New study highlights ‘alarmingly high’ rate of visual problems in stroke survivors
A new University study, published in PLOS ONE, highlights the high incidence and prevalence of visual problems in acute stroke survivors. A stroke is a...
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New study shows an eye scan can detect signs of Alzheimer’s disease
Study published in a journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology suggests the noninvasive scan may also help distinguish between Alzheimer's and mild cognitive impairment...
FAIR biodiversity data in Pensoft journals thanks to a routine data auditing workflow
Credit: Pensoft To avoid publication of openly accessible, yet unusable datasets, fated to result in irreproducible and inoperable biological diversity research at some point down...
Inhibiting post-translational modifications may lower oxidative stress in the aging eye
This article is by D.W.-C. Li et al. is published in Current Molecular Medicine, Volume 18, Issue 9, 2018 Retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells are...
Researchers of Russia and Finland to create a unique wind turbine for the Arctic
Researchers develop energy-efficient installations based on the use of wind power to supply consumers in the ArcticCredit: https://pixabay.com/ (free) Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University...
Blood pressure control is beneficial, is it not?
New findings on blood pressure control in older adults Until recently, physicians had generally assumed that older adults benefit from keeping their blood pressure below...
SniffPhone detects cancer from breath
VTT involved in the development of a cancer screening deviceCredit: Copyright: JLM Innovation GmbH SniffPhone, currently in its prototype phase, enables early diagnosis of gastric...
Mechanized cane measures patients’ rehabilitation process without noticing it
It monitors a person's time of use and weight-bearing while walking, in a nonintrusive way for users and at low costCredit: University of Malaga Robot-aided...
Battlefield AI gets $72 million Army investment
Credit: Army Illustration by Jhi Scott, CCDC Army Research Laboratory ADELPHI, Md. (March 11, 2019) - The U.S. Army is investing $72 million in a...
Across diseases, women are diagnosed later than men
When men and women contract a disease, it is very different when this is discovered by the healthcare system. On average, women are diagnosed later...
Roadmap for cyber security research
secUnity collaboration presents recommendations in Brussels In their secUnity roadmap, 30 renowned European IT security experts of the BMBF-funded secUnity collaboration outlined how digital threats...
New diagnostic clues found for life limiting lung condition
A new biomarker that could be used to provide earlier diagnosis for a life limiting lung condition has been identified by researchers at the University...
How to train your robot (to feed you dinner)
Credit: Eric Johnson/University of Washington About 1 million adults in the United States need someone to help them eat, according to census data from 2010....
Physicists lower threshold for detecting extremely weak magnetic signals
New diagnostic optionsCredit: Oliver Dietze Physicists at Saarland University have developed magnetic field sensors that are breaking sensitivity records and opening up a whole range...
Samara Polytech scientists developed a lunar walker
Scientists called the invention LarifugaCredit: @SamaraPolytech Larifuga translated from Latin - "tramper". Projects of walking structures is the result of one of the interdisciplinary teams...
