New approach captures the energy of slow motion
Credit: Qing Wang, Penn State A new concept in energy harvesting could capture energy currently wasted due to its characteristic low frequency and use it...
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Researchers confirm molecule’s role in kidney formation
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Research in the laboratory of Rebecca Wingert, the Gallagher Family Associate Professor of Adult Stem Cell Research in the...
Why big brains are rare
Credit: David Kilper/Washington University As a species we're so brain-proud it doesn't occur to most of us to ask whether a big brain has disadvantages...
New insight for developing more effective drugs to combat inflammatory bowel disease
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestine that includes Crohn's disease and...
The last frontier
UC Santa Barbara neuroscientist Kenneth S. Kosik has been studying the brain for decades. His UC Santa Barbara neurobiology lab focuses on the evolution of...
NSF-funded startups demo tech at CES 2017 Eureka Park
More than 20 small businesses funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) will showcase their early stage technologies at the 2017 CES, a global conference...
Penn: Epigenetic change ties mitochondrial dysfunction to tumor progression
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Mitochondria, the mighty energy factories of the cell, often malfunction in cancer, as well as in other conditions such as aging,...
NOAA awards $8 million for coastal resiliency investments across the nation
Credit: NOAA NOAA Fisheries is pleased to announce $8 million in recommended funding for 11 shovel-ready coastal resiliency projects in various sites across the country....
UTA bioengineering professor Kytai Nguyen named AIMBE Fellow
Credit: UTA Kytai Nguyen, a professor in the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named a Fellow of the American...
Female promiscuity in butterflies controls paternity
Credit: Thorin Jonsson The eggs of some butterfly and moth species vary to give females control over the paternity of their offspring, according to new...
Tattoos mark the spot — for surgery — then disappear
Credit: Jin-sil Choi/ Hsian-Rong Tseng Tattoos aren't just for body art. They can have medical applications, too. Doctors are using them on patients to mark...
Study finds ‘striking’ use of double mastectomy
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Nearly half of early stage breast cancer patients considered having double mastectomy and one in...
New Special Issue on digestive tumors in Latin America
ecancermedicalscience has published a new Special Issue on digestive cancers in Latin America, bringing together five articles from experts in the region. The incidence and...
Impact of climate change on microbial biodiversity
Credit: Dr Jianjun Wang The scientists discovered that climate change affects biodiversity most strongly in the most natural environments, as well as the most nutrient...
Newly discovered mechanism in cells can regulate the immune system
Credit: Credit: M. Høgh Jensen og M. Heltberg, NBI) Special proteins are important for the function of cells and play an important role in processes...
