Predicting Alzheimer’s disease-like memory loss before it strikes
New study shows how patterns in brain activity can be an early predictor of Alzheimer's symptomsCredit: Photographer: Lauren Bayless, Gladstone Institutes (Please note the "s...
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NIH awards Cleveland Clinic $12 M to study link between gut microbes, heart disease
Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., Mark Brown, Ph.D., and their teams will continue to study the role of microbial pathways and cardiometabolic diseasesCredit: Cleveland Clinic CLEVELAND:...
SwRI-developed direction-finding antenna wins 2019 R&D 100 Award
AF-369 VHF/UHF terrestrial antenna boosts sensitivity and accuracy, reduces costCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- Nov. 19, 2019 -- Mitigating ongoing threats to national...
Children’s Tumor Foundation and DELopen increase access to compounds for neurofibromatosis
Credit: Children's Tumor Foundation New York: November 19, 2019 - The Children's Tumor Foundation (CTF), an innovative and global neurofibromatosis (NF) research foundation announced today...
Robotic transplants safe for kidney disease patients with obesity
Obese patients previously considered 'ineligible' for transplantCredit: UIC/ Jenny Fontaine Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago report that among patients with obesity, robotic...
Tiny filters help detect cancerous blood cells
A computer model is used to guide the design of tiny pillars in a microfluidic device used to detect malignant multiple myeloma cellsCredit: Lidan You,...
A new pathway to ‘reprogram’ killer cells
Credit: Institute of Pathology, University of Bern The so-called natural killer (NK) cells are cells of the innate immune system that recognize and eliminate infected...
A remote control for everything small
Atoms, molecules or even living cells can be manipulated with light beams; at TU Wien a method was developed to revolutionize such 'optical tweezers'Credit: TU...
Milestone reached in new leukemia drug
Credit: Vakoc lab/CSHL, 2019 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory scientists, with chemists and cancer biologists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), have developed a new therapy that...
Birds of a feather flock together, but how do they decide where to go?
Researchers propose a new method of studying coordinated behavior in biological systems, which they use to study pigeon flightsCredit: Angie Bandari WASHINGTON, D.C., November 19,...
Laying out directions for future of reliable blood clotting molecule models
Emerging methods for simulating the net-forming molecule behind clots, von Willebrand Factor, point to several promising avenues for future thrombus therapiesCredit: Zixiang Liu WASHINGTON, D.C.,...
Scientists find evidence of missing neutron star
Astronomers uncover the relic at the heart of Supernova 1987A that has been hidden for over 30 yearsCredit: Cardiff University The leftovers from a spectacular...
RNA regulation is crucial for embryonic stem cell differentiation
Credit: Will Garland/AU Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) are distinguished by their dual ability to self-renew and their potential to differentiate, both of which require tight...
The first high-speed straight motion of magnetic skyrmion at room temperature demonstrated
Credit: Takaaki Dohi and Shunsuke Fukami Researchers at Tohoku University have, for the first time, successfully demonstrated a formation and current-induced motion of synthetic antiferromagnetic...
CUHK Faculty of Engineering develops browser-based analysis framework observer
Detecting malicious click interception and mitigating web security threatCredit: The Chinese University of Hong Kong To investigate the problem of click interception, the research team...
