New understanding of how cells form tunnels may help in treating wounds, tumors
Credit: Virginia Tech A simple slice of the finger sends a complex series of interactions between types of cells into motion. Two types of cells...
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Translational research led by Singapore scientists uncovers new treatment for fatty liver disease
Credit: Dr. Eleonora Adami, Duke-NUS Medical School A team of researchers led by Duke-NUS Medical School and National Heart Centre Singapore (NHCS) found that deactivating...
Artificial atomic scale materials: Discovering how electrons fatten!
A single and isolated electron has a clear electrical charge, magnetic moment and mass, and its free movement can be precisely predicted. Spanish scientists fabricated...
DFG to fund 13 new research training groups
Topics range from the physics of the heaviest particles to cybercrime and the consequences of social services work / €65 million for initial four-and-a-half-year period...
New flatland material: Physicists obtain quasi-2D gold
Credit: Ella Maru Studio Researchers from the MIPT Center for Photonics and 2D Materials have synthesized a quasi-2D gold film, showing how materials not usually...
Thoughts on body image in pregnancy important indicator of emotional wellbeing
Researchers have shown that a new way of assessing women's relationship with their bodies during pregnancy could help predict how well the mother might bond...
The new quadruped robot HyQReal tested by pulling 3 tons airplane
Credit: IIT/Illusion Video Production Researchers at IIT-Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia presented at ICRA 2019 - the International Conference on Robotics and Automation held in Montreal...
Vascularized kidney tissue engineered by WFIRM scientists
WINSTON-SALEM, NC, May 22, 2019 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers have shown the feasibility of bioengineering vascularized functional renal tissues for...
Holidays disrupt drug routines of children with diabetes
Children with type 1 diabetes find it difficult to adhere to their drug routines during school holidays and weekends. Holiday distractions cause a 20% reduction...
Interactive quantum chemistry in virtual reality
Credit: Intangible Realities Laboratory (University of Bristol) Scientists from the University of Bristol's Intangible Realities Laboratory (IRL) and ETH Zurich have used virtual reality and...
Rare volcanic rocks lift lid on dangers of little-studied eruptions
Credit: Ben Clarke Unusual rocks discovered on a remote mountainside have alerted scientists to the dangers posed by a little-studied type of volcano. Researchers say...
Seeing inside superfog
High humidity and plant moisture combine with cold air and smoke from burning vegetation to form particularly dense fog, but researchers can't predict whenCredit: UC...
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Flint whistleblower, receives Vilcek-Gold Award for Humanism
Foreign-born pediatrician honored by Vilcek and Gold foundations for demonstrating extraordinary humanism in healthcare New York, NY, May 23, 2019 -- The Vilcek Foundation (New...
Producing tissue and organs through lithography
EU Project BRIGHTER sets its sights on 3D bioprinting systems with light sheet lithographyCredit: F. Pampaloni, BRIGHTER, 2019 FRANKFURT. The production of artificial organs is...
New approach captures detailed mid-infrared images for medical diagnostics
Technique could lead to higher resolution imaging of fast events WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a unique high-resolution imaging method that can capture mid-infrared spectral...
