The first tendril-like soft robot able to climb
Researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia obtained the first artificial plant tendrils: it is a soft robot able to curl and climb, using the same...
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Announcing the fourth edition of PCR Tokyo Valves
PCR Tokyo Valves, the learning platform for sharing the best practice of Japan, the Asia Pacific region and beyond in valvular interventions, will be back...
Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDV outbreaks
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreaks. The...
Study of archaeal cells could teach us more about ourselves
Forty-two years after Carl Woese defined archaea as the third domain of life, scientists at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) at...
Multiple sclerosis: Perilous ruptures
The permanent neurological deficits of multiple sclerosis patients largely depend on the extent of degeneration of long nerve fibers. The latter is initiated by ruptures...
Graphene can hear your brain whisper
Graphene Flagship researchers develop a sensor that records brain activity at extremely low frequencies and could lead to new treatments for epilepsyCredit: ICFO/Ernesto Vidal The...
Effective method for reducing hospital stay after 'whipple' operation
Implementing a new recovery pathway speeds time to next treatment for pancreatic cancer patients by 15 days, without increasing complication rates PHILADELPHIA - Pancreaticoduodenectomy, or...
PopPUNK advances speed of bacterial pathogen surveillance
Credit: Lees et al. 2019 Jan 24, 2019 -- Differences in genetic diversity among bacterial pathogens correlate with clinically important factors, such as virulence and...
Genetic risk for ADHD manifest in brain structure in childhood
Genetic variants related to intelligence and educational attainment found to be associated with larger total brain volume There is only scant scientific evidence available on...
HBOT showed improvement in Alzheimer's Disease
New Orleans, LA - Dr. Paul Harch, Clinical Professor and Director of Hyperbaric Medicine at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and Dr. Edward...
Research shows what it takes to be a giant shark
Have you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are much smaller?Credit: Guillermo Torres. Banco...
LGB and other sexual minorities face significant health disparities
Sexual minorities -- people who are attracted to members of the same sex or who identify as gay, lesbian or bisexual -- are at a...
Study: Keloids linked to early onset and late stage breast cancer
DETROIT - Findings from a new study conducted by researchers at Henry Ford Health System suggest a link between keloids and increased risk of being...
Kidney-resident macrophages — a role for healing during acute kidney injury?
These kidney macrophages reprogram to a developmental state after kidney injury, similar to those in newborn mice.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - During development in the...
Insufficient evidence' that antidepressants affect fertility or infertility-treatment outcomes
January 24, 2019 - Based on limited research, there's no strong evidence that selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - the most widely used class of antidepressants...
