New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user’s environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing...
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How the names of organisms help to turn ‘small data’ into ‘Big Data’
Innovation in ‘Big Data’ helps address problems that were previously overwhelming. What we know about organisms is in hundreds of millions of pages published over...
The organizer of body axes
In humans and in animals, the correct position of tissues, organs and appendages is essential. Two body axes (the head-tail and the back-belly axes) usually...
Cancer studies should include overweight, elderly mice
ST. LOUIS — Researchers should include laboratory mice that are old and obese in their studies of immunotherapy treatments for cancer, according to a review...
Prenatal fruit consumption boosts babies’ cognitive development
Credit: Ross Neitz (Edmonton, AB) Most people have heard the old adage “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” It’s an old truth that...
Increased marrying, and mating, by education level not affecting genetic make-up
While the latter half of the 20th century showed a widening gap between the more and less educated with respect to marriage and fertility, this...
Study reveals protein that dials immune responses up and down
La Jolla, Calif., May 25, 2016 — Research led by scientists at the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has identified a new regulator...
‘On-the-fly’ 3-D print system prints what you design, as you design it
ITHACA, N.Y. – 3-D printing has become a powerful tool for engineers and designers, allowing them to do "rapid prototyping" by creating a physical copy...
Improving cell transplantation after spinal cord injury: When, where and how?
Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents, often with devastating and irreversible consequences, and unfortunately having...
Algorithm could help detect and reduce power grid faults
BINGHAMTON, NY – The power grid is aging, overburdened and seeing more faults than ever, according to many. Any of those breaks could easily lead...
Poverty marks a gene, predicting depression
DURHAM, N.C. — A long line of research links poverty and depression. Now, a study by Duke University scientists shows how biology might underlie the...
Turning human waste into next generation biofuel
A brand new outdoor laboratory has been recently launched at UNIST and this is expected to convert human waste into renewable energy sources, and possible...
Children’s digestive health across Europe in crisis
(Brussels, 31 May, 2016) A report investigating the current state of digestive health in children has revealed alarming trends in disease incidence and inequalities in...
The brain clock that keeps memories ticking
Just as members of an orchestra need a conductor to stay on tempo, neurons in the brain need well-timed waves of activity to organize memories...
A combined approach to treating metastatic melanoma
Oncologists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have successfully treated a patient with metastatic melanoma by combining two different types of immunotherapy. Cassian Yee...
