Scientists record brain activity of free-flying bats
Credit: Dave Schmelick and Len Turner/Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University researchers have developed a way to study the brain of a bat as it...
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Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator
Credit: Rikky Muller In 2016, University of California, Berkeley, engineers demonstrated the first implanted, ultrasonic neural dust sensors, bringing closer the day when a Fitbit-like...
Scientists learn how to avoid a roadblock when reprogramming cells
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--April 10, 2018--Over a decade ago, Shinya Yamanaka and Kazutoshi Takahashi made a discovery that would revolutionize biomedical research and trigger the field...
Vampire bats’ bloody teamwork
Many mammals consume blood as part of their diet, but blood is actually a pretty poor source of energy. Only bats (order Chiroptera) include species...
Study finds humans and others exposed to prenatal stress have high stress levels after birth
Credit: Adrian V. Jaeggi Vertebrate species, including humans, exposed to stress prenatally tend to have higher stress hormones after birth, according to a new Dartmouth-led...
Biomarker panel can guide treatment of brain cancer
In an article published April 10th in the journal Cell Reports, researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) describe a biomarker panel that could...
Cancer risk rises as patients wait for diagnostic testing
PHILADELPHIA - The longer a patient with a positive screening result waits for diagnostic testing, the worse their cancer outcomes may become, according to a...
UC Riverside graduate student receives Ford Foundation fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Donovan Argueta, a first-generation college graduate at the University of California, Riverside, has won a Ford Foundation 2018 Dissertation...
A cosmic gorilla effect could blind the detection of aliens
Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech A well-known experiment with young people bouncing a ball showed that when an observer focuses on counting the passes, he does...
Cancer researchers receive more than $2 million to eradicate common form of leukemia
Credit: Scott Wiseman JUPITER, FL--April 10, 2018--Christoph Rader, PhD, associate professor at the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute, has been awarded a $2.875...
Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. student receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Credit: The University of Akron Sharon Truesdell has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship. The program is the NSF's most highly...
Better diagnosing heart transplant rejection and injury
The results of an international clinical trial for a new system of diagnosing heart transplant rejection and injury will be presented publicly for the first...
Blood test may predict future risk of cardiovascular events
Despite heart disease and type 2 diabetes being among the leading causes of death in the U.S., the mechanisms leading to and linking these two...
Newly discovered biomarkers could be key to predicting severity of brain tumor recurrence
Researchers have identified specific predictive biomarkers that could help assess the level of risk for recurrence in patients with malignant glioma. The study, led by...
A tool based on the use of carbon nanoparticles enables detection of antidepressants in urine samples
Credit: University of Cordoba A University of Cordoba research group has designed a tool that enables detection of antidepressants in urine samples in low concentrations....
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