Protecting the brain
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Stunning zinc fireworks when egg meets sperm
Sparks literally fly when a sperm and an egg hit it off. The fertilized mammalian egg releases from its surface ...
World-first ‘bionic bra’ inches closer to reality
The bra, made using intelligent components, will be discussed at the 9th Australasian Biomechanics Conference (ABC9) at UOW from Sunday ...
Fat cells reprogrammed to increase fat burning
White adipose tissue stores excess calories as fat that can be released for use in other organs during fasting. Mammals ...
Turning biological cells to stone improves cancer and stem cell research
Changing flesh to stone sounds like the work of a witch in a fairy tale. But a new technique to ...
Post-doctoral Position in Drug Delivery – Dublin, Ireland
One year Post-doctoral position is funded by Science Foundation Ireland Scalable, one step process for production of inhaled anti-tubercular therapies ...
Robot Control Theory Improves Prosthetic Legs
A University of Texas at Dallas professor applied robot control theory to enable powered prosthetics to dynamically respond to the ...
A lab the size of a postage stamp
Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides' ...
Scientists create Parkinson’s disease in a dish
A team of scientists led by The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute successfully created a human stem ...
Mimicking brain cells to boost computer memory power
Researchers have brought ultra-fast, nano-scale data storage within striking reach, using technology that mimics the human brain. Dr Sharath Sriram, ...
Prosthetic Hand: Amputees ‘Feel’ Sensations
Even before he lost his right hand to an industrial accident 4 years ago, Igor Spetic had family open his ...
‘Endless possibilities’ for bio-nanotechnology
Scientists from the University of Leeds have taken a crucial step forward in bio-nanotechnology, a field that uses biology to ...
BGU ISREAL IGEM 2014 TEAM
Ten BGU undergraduate students will represent Israel in the prestigiousiGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machine) competition for genetic engineering at MIT ...
New approach to boosting biofuel production
Yeast are commonly used to transform corn and other plant materials into biofuels such as ethanol. However, large concentrations of ...
Protein glue shows potential for use with biomaterials
Researchers at the University of Milan in Italy have shown that a synthetic protein called AGMA1 has the potential to ...
DARPA Project Starts Building Human Memory Prosthetics
The first memory-enhancing devices could be implanted within four years Lawrence Livermore engineer Vanessa Tolosa holds up a silicon wafer ...
Microchip reveals how tumor cells transition to invasion
A microscopic obstacle course of carefully spaced pillars enables researchers to observe cancer cells directly as they break away from ...
Bionic Liquids from Lignin
While the powerful solvents known as ionic liquids show great promise for liberating fermentable sugars from lignocellulose and improving the ...
New material could enhance fast and accurate DNA sequencing
Gene-based personalized medicine has many possibilities for diagnosis and targeted therapy, but one big bottleneck: the expensive and time-consuming DNA-sequencing ...
Hijacking the brain’s blood supply
Dangerous brain tumors hijack the brain’s existing blood supply throughout their progression, by growing only within narrow potential spaces between ...
