Cells must age for muscles to regenerate in muscle-degenerating diseases
Exercise and a cell-aging drug could help cases of chronic myopathyCredit: Yuki Saito et al., Nature Communications. February 14, 2020 ...
Tag: Biomechanics/Biophysics
A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors
UMass Amherst, international team use simple capillary forces to direct aqueous solutionsCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In a new ...
APS tip sheet: Untangling neurons with scattered light
New analysis examines light scattering properties in brain tissue to better understand the three-dimensional structure of nerve fibersCredit: Forschungszentrum Jülich ...
A ‘cardiac patch with bioink’ developed to repair heart
Credit: Jinah Jang (POSTECH) The heart is the driving force of circulating blood in the body and pumps blood to ...
Citizen scientists are helping researchers design new drugs to combat COVID-19
Credit: Credit: Foldit/David Baker Lab The best thing most of us can do to fight COVID-19 is stay home, to ...
Under extreme heat and drought, trees hardly benefit from an increased CO2 level
Studies of Aleppo Pines reveal: The increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the atmosphere does not compensate the negative ...
Making sense of cells
Credit: OIST Our body's ability to detect disease, foreign material, and the location of food sources and toxins is all ...
Insights into the diagnosis and treatment brain cancer in children
Credit: Kanazawa University Ependymoma is a rare form of brain cancer that implicates children and is often tricky to diagnose. ...
Computational human cell reveals new insight on genetic information processing
Credit: Graphic courtesy Zhaleh Ghaemi CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers have developed the first computational model of a human cell and ...
Tuberculosis bacterium uses sluice to import vitamins
New insights into the physiology of bacteria and cellsCredit: Greg Stewart / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory A transport protein that ...
Data-based optimization of energy systems
KIT's startup greenventory offers data and software for utilities, grid operators, cities, and districts - presentation at Hannover Messe 2020Credit: ...
Recipe for neuromorphic processing systems?
A special blend of circuits and memristive devices was created for brain-mimicking processing systemsCredit: Elisabetta Chicca WASHINGTON, March 24, 2020 ...
Eye blinking on-a-chip
A new approach could lead to 'cornea-on-a-chip' devices that more accurately test the effects of drugs on the human eyeCredit: ...
Adjusting processing temperature results in better hydrogels for biomedical applications
Using different temperatures creates sturdier hydrogels for tissue repair, surgical sealants and 3D printingCredit: Heon E. Park WASHINGTON, March 24, ...
Bristol team develops photosynthetic proteins for expanded solar energy conversion
Credit: University of Bristol A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has developed a new photosynthetic protein ...
Keeping lower back pain at bay: Exercises designed by Lithuanians are 3 times more efficient
Lithuanian scientists have devised a spinal stabilization exercise program for managing lower back pain for people who perform sedentary job: ...
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US ...
Water-balloon physics is high-impact science
Credit: Pierre-Thomas Brun Water balloons may seem like a trivial matter. A toy for mischievous kids in summer. But for ...
Organ-chip platform enables new insights into human diseases and toxicity mechanisms
Liver-chip, Kidney-Chip, and new Intestine-Chip are integrated with lab-ready instrumentation that does not require specialized organs-on-chips expertise by researchersCCredit: Emulate, ...
Stanford scientists program cells to carry out gene-guided construction projects
Researchers have developed a method to genetically reprogram cells to build artificial structuresCredit: Image credit: Ella Maru Studio and Yoon ...
