nPOD honors Estefania Quesada Masachs for type 1 diabetes discoveries
LA JOLLA, CA—La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) Instructor Estefania Quesada Masachs, M.D., Ph.D., has won the 2023 Young Investigator of the Year Award from...
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p21 facilitates chronic lung inflammation via epithelial and endothelial cells
“Our results implicate p21 as a critical regulator of chronic bronchitis and a driver of chronic airway inflammation and lung destruction.”Credit: 2023 Levi et al....
UCF scientist publishes book on emergence of new pathogens
Climate change may be linked to an increase in the emergence of new pandemics, according to a new book published by an internationally recognized College...
Oregon State researchers make breakthrough in understanding the chemistry of wildfire smoke in wine
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers have discovered a new class of compounds that contributes to the ashy or smokey flavors in wine made...
Coastal species persist on high seas on floating plastic debris
The high seas have been colonized by a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate species, which can now survive and reproduce in the open ocean,...
Female butterflies breed despite male shortage
Female monarch butterflies have no trouble finding a mate – even when a parasite kills most of the males, new research shows.Credit: Rutagarama et al...
Novel, highly sensitive biosensor set to transform wearable health monitoring
Wireless wearable biosensors have been a game changer in personalized health monitoring and healthcare digitization because they can efficiently detect, record, and monitor medically significant...
Father of the photonic bandgap to speak at Utah State University
Renowned physicist, engineer and entrepreneur Eli Yablonovitch will visit Utah State University on April 25 for two lectures about his work in the electrical and...
KAIST team develops highly-sensitive wearable piezoelectric blood pressure sensor for continuous health monitoring
A KAIST research team led by Professor Keon Jae Lee from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the College of Medicine of the...
Controlling thermal conductivity in liquid crystals
Doping a liquid crystal with azobenzene molecules can induce reversible changes in its thermal conductivity under light irradiation. These findings have been reported in a...
City, University of London Biomedical Engineer receives research funding from the National Institute for Health Research
Dr Iasonas Triantis of City, University of London's School of Science and Technology’s Research Centre for Biomedical Engineering is the Principal Investigator (PI) on the research project titled, SmartCare: HbA1c Self-Monitoring...
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New report from FutureNeuro and RCSI makes recommendations for roll out of national strategy for genetics
Monday, 17 April 2023: A report published today highlights the priorities and needs of patients affected by neurological disease, as well as clinicians and researchers,...
SpyLigation uses light to switch on proteins
Scientists can now use light to activate protein functions both inside and outside of living cells. The new method, called light-activated SpyLigation, can turn on...
What they don’t teach you about climate change (video)
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2023 — We all know about the greenhouse effect, but how many of us actually understand it? Turns out, carbon dioxide is...
