Rabbits’ detached retina ‘glued’ with new hydrogel
Credit: 2017 Takamasa Sakai. A newly developed elastic gel administered in liquid form and shown to turn jellylike within minutes after injection into rabbits' eyes...
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‘Blurred times’ in a quantum world
Credit: Copyright: Juan Carlos Palomino, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna In everyday life we are used to the idea that properties of an object...
New technologies for astronomical research
The "Novel Astronomical Instrumentation through Photonic Reformatting" (NAIR) project is being funded by the DFG within the "New Instrumentation for Research" call for proposals. The...
Scientists effectively disrupt communication between parasites that spread disease
Prof. Shulamit Michaeli, Dean of Bar-Ilan's Mina and Everard Goodman Faculty of Life Sciences, and member of the Bar-Ilan Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials...
Surprise: Transport proteins evolved long before their compounds emerged
As in an arms race plants constantly develop new toxic compounds to protect themselves against herbivores and diseases - and as in war, mobility is...
Stem cell reprogramming factor controls change in cellular energy generation
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - A little over 10 years ago, the first reprogramming of adult cells into undifferentiated stem cells was achieved....
Researchers identify a new way to promote tissue regeneration
Credit: Houston Methodist Houston Methodist researchers have identified an immune pathway that promotes the formation of a cell that can develop into new tissues and...
Personalized medicine, proton therapy, more advances in lung cancer at upcoming symposium
SAN FRANCISCO, March 9, 2017 -- The press program for next week's 2017 Multidisciplinary Thoracic Cancers Symposium features research advances in lung cancer including immunotherapy,...
Cedars-Sinai neuroscientists pinpoint key gene controlling tumor growth in brain cancers
LOS ANGELES (March 9, 2017) - Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a stem cell-regulating gene that affects tumor growth in patients with brain cancer and can...
Immunotherapy trial cures Tasmanian devils of DFTD
Credit: shutterstock An international study involving multiple institutions over six years has shown that immunotherapy can cure Tasmanian devils of the deadly devil facial tumour...
NTU Singapore and Japan’s RIKEN collaborate in human biology research
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and Japan's flagship research institute in the natural sciences RIKEN are working together to advance research in human biology....
Microwave helmet yields fast and safe evaluation of head injuries
Credit: Boid Results from a clinical study demonstrates that microwave measurements can be used for a rapid detection of intracranial bleeding in traumatic brain injuries....
Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systems
Iran can transition to a fully renewable electricity system and financially benefit from it by 2030. Researchers at Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) show that...
The prototype of a chemical computer detects a sphere
Loading video... Credit: IPC PAS, Hirox Chemical computers are becoming ever more of a reality - this is being proven by scientists from the Institute...
Artificial intelligence and robots to make offshore windfarms safer and cheaper
The University of Manchester is leading a consortium to investigate advanced technologies, including robotics and artificial intelligence, for the operation and maintenance of offshore windfarms....
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