‘Aneurysm Number’ may help surgeons make treatment decisions
Simple parameter that depends on geometry and flow waveform can classify the flow mode into sidewall or bifurcation aneurysmsCredit: Hafez Asgharzadeh, Hossein Asadi, Hui Meng...
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Sound sense: Brain ‘listens’ for distinctive features in sounds
University of Pittsburgh researchers explore how the auditory system achieves accurate speech recognitionCredit: Shi Tong Liu/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (March 26, 2019) ... For humans...
Bringing endangered species back from the brink
A technique to produce eggs from ovarian tissue in the lab may offer hope for critically endangered species like the Northern White Rhino that have...
Harvard researchers’ immune-silent stem cell technology licensed to Sana Biotechnology
Developed through Harvard's Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, innovations could lead to novel cell therapies to treat diseaseCredit: Mary Todd Bergman, Harvard Stem Cell Institute. Cambridge, Mass....
Violence against long-term care staff ‘normalized’
Credit: University of Stirling Violence against staff working in long-term care facilities - including physical assault, verbal abuse and sexual harassment - has become "normalised",...
Metal nanoclusters can be used as semiconductors: Key properties observed for first time
Credit: Galchenko/Klinke: University of Hamburg/Swansea University Tiny nanoclusters of metal atoms - such as gold and silver - have properties which mean they can be...
Rice cultivation: Balance of phosphorus and nitrogen determines growth and yield
In the future, a newly discovered mechanism in control of plant nutrition could help to achieve higher harvests in a sustainable way. Scientists from the...
Future Science Group launches new journal Future Drug Discovery
Future Science Group is delighted to announce the launch of a new peer-reviewed open access journal, Future Drug Discovery Led by an expert international Editorial...
Trained musicians perform better — at paying attention
Musical training improves the ability to tune out distractions, and the more training, the better the control, reports research published in HeliyonCredit: Elsevier, Helyon London,...
United against jammers: Researchers develop more secure method for data transmission
Communication scheduling and remote estimation with adversarial intervention The motto "united we stand, divided we fall" has found new application in an unlikely discipline -...
Ultra-sharp images make old stars look absolutely marvelous!
Credit: Composite image produced by Mattia Libralato of Space Telescope Science Institute Using high-resolution adaptive optics imaging from the Gemini Observatory, astronomers have uncovered one...
Quick thinking? It’s all down to timing
New insights into neuronal behavior in the brain may pave way to identifying learning disabilities Remember hearing people being called slow learners by teachers and...
New app can secure all your saved emails
Credit: John S. Koh/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--March 26, 2019--While an empty email inbox is something many people strive for, most of us are not...
First explanation for mechanism behind magnetism-driven NTE derived in 40 years
A step closer to developing more durable and less heat-sensitive machine partsCredit: Waseda University If you have tried dismantling your own computer, cell phone or...
Immune-repelling protein prolongs function, survival of human stem-cell-derived beta cells
Approach developed by Mass. General team may get around problems impeding the use of islet-cell transplants Encapsulating human stem-cell-derived beta cells in microcapsules made with...
