Study finds significant variation in anatomy of human guts
New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between healthy individuals. The finding has...
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As “deprescribing” medicines for older adults catches on, poll shows need for patient-provider dialogue
As the movement toward “deprescribing” medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in this idea.Credit: Emily Smith - University of Michigan...
New programmable smart fabric responds to temperature and electricity
A new smart material developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is activated by both heat and electricity, making it the first ever to...
Want to make better materials? Read between the lines. Or the “grain boundaries,” as they’re known in materials science.
The orientations of these infinitesimally small separations between individual “grains” of a polycrystalline material have big effects. In a material such as aluminum, these collections...
New approach to developing efficient, high-precision 3D light shapers
Modern-day technologies like optical computing, integrated photonics, and digital holography require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions. To achieve this, it is necessary...
Putting hydrogen on solid ground: Simulations with a machine learning model predict a new phase of solid hydrogen
Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is found everywhere from the dust filling most of outer space to the cores of stars to...
Study points to new approach to treat chronic transplant rejection
University of Pittsburgh researchers have identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse model of kidney transplantation and...
Gut bacteria use super-polymers to dodge antibiotics
The discovery shows why it can be so difficult to tackle drug-resistant bacteria, but does provide a possible avenue for tackling the problem. The super-polymer...
Study shows most children recover from Lyme disease within six months of treatment
WHAT: A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within six months of completing antibiotic treatment, according to...
Test of strength of cells: new Heisenberg Professorship for Mechanics of Active Biomaterials at TU Dresden
Cells are the smallest living entities in our body. Every minute, body cells deform to perform their natural function. For example, the white blood cells...
New tool facilitates clinical interpretation of genetic information
Despite the increasing use of genomic sequencing in clinical practice, interpreting rare genetic mutations, even among well-studied disease genes, remains difficult. Current predictive models are...
HKU Mechanical Engineering team develops multifunctional tendon-mimetic hydrogels
Repairing or replacing injured tendons or similar load-bearing tissues represents one of the major challenges in clinical medicine. Natural tendons are water-rich tissues exhibiting outstanding...
HKUMed established the first human respiratory organoid culture system and unveils a novel mechanism for the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
A research team led by Dr Zhou Jie and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases and the Department of Microbiology,...
On-demand preparation of organosilicon reagents
National University of Singapore (NUS) scientists have demonstrated that stepwise customised functionalisation of multihydrosilanes to access fully substituted silicon compounds can be realised using neutral...
Highly sensitive and self-healing conductive hydrogels fabricated from cationic cellulose nanofiber-dispersed liquid metal for strain sensors
This study is led by Dr. Wenxia Liu (State Key Laboratory of Biobased Materials and Green Papermaking, Qilu University of Technology, Shandong Academy of Science)....
