Tuberculosis vaccine strengthens immune system
Study by the Universities of Bonn and Nijmegen explains how BCG vaccination reduces susceptibility to infectionsCredit: © University Bonn A tuberculosis vaccine developed 100 years...
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Stanford researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain's efficient and low-energy neural learning process. It...
A clique away from more efficient networks
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A framework that uses graph theory, which considers how networks are coded, could help make digital communication networks more efficient. For...
£19k government grant to help combat fraudsters as people reveal all on social media
Government funding for a project to educate the public about promoting sensitive personal information on social media,Credit: University of Huddersfield MOST people will have revealed...
Low physical function increase the risk for bone loss in older hip fracture patients
Acknowledgement of the risk factors is important for bone health and overall recoveryCredit: University of Jyväskylä. Low physical function and low muscle mass after hip...
A salt solution toward better bioelectronics
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Heno Hwang Doping is commonly used to improve performance in semiconducting devices but has not previously been successful for electron transporting...
Researchers discover what’s behind nature’s perhaps largest erection — which is not that big
In the plant kingdom, the sexual organ of a male pollen grain grows up to a thousand times its own length as it sniffs its...
Anaerobically disinfect soil to increase phosphorus using diluted ethanol
Credit: Takashi Kunito, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University Scientists in Japan and the Netherlands have independently developed anaerobic soil disinfestation, also...
Researchers flush out worrying trend of designer drug use
Credit: University of South Australia In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones - commonly known as 'bath salts'...
Diabetic mice improve with retrievable millimeter-thick cell-laden hydrogel fiber
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) results from an irreversible autoimmune destruction of insulin-producing...
Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases
Researcher Carmen Giordano received 2 more grants totalling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axisCredit: Politecnico di Milano They are called DIANA and PEGASO,...
Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point the way to a cure...
Discovery of graphene switch
Credit: JAIST Researchers at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) have successfully measured the current-voltage curve of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) that were suspended...
Parents twice as likely to be concerned about ticks than of mosquitoes
Just 1 in 3 parents use a bug repellent on their child that contains DEET, which is most effective in repelling mosquitos, new national poll...
One minute simultaneous analysis of pungency components in kimchi
The World Institute of Kimchi has developed a high-sensitivity, simultaneous analysis technique for capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin.Credit: The World Institute of Kimchi(Wikim) The World Institute of...
