BIOENGINEER.ORG

Research offers new lead for cancer drug discoveryCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53,...

George Mason, Rutgers partner to better inform HER2 breast cancer treatment

A George Mason University and Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey collaboration received the U.S. Army's Breast Cancer Research Program Breakthrough Award to indicate success...

Drone-based photogrammetry: A reliable and low-cost method for estimating plant biomass

Credit: Photo credit: Lane Scher. Remote sensing technology has become a vital tool for scientists over the past several decades for monitoring changes in land...

Finding the best targets to improve crop yield by following CO2 journey inside the leaf

Credit: Natalia Bateman, CoETP A team of scientists have measured the relative importance of the different obstacles that carbon dioxide (CO2) encounters in its voyage...

New study gives hope of eliminating mother-to-baby transmission of HIV

Credit: Karolinska Institutet. Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of pregnant women in Tanzania shows...

Tuning the circadian clock, boosting rhythms may be key to future treatments and medicines

New article unravels the remarkable relationship between time-of-day and physiologyCredit: Imogen Reekie Irvine, CA - February 11, 2021 - Subconsciously, our bodies keep time for...

Three UH engineers named to National Academy of Inventors

Hien Nguyen, Jeffrey Rimer and Gangbing song elected to senior member class of 2021Credit: University of Houston Three University of Houston Cullen College of Engineering...

UMass Amherst team helps demonstrate spontaneous quantum error correction

New research tackles a central challenge of powerful quantum computingCredit: UMass Amherst To build a universal quantum computer from fragile quantum components, effective implementation of...

Implant improves balance, movement and quality of life for people with inner ear disorder

Credit: Johns Hopkins Vestibular NeuroEngineering Laboratory Getting around without the need to concentrate on every step is something most of us can take for granted...

A new quantum switch for electronics

Credit: Oleg Lychkovskiy A Russian physicist and his international colleagues studied a quantum point contact (QCP) between two conductors with external oscillating fields applied to...

Mathematical modeling suggests kids half as susceptible to COVID-19 as adults

New findings could deepen understanding of spread and inform public health policiesCredit: Nik Anderson, www.vperemen.com A new computational analysis suggests that people under the age...

Facts on the ground: How microplastics in the soil contribute to environmental pollution

Scientists in Korea investigate the abundance, characteristics, and potential sources of microplastic pollutants in agricultural soil samplesCredit: StockSnap from Pixabay Plastic, with its unabated global...

Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India

Credit: © Olivier Telle/CSH/CNRS What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This is what researchers from the...

Rebuilding soil microbiomes in high-tunnel agricultural systems focus of study

Credit: Laura Kaminsky, Penn State The presence of high salt and nitrogen concentrations in high- tunnel soils may make it more challenging to rebuild a...

Tap water access linked to dengue risk