UTA researcher creates hydrogels capable of complex movement
Credit: UT Arlington Living organisms expand and contract soft tissues to achieve complex, 3-D movements and functions, but replicating those movements with man-made materials has...
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Climate-induced soil changes may cause more erosion and flash flooding
Credit: USDA Riverside, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) --The earth beneath our feet isn't usually the first thing that comes to mind when people think about the impacts...
HKU student wins technology and innovation contest in China
Credit: @HKU Year- 6 medical student Mr Lai Hei-ming from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) won...
Sleep apnea could favor tumor growth at young ages
Credit: UB-CIBERES A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young individuals. Thus, aing would be...
2018 Golden Goose Award recognizes five researchers and their basic research that benefits society
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The seventh annual Golden Goose Award ceremony will recognize three teams of scientists whose silly-sounding research has returned serious benefits to society....
International Vertebrate Genomes Project releases first 15 high-quality reference genomes
The Genome 10K G10K) announces the official launch of a new project, the international Vertebrate Genomes Project (VGP), and its first release of 15 new,...
Heat-related deaths likely to increase significantly as global temperatures rise, warn researchers
The world needs to keep global temperatures in check by meeting the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, or more people could die because...
ACA expansion did not improve access to complex surgeries for low-income/minority patients
WASHINGTON -- A first look at the Affordable Care Act (ACA)'s Medicaid expansion finds that despite expectations, there was no increased use of complex surgical...
Gene techÂnoÂlogy brings more preÂcise inÂforÂmaÂtion on the causes of diaÂbetes
(University of Helsinki) Dysfunction in insulin-producing pancreatic cells is the ultimate cause of diabetes. A new doctoral study introduces a novel model to study the...
A potential new way to treat some of the most common blinding diseases
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, September 13, 2018 - Many eye diseases, including diabetic retinopathy and macular degeneration, exhibit increased permeability of...
Obesity alters airway muscle function, increases Asthma risk
Rockville, Md. (September 13, 2018)--New research suggests that obesity changes how airway muscles function, increasing the risk of developing asthma. The study is published ahead...
BPA exposure in US-approved levels may alter insulin response in non-diabetic adults
Credit: MU News Bureau In a first study of its kind study, researchers have found that a common chemical consumers are exposed to several times...
Social class determines how the unemployed talk about food insecurity
Credit: "Cherry Blossom " (pseudonym), 2012 "Cherry Blossom," a 39-year-old woman worked as a hotel breakfast bar hostess around the start of the "Great Recession."...
KKH develops rapid genomic sequencing to diagnose critically ill children with rare diseases
A multi-disciplinary team at KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has developed a test to enable faster diagnosis of rare diseases to help critically ill...
Lesbian, gay or bisexual youth are at increased risk of using multiple substances
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Young people who identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual are at increased risk of using substances such as alcohol, nicotine and marijuana,...
