Professor’s eyes are on the prize: A treatment to help others see better
Credit: Courtesy of Mason Engineering When Mason Engineering's Qi Wei sees people with vision troubles, she knows there is more ...
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Engineering the meniscus
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 23, 2019-Damage to the meniscus is common, but there remains ...
For World Rhino Day, UMass Amherst and Australia’s Perth Zoo team create 3D rhino model
Scientists, artists, educators, museums, non-profits worldwide use true-to-life modelsCredit: UMass Amherst/Perth Zoo AMHERST, Mass. - The Digital Life team at ...
New CRISPR class expands genetic engineering toolbox
The new approach opens up nearly 90 percent of CRISPR-Cas systems for use in human cells, including biomedical research and ...
Soap from straw — Scientists develop eco friendly ingredient from agricultural waste
Credit: University of Portsmouth A scientist has discovered a way of using one of the world's most abundant natural resources ...
Better samples, better science: new study explores integrity of research specimens
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State university Effective diagnosis and treatment of disease draws on painstaking research, which often ...
Light-activated metal catalyst destroys cancer cells’ vital energy source
A space-age metal that formed part of the asteroid that destroyed the dinosaurs could provide a new method of treating ...
Researchers resolve how fungi produce compounds with potential pharmaceutical applications
Credit: Illustration by Life Sciences Institute multimedia designer Rajani Arora. ANN ARBOR--Research led by the University of Michigan Life Sciences ...
Synchronised or independent neurons: this is how the brain encodes information
Combining predictive mathematical models and laboratory experiments, a study by SISSA has shed light on several mechanisms behind this phenomenonCredit: ...
Fullerene compounds knock out virus infections
Credit: Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology and the Institute of Problems ...
Study confirms Monterey Bay Aquarium surrogate-reared sea otters helped restore threatened population
Scientists estimate surrogate-raised otters and their wild offspring account for more than half of the sea otter population growth over ...
Researchers perform thousands of mutations to understand amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Researchers from CRG and IBEC in Barcelona use a technique called high-throughput mutagenesis to study Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), with ...
Bee biodiversity barometer on Fiji
New species described as environment changesCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University The biodiversity buzz is alive and well in Fiji, but ...
Lab develops novel approach to study sound recognition in acoustically orienting animals
The St. Olaf College team's findings on song recognition in the fly Ormia ochracea are part of special on 'How ...
Chinese scientists develop novel biophotovoltaics system
Credit: Image from LI Yin's group, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of ...
Anthropologist contributes to major study of large animal extinction
Research published in Science explains the effect of human-influenced mass extinction of giant carnivores and herbivores from North America.Credit: University ...
Evolution of learning is key to better artificial intelligence
Credit: Michigan State University Since "2001: A Space Odyssey," people have wondered: could machines like HAL 9000 eventually exist that ...
$2.8M in NIH grants to pinpoint male fertility genes
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Pinpointing the genes responsible for male fertility is the focus of ...
Rethinking how cholesterol is integrated into cells
Credit: Bjørn Panyella Pedersen, Aarhus University Most people have heard of "cholesterol levels" and the dangers of high blood cholesterol, ...
The next agricultural revolution is here
Credit: CSHL/2019 As a growing population and climate change threaten food security, researchers around the world are working to overcome ...
