Emerging trends in advanced nano-materials based electrochemical geno-sensors
Advancement in technology is making life easier. However, innovation in nano-materials has made them important enough and now they are represented as the most promising...
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Scientists launch evolutionary study to explore the origins of fish that walk A new research collaboration with support from the National Science Foundation, or NSF,...
MRI technique shows unique signatures of concussion in rugby players
Using MRI to study the brains of young female athletes has helped researchers develop an objective way to monitor a concussion injury. By using a...
Austerity results in 'social murder' according to new research
Severe cuts to benefits and the 'ratcheting up' of conditions attached to benefits -- is 'social murder', according to new research by Lancaster University The...
Brain confetti — why our sense of smell declines in old age
Credit: © Helmholtz Zentrum München In mammals, generation of new neurons (neurogenesis) is mainly limited to early childhood and occurs in adulthood only in a...
Alterations detected in brain connectivity in patients with type 1 diabetes
A study carried out by the UB shows the patients' brain adapts to cognitive changes caused by the diseaseCredit: UB Patients with Type 1 Diabetes...
UNH research finds recreationists support offshore wind energy development
DURHAM, N.H.-- From boat enthusiasts to anglers, researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found surprisingly widespread support for offshore wind energy development (OWD)...
Diabetes drug could be used to treat common heart failure syndrome, study suggests
Credit: iStock.com/theasis Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, might also be used...
Scientists discover over 450 fossilized millipedes in 100-million-year-old amber
Credit: Dr Thomas Wesener Since the success of the Jurassic Park film series, it is widely known that insects from the Age of the Dinosaurs...
The role of calcium handling mechanisms in reperfusion injury
This article by Dr. Dimitrios A. Vrachatiets al. is published in Current Drug Delivery, Volume 24, 46 Issues, 2018 Stroke and myocardial infarction (MI) are...
Johns Hopkins Medicine & Kennedy Krieger named certified Mitochondrial Medicine Center
Baltimore, MD , December 19, 2018 -- The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Kennedy Krieger Institute have jointly been named a certified Mitochondrial...
New research suggests forests, like humans, require a balanced diet
Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU MORGANTOWN, W. Va.-- The world's forests are on a fast food diet of carbon dioxide, which is currently causing them to grow...
New frontiers in clinical drug research on Alzheimer's disease
Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research - Alzheimer Disorders (Volume 7) will be of particular interest to readers interested in drug therapy of this specific neurodegenerative...
E-bandage generates electricity, speeds wound healing in rats
Credit: American Chemical Society Skin has a remarkable ability to heal itself. But in some cases, wounds heal very slowly or not at all, putting...
The chemistry year in review
Many of us view the year's end as a time for reflection, and chemists are no different. As we say goodbye to 2018, Chemical &...
