Environmental contaminants alter gut microbiome, health
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The microbes that inhabit our bodies are influenced by what we eat, drink, breathe and absorb...
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‘One-way’ electronic devices enter the mainstream
Columbia engineers first to build high-performance non-reciprocal devices on a compact chip, paving the way for applications from two-way wireless to quantum computingCredit: Aravind Nagulu/Columbia...
Ultrasonic technique discloses the identity of graphite
Credit: Kaneka Corporation, Physical Review Materials (2020) A group of scientists from Osaka University, in cooperation with Kaneka Corporation, evaluated the interplanar bond strength of...
Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson’s
UCLA study uncovers how air pollution can lead to damage to brain cellsCredit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study in zebrafish identified the process by...
New model shows how cells that cause liver cancer are created
Scientists show in-vivo and in-vitro how liver cancer stem cells are born, solving a central scientific mystery in this fieldCredit: This article is licensed under...
First month of data shows children at low risk of COVID-19 infection, no hospitalizations
Credit: ESB Professional In the first 30 days since seeing their first patient, the number of children testing positive to COVID-19 at an Australian tertiary...
NUS researchers create novel device that harnesses shadows to generate electricity
Credit: Royal Society of Chemistry Shadows are often associated with darkness and uncertainty. Now, researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) are giving shadows...
Cell-culture based test systems for anticancer drug screening
A new paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.Credit: Kazan Federal University As we know, a malignant tumor is a...
Virus prevalence associated with habitat
Study of Caribbean lobsters sheds light on disease and fragile ecosystemsCredit: Charlotte Eve Davies/Swansea University Virus prevalence associated with habitat: study of Caribbean lobsters sheds...
New device quickly detects lithium ions in blood of bipolar disorder patients
Credit: Komatsu T. et al., ACS Sensors, April 23, 2020 A group of Hokkaido University researchers has developed a paper-based device that can easily and...
Coastal engineers: ‘Thinkers’ facing rising seas
The latest theories and applied examples stemming from the authors' 48 years of experience in teaching, research and practice as a professional engineer are presented...
Ocean waves play a critical role in shaping our economy, weather and climate
Turns out, it's all in the waterCredit: World Scientific The design of coastal structures, the safety of offshore shipping, the prediction of extreme weather, coastal...
Sex as stress management in microbes
Credit: Valerio Vitali Why is sex so popular? The question of why so many organisms reproduce sexually has mystified evolutionary biologists since before Darwin, who...
New mobile health tool measures hemoglobin without drawing blood
Smartphone-based technique can help doctors assess anemia and blood disordersCredit: Young Kim, Purdue University WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a way to use smartphone images...
The ins and outs of sex change in medaka fish
Credit: TANAKA. Larval nutrition plays a role in determining the sexual characteristics of Japanese rice fish, also called medaka (Oryzias latipes), report a team of...
