A newly discovered disease may lead to better treatment of cystic fibrosis
Better understand cystic fibrosis / Study in 'Journal of Medical Genetics'Credit: J. Park et al. 2020/ Journal of Medical Genetics Cystic fibrosis is the most...
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Creating hairy human skin: Not as easy as you think
New culture technique opens the door for new treatment for wound and burn treatments, testing drugs and cosmetics; the technique is a proof of concept...
With $16.5 million in NIH funding, MUSC opens two new digestive disease research centers
The recent openings of two centers have put the Medical University of South Carolina on the map as a leading institution for digestive and liver...
Air conditioner bumps the electric bill by 42%, increasing the risk of energy poverty
Credit: Gaia Squarci A new study published in Economic Modelling by researchers at Ca' Foscari University and CMCC shows that owning and using an Air...
University of Toronto team awarded CIHR grant to study impact of cannabis use on Indigenous oral health
Clinical research and Indigenous knowledge models will help team gather first evidence of effects of cannabis on Indigenous peoples of CanadaCredit: Katia Taylor A multidisciplinary...
New technique for engineering living materials and patterns
Credit: University of Warwick Engineered living materials (ELMs) is a new class of materials that exploit the properties of living organisms · While various techniques...
UTEP researchers help bring biofriendly materials to drug design for neuro disorders
Credit: Mahesh Narayan EL PASO, Texas - The contributions of researchers from The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have yielded the first indication...
Youth-inspired program increases bike helmet use by urban children
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine To reduce the number of traumatic brain injuries in children, a team of health care professionals at the Johns Hopkins University...
Something in the water: Pollutant may be more hazardous than previously thought
Credit: M.E. Newman, Johns Hopkins Medicine, using NASA and public domain images Sometimes toxins, such as hazardous wastes and industrial byproducts, seep into groundwater, the...
Physicists create quantum-inspired optical sensor
Credit: Nikita Kirsanov/MIPT Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, joined by a colleague from Argonne National Laboratory, U.S., have implemented an advanced...
Volcanic glass spray shows promise in controlling mosquitoes
Credit: Photo courtesy of Michael Roe, NC State University. An indoor residual spray made by combining a type of volcanic glass with water showed effective...
Can deep water masses in the Mediterranean cross the Sicily Strait?
Underwater frontier between Mediterranean basinsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The Sicily Strait, an underwater relief connecting the Italian island with the Tunisian coasts, is not a...
A tiny arctic shrub reveals secrets of plant growth on Svalbard
Counting tiny rings showed synchronous growth across an entire arctic archipelagoCredit: Lisa Sandal, NTNU The polar willow (Salix polaris) may not seem like much when...
Russian scientists demonstrate ion implantation advantages for the use of silicon in optoelectronics
A model of temperature dependence of dislocation-related photoluminescence in ion-doped silicon has been proposed for the first time. Calculations using this model explain the increased...
Wearable brain scanner technology expanded for whole head imaging
Credit: University of Nottingham Scientists from the University of Nottingham developed an initial prototype of a new generation of brain scanner in 2018 which is...