UNC/N.C. State spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’ insulin devices
Credit: UNC/ NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. CHAPEL HILL, NC - Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State Joint Biomedical Engineering Program could...
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Penn study details impact of antibiotics, antiseptics on skin microbiomes
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The use of topical antibiotics can dramatically alter communities of bacteria that live on the skin, while the use of...
Diagnosing obesity by mathematically estimating abdominal fat
Credit: SIAM Abdominal obesity, or fat that accumulates around one's stomach and abdomen, has long been considered to pose a high health risk in individuals....
Older dads have ‘geekier’ sons
New King's College London research suggests that sons of older fathers are more intelligent, more focused on their interests and less concerned about fitting in,...
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by: L. Brian Stauffer Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy source. Renewable biofuels can come...
New findings reverse hypothesis of GABA neurodevelopment in schizophrenia
Philadelphia, PA, June 20, 2017 - New research by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh provides an unprecedented level of resolution and insight into disturbances...
Plant reveals anti-Alzheimer’s compounds
Japanese scientists have developed a method to isolate and identify active compounds in plant medicines, which accurately accounts for drug behavior in the body. Using...
Ancient skulls shed light on migration in the Roman empire
Credit: NC State University Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean world, coastal communities in what...
New study advances understanding on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders
A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by changing their brain's reaction to...
Simple tactic results in dramatic water conservation, study shows
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Rain or shine has new meaning thanks to an innovative, inexpensive and simple tactic developed by researchers at Florida Atlantic University...
Enhanced photocatalytic activity by Cu2O nanoparticles integrated H2Ti3O7 nanotubes
Credit: NANO Journal Why do we construct nanocomposite for the photocatalytic oxidation desulfurization? Current hydrodesulfurization (HDS) technology is hard to remove thiols and refractory thi..
Infections in early life associated with increased risk for Celiac disease
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Infections during infancy are associated with increased risk for gluten intolerance (celiac disease) later on....
Unlock molecular secrets with mobile game BioBlox2-D
Credit: BioBlox BioBlox2D is the result of a collaboration between researchers at Imperial College London and Goldsmiths, University of London. It turns the science of...
Genetic modifier for Huntington’s disease progression identified
A team led by UCL and Cardiff University researchers has developed a novel measure of disease progression for Huntington's disease, which enabled them to identify...
A new adjustable optical microprobe for the analysis and control of deep brain regions
Researchers from the IIT- Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Lecce, Italy, and the Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA, have developed a new optical microprobe...
