Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable
Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The study was...
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Patients to skip the lab, get immediate results with new blood test technology
Credit: Arsenii Zhdanov TAMPA, Fla. (March 26, 2018)- The often costly, time consuming process of obtaining bloodwork and urinalysis could soon get a major overhaul....
Ultrathin endoscope captures neurons firing deep in the brain
Credit: Shay Ohayon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair that can image the activity...
Themed issue lays foundation for emerging field of collective movement ecology
On land, in air, and through water, many species of animals move together in groups. Thundering herds of wildebeest migrate across the Serengeti; murmurations of...
Caribou drone study finds ‘enormous variation’ within herd
Credit: Drone footage courtesy Andrew Berdahl et al. Camera footage courtesy Jeff Turner, River Road Films, Ltd. Edited by Nate Kitchens for the Santa Fe...
Prenatal stress changes brain connectivity in-utero
March 26, 2018 - Boston - The time babies spend in the womb is far from idle. The brain is changing more rapidly during this...
Worsening worldwide land degradation now ‘critical,’ undermining well-being of 3.2 billion people
Credit: Mclein/Shutterstock.com Medellin, Colombia -- Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of two fifths of humanity, driving species extinctions and...
A simple method developed for 3-D bio-fabrication based on bacterial cellulose
Credit: Luiz G. Greca Bacterial cellulose (BC) nanofibers are promising building blocks for the development of sustainable materials with the potential to outperform conventional synthetic...
New method speeds up development of medication
Credit: UZH One of the key steps in developing new drugs is determining the atomic structure of its biologically active substances. This generally involves performing...
Edges and corners increase efficiency of catalytic converters
Credit: Credit: DESY, Lucid Berlin Catalytic converters for cleaning exhaust emissions are more efficient when they use nanoparticles with many edges. This is one of...
Chance is a factor in the survival of species
In a major study, biologists at Lund University in Sweden have studied the role of chance in whether a species survives or dies out locally....
Media advisory: International Liver Congress 2018
When: April 11-15, 2018 Where: Paris expo Porte de Versailles, 1 Place de la Porte de Versailles, 75015 Paris, France What is ILC 2018? The...
Scientists launch global effort to model pancreatic beta cell, solve diabetes
Credit: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya, Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience USC researchers have launched a massive scientific effort to construct a detailed,...
Opioid analgesics reduce use of antipsychotics in persons with Alzheimer’s disease
Initiating an opioid analgesic reduced the use of antipsychotics and benzodiazepines in persons with Alzheimer's disease, a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland...
Remake, refill, reuse: Recycling at the synapse revealed
Credit: OIST Neurons in the brain form tangled webs of connections. Within these webs, cells communicate with each other to control motor, cognitive and other...
