Breast milk as drug-delivery device
Treating sick babies with engineered breast milk could someday be a reality, according to an article in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN), the weekly newsmagazine...
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BU medical students win award for video on preventing falls from operating room tables
(Boston)--Two fourth-year medical students from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have been honored with the "Best Instructional Exhibit Award" for their scientific presentation, Falls...
SLU study: Mediterranean diet boosts endurance exercise within days
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Researchers at Saint Louis University have found that eating a Mediterranean diet can improve athletes' endurance exercise performance...
Spin devices rev up
UTokyo researchers aim for spintronic applications thanks to great leap forwardCredit: ©2019 The Institute for Solid State Physics Electric currents drive all our electronic devices....
‘Radiance Light Trends’ shows changes in Earth’s light emissions
New web application allows anyone to analyze lighting trends observed by satellites since 1992Credit: GFZ Many scientific datasets from satellites are in principle available for...
Graphene quantum dots for single electron transistors
Credit: Davit Ghazaryan Scientists from the Higher School of Economics, Manchester University, the Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology and the Korea Institute of...
Male bottlenose dolphins form bachelor groups with their relatives
When it comes to wooing the 'ladies', it turns out male bottlenose dolphins employ special tactics with their brothers or cousins to increase their odds...
Autism: Brain activity as a biomarker
Researchers from Jülich, Switzerland, France, the Netherlands, and the UK have discovered specific activity patterns in the brains of people with autism. These consistent patterns...
AI study of risk factors in type 1 diabetes
Credit: Photo: Elin Lindström Claessen In combination with conventional statistical methods, artificial intelligence (AI) has now been used in a study of risk factors in...
Swifts are born to eat and sleep in the air
"They eat and sleep while they are airborne. This is something that researchers have believed since the 1950s, and now we can show that it's...
Electrifying wound care: Better bandages to destroy bacteria
New study offers fundamental clues about electroceutical wound care COLUMBUS, Ohio--Bandages infused with electricity can help heal wounds faster than typical bandages or antibiotics--but for...
Binghamton University earns ‘very high research’ status in Carnegie Classifications
Joins with elite national universities that have achieved highest rank BINGHAMTON, NY - Binghamton University, State University of New York can now count itself among...
Impact of urbanization on wild bees underestimated
Credit: Paul Glaum ANN ARBOR--Wild bees are indispensable pollinators, supporting both agricultural productivity and the diversity of flowering plants worldwide. But wild bees are experiencing...
Menopause symptoms nearly double the risk of chronic pain
Study of Veterans Health Administration records suggest relationship between menopause symptoms and multiple chronic health conditions CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 6, 2019)--In addition to the other...
Low-cost ‘cancer probe’ could spot deadly melanoma early
Credit: University of British Columbia Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, is diagnosed in more than 130,000 people globally every year. Now, work is...
