High-fat diet and age alter microflora and cause inflammation in heart failure
Experiments with mice show involvement of gut bacteria and spleen in this heart pathologyCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Growing older and a high-fat diet enriched...
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How hair dye works (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, March 1, 2019 -- Whether you need a disguise to run from the law or are just trying to...
‘Hooking’ digital lives through cognitive science
SFU adjunct professor Luc Beaudoin has created strategies for better sleep and improving memory function. His latest venture tackles another cognitive efficiency of sorts--connecting everything...
Tracking firefighters in burning buildings
McMaster researchers create fireproof, self powered sensorCredit: McMaster University HAMILTON, March 1, 2019 - McMaster researchers, working with partners at other universities, have created a...
BFU scientists learned how to manage the properties of amorphous microwires
A team of physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University and MISIS learned how to manage properties of amorphous microwires by adjusting internal mechanical stressCredit:...
Bioluminescence sensors make new approaches to drug discovery possible
Canadian and Brazilian researchers describe the use of 13 molecular tools for measuring different intracellular signaling pathways and evaluating the action mechanisms of new drugs...
New X-ray measurement approach could improve CT scanners
A new measurement approach proposed by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could lead to a better way to calibrate computed...
Endangered eel located using DNA from one liter of water
Credit: Kobe University Researchers have shed light on the distribution of Japanese eel by analyzing environmental DNA (eDNA) from small samples of river water. This...
A clearer view of past climate from tree rings
To see where the Earth's climate is headed, we have to see where it's been -- and a new San Francisco State University study could...
Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer
Research highlights differences in breast cancer risk among Asian American women who immigrated versus their U.S.-born counterpartsCredit: University of California, Riverside Overall, breast cancer rates...
China-led research collaboration develops new way to test gene-editing safety
Chinese and international scientists have developed a new technique to evaluate the safety of genome-editing tools - a method that could become the industry standard....
A new technique allows researchers to focus the action of drugs via infrared light
Credit: Montserrat Porta, Aida Garrido. Having absolute control of the activity of a molecule in an organism. Deciding when, where and how a drug is...
Considerably reduced toxicant levels in heated tobacco prototype compared to cigarettes
Imperial Brands presents debut research on heated tobacco prototype at the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco Bristol, February 28th 2019 - New research*...
EMA qualification opinion on cellular therapy module of the EBMT Registry
EBMT receives a regulatory qualification from the European Medicine Agency on the use of its patient registry to support novel CAR T-cell therapies CAR T-cell...
Gene transcription machinery constrains DNA movements, study suggests
Credit: Nagashima et al., 2019 Researchers in Japan have discovered that the DNA inside human cells moves around less when its genes are active. The...
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