Simulations characterize turbulence caused by common connection for dialysis
A new model incorporating the shape changes of veins and the arteriovenous grafts connecting to them shows much of the blood turbulence can be mitigated...
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Harmful metals found in vapors from tank-style electronic cigarettes
UC Riverside study analyzed six popular e-cigarette tanks and their atomizersCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A team of scientists at the University...
Study shows nearly half of cancer patients who enter a comprehensive tobacco treatment program quit smoking
Quitlines and other minimal interventions average less than 20% smoking abstinence ratesCredit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- In the largest smoking cessation study of...
Cellular aging is linked to structural changes in the brain
Telomeres on human chromosomes change together with brain structureCredit: MPI CBS Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that become shorter with each...
Analyses of newborn babies’ head odors suggest importance in facilitating bonding
Credit: Kobe University A team led by Kobe University Professor Mamiko Ozaki (Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science) has become the first to identify...
Cancer tumours form surprising connections with healthy brain cells
Healthy neurons form synapses with aggressive brain cancer cells that stimulate the growth and proliferation of brain cancer; anti-epileptic medicine can curb the dangerous communication...
Genetic markers linked to the start of symptoms of Parkinson’s disease
New therapeutic targetsCredit: University of Barcelona - UBNeuro Researchers from the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona (UBNeuro), Hospital ClÃnic and the August...
New design of bioactive peptide nanofibers keeping both temperature reversibility and stiffness control
Credit: Takahiro Muraoka, TUAT A collaboration mainly led by scientists from Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) in Japan has developed a new method...
$3M grant to create cybersecurity modeled after human body
University of Arizona electrical and computer engineering researchers are training a future cybersecurity workforce and creating bioinspired methods for keeping computers secureCredit: University of Arizona...
Men with prostate cancer can be spared radiotherapy after surgery
ESMO 2019 Congress, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, Barcelona, SpainCredit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Barcelona, Spain, 27 September 2019 - Men with prostate...
Longest coral reef survey to date reveals major changes in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Marine biologist Prof. Maoz Fine: 'Following in the footsteps of the pioneers of coral reef biology and ecology was an inspirational experience'Credit: Professor Maoz Fine,...
Geometry goes viral: Researchers use maths to solve virus puzzle
Researchers have developed a new mathematical framework that changes the way we understand the structure of viruses such as Zika and HerpesCredit: Prof Reidun Twarock,...
Why viruses like Herpes and Zika will need to be reclassified, and its biotech impact
New findings reveal many different structural models, which can eventually lead to developing more targeted antiviral vaccines.Credit: Antoni Luque, San Diego State University and Reidun...
A laser, a crystal and molecular structures
New tool uses wider light spectrum to identify moleculesCredit: Image by Takuro Ideguchi, CC BY-ND-4.0 Researchers have built a new tool to study molecules using...
Life’s building blocks may have formed in interstellar clouds
Credit: Hokkaido University An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life -- nucleobases -- could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed...
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