells survived when transplanted into the eyes of monkeys, an important early step in...
Research reveals new insight into why breastfed babies have improved immune systems
Credit: University of Birmingham Research led by the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust has revealed new insight into the...
