Tailor-made prosthetic liners could help more amputees walk again
Researchers at the University of Bath have developed a new way of designing and manufacturing bespoke prosthetic liners, in less than a dayCredit: University of...
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National emergency alerts potentially vulnerable to attack
On October 3, 2018, cell phones across the United States received a text message labeled "Presidential Alert." The message read: "THIS IS A TEST of...
Study: Phenols in cocoa bean shells may reverse obesity-related problems in mouse cells
Credit: Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists may have discovered more reasons to love chocolate. A new study by researchers at the University of Illinois...
Do ice cores help to unravel the clouds of climate history?
International team measures ice nuclei from Arctic clouds of the past 500 years for the first timeCredit: Photo: Heike Wex, TROPOS Leipzig/Copenhagen/Villigen/Beijing. For the first...
Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma benefit from targeted therapies
Penn study investigated real-world treatment outcomes among Medicare patients PHILADELPHIA--Many elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC)--who are often underrepresented in clinical trials to...
Rare recessive mutations pry open new windows on autism
Comprehensive study offers previously unknown clues to autism's underlying biology Over the past decade, autism spectrum disorder has been linked to mutations in a variety...
Advanced NMR at Ames Lab captures new details in nanoparticle structures
Advanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have revealed surprising details about the structure of a key group...
Famed oceanographer Walter Munk honored with new award for students
Alfredo Giron, Ph.D., is first recipient of the award presented by the Marine Technology Society and the Walter Munk Foundation for the OceansCredit: Marine Technology...
NRL, Southwest Research Institute to add PUNCH to NASA’s solar mission
Credit: Graphic courtesy of PUNCH Team/Southwest Research Institute WASHINGTON - U.S. Naval Research Laboratory researchers partnered with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to shine a light...
Animals may have more than one means of surviving hypoxia
Credit: Allie Graham and Jason Presnell, OSU College of Science CORVALLIS, Ore. - A tidepool crustacean's ability to survive oxygen deprivation though it lacks a...
Epilepsy and sudden death linked to bad gene
The same gene mutation causes both severe epilepsy and breathing irregularitiesCredit: Dan Mulkey and Virge Kask, University of Connecticut. In sudden death in epilepsy, people...
Sugars that coat proteins are a possible drug target for pancreatitis
Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas that accounts for 275,000 hospitalizations in the United States...
Long thought harmless, a glycan biomarker may cause pancreatic disease and cancer
A widely recognized biomarker for pancreatic disease, CA19-9, thought to be benign for decades, may in fact be a promoter for the development of these...
University of Virginia leads fibrosis initiative
Charlottesville, VA (June 20, 2019) Fibrosis is often associated with many of the fatal diseases that pervade our globe, riddling organs with stiff tissue that...
Largest study of CTE finds it in 6% of subjects
Interestingly, the traumatic brain disease is identified in both athletes and non-athletes.Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO -- Nearly 6% of athletes and non-athletes...
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