People with early-onset Parkinson’s disease may benefit from boosting niacin in diet
Credit: University of Leicester Team studied fruit flies with a mutation that mimics the human disease Niacin/Vitamin B3 is found in a variety of foods...
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Study shows biological changes that could underlie higher psychosis risk in immigrants
TORONTO, Jan. 10, 2017 - A new study could explain how migrating to another country increases a person's risk of developing schizophrenia, by altering brain...
Identification of autophagy-dependent secretion machinery
Credit: Osaka University Autophagy has long been considered as a physiological process solely for degradation, but its secretory role has recently emerged. A group of...
Testing how species respond to climate change
Predicting how species will respond to climate change is a critical part of efforts to prevent widespread climate-driven extinction, or to predict its consequences for...
An ordered route to improved performance
Silicon is the dominant material in the production of solar cells. However, perovskites are catching up: they are cheap, flexible and have a promising light-to-electricity...
Review shows limited progress in digitizing NHS records
Health scientists at the University of York have shown that in the 25 years since the NHS was tasked with digitising patient records there has...
Surf and Earth: How prawn shopping bags could save the planet
Credit: University of Nottingham Bioengineers at The University of Nottingham are trialling how to use shrimp shells to make biodegradable shopping bags as a 'green'...
Neurons modulate the growth of blood vessels
Credit: Bild: le Noble/KIT A team of researchers at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) shake at the foundations of a dogma of cell biology. By...
Wearable sensor device helps visually impaired to sense their environment
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a wearable assistive device for the visually impaired, which enables them to sense their environment and move...
Future now — applying lasers in 3-D printing and manufacturing
Credit: World Scientific, 2017 With the rapid advancement of technology in the manufacturing arena, 3D printing is fast becoming a norm. World Scientific's latest book...
2-D materials enhance a 3-D world
Credit: Christopher Petoukhoff In the past decade, two-dimensional, 2D, materials have captured the fascination of a steadily increasing number of scientists. These materials, whose defining...
Noninvasive screening method reveals important properties of pharmaceutical tablets
Information on significant properties of pharmaceutical tablets, such as their mechanical strength and dissolution, can now be obtained without resorting to the conventional, time-consuming and...
Retroviruses ‘almost half a billion years old’
Retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV - are almost half a billion years old, according to new research by scientists at Oxford...
Gravitational biology
Credit: Tokyo Institute of Technology Space travel in a reduced gravity environment can have lasting effects on the body. For example, researches clearly show that...
How to control the unknown: Novel method for robotic manipulation
A simple, linear robot is easy to control. With known goals and a clear understanding of variables, a controller tells the robot the rules to...
