Testing a soft artificial heart
Credit: ETH Zurich It looks like a real heart. And this is the goal of the first entirely soft artificial heart: to mimic its natural...
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EPSRC announces £138 million investment in research-business partnerships
(Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) Two major investments in research partnerships that will strengthen the links between the UK's research base, industry and business...
Fungi can be used as biomonitors for assessing radioactivity in our environment
Credit: UEx Radioactive contamination is the unwanted presence of radioactive substances in the environment. Our environment is contaminated by naturally-occurring and anthropogenic radionuclides, u..
Why a single nuke’s impact shouldn’t only be measured in megatons
Credit: Public domain As the notion of nuclear hostilities leaps from its old, Cold War perch into modern debate, new calculations by University of Nebraska-Lincoln...
Mapping invasive alien species of Union concern
The first ever Baseline Distribution of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern has been published by the JRC. The 37 invasive alien species covered by...
A big step? Trial will test improvisational dance as dementia therapy
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 13, 2017- Depending on what generation you belong to, the term "improvisational dance" may conjure up images of beatniks grooving to...
DFG Senate Commission presents 53rd list of maximum workplace concentrations and biological tolerance values
The Permanent Senate Commission for the Investigation of Health Hazards of Chemical Compounds in the Work Area of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation)...
IPM’s dapivirine vaginal ring now under review by European Medicines Agency
SILVER SPRING, Md. (July 13, 2017) -- The nonprofit International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM) is pleased to announce that its application for the monthly dapivirine...
Getting to the roots of Sahara mustard invasion in the American Southwest
Credit: Susan Gilliland In 2015, a rural community in southeastern California approached Daniel Winkler and his doctoral advisor, Travis Huxman, for help with an invader...
A hit love song for toads
James Cook University researchers in Australia say they now know exactly what makes horny cane toads boogie. And the toad tune could help sound the...
Climate change could mean more weight restrictions and higher costs for airlines
As air temperatures rise at constant pressure, the density of air declines and this makes it harder for an airplane to take off. Increased air...
50-year-old flu virus model revamped, revealing pandemic prediction possibilities
Credit: Seema S. Lakdawala/Pitt PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The scientific textbook depiction of the flu virus is about to get a facelift, due to...
On the way to a biological alternative
Credit: Graphic: Oliver Einsle The research team of Prof. Dr. Oliver Einsle at the University of Freiburg's Institute of Biochemistry has long been exploring the...
Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogens
Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin were able to positively influence the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infection. Using a human lung tissue...
New data network for Huntington’s disease research
Huntington's disease is an hereditary disorder of the nervous system caused by a faulty gene on chromosome four. The faulty gene leads to cell death...
