UrFU student developing 3D printer for creating implants
Eugeniy Volokhin will receive 500 thousand rubles for the development of his project as part of the program 'UMNIK' The UrFU Institute of Physics and...
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Men taking medications for enlarged prostate face delays in prostate cancer diagnosis
Men treated with medications for symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) experienced a two-year delay in diagnosis of their prostate cancer and were twice as...
Clinical trial looks at absorption levels of sunscreen active ingredients into bloodstream
Bottom Line: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommends that active ingredients in sunscreen absorbed into the bloodstream above a certain level undergo toxicology testing....
Artificial intelligence improves power transmission
PrognoNetz: Self-learning sensor networks to predict the resilience of overhead lines -- adapting operation to weather for optimal use of the gridCredit: Figure: ITIV, KIT...
Form drives function in cancer proliferation
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - May 6, 2019 - A new study finds that the protein responsible for the crawling movements of cells also drives the...
Plastic gets a do-over: Breakthrough discovery recycles plastic from the inside out
Scientists from Berkeley Lab have made a next-generation plastic that can be recycled again and again into new materials of any color, shape, or formCredit:...
Making a ‘to do’ list for trauma docs
Study: Digital checklist can support trauma teams without hampering performanceCredit: Drexel University In hospital trauma centers, where life-or-death decisions are made in seconds, fractions of...
Brain injury from low oxygen affects specific cells, Stanford-led study finds
Low oxygen levels are a well-known cause of brain injury in premature babies. But the mechanism by which low oxygen hurts the developing human brain...
Quantum computing with graphene plasmons
Credit: © University of Vienna, created by Thomas Rögelsperger A novel material that consists of a single sheet of carbon atoms could lead to new...
Secrets of the ‘blue supergiant’ revealed
Blue supergiants are the rock-and-roll stars of the universe. They are massive stars that live fast and die young which makes them rare and difficult...
Female flies respond to sensation of sex, not just sperm
Credit: Igor Siwanowicz Female fruit flies can feel when a sexual partner is a good fit. Scientists have long known that proteins in a male...
Improving the well-being of heart-failure patients
Credit: DZHI Wuerzburg Many patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) are anxious of the shock delivered by the device to stop life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia...
‘Google Maps’ for cancer: Image-based computer model reveals finer details of tumor blood flow
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers develop an image-based computer model of tumor behavior that captures more of the complexity of cancer growthCredit: Arvind Pathak, Ph.D. Johns...
Trans-catheter aortic valve replacement can improve outcomes in low-risk surgical patients
Study presented today at AATS 99th Annual Meeting finds that after one year, incidence of adverse events with TAVR was significantly lower than surgery TORONTO...
UMN researchers advance understanding of atrial fibrillation-related dementia
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- May 6, 2019- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have determined that atrial fibrillation (Afib) is independently associated with changes that occur with...