Takeaway containers — the environmental cost of packing our favorite fast-foods
Scientists say more should be done to tackle the growing environmental impact of takeaway food containers. A new study estimates ...
Tag: Biomedical/Environmental/Chemical Engineering
Researchers develop first ever model for patient-specific treatment of appendix cancer
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - DEC. 17, 2018 - Scientists at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) have recently developed ...
Study makes significant findings related to traumatic brain injury
For the first time, identifies specific neurological changes based on how much force is applied during trauma Traumatic brain injury, ...
Researchers find clue to epidemics in 'bursty' social behavior
NYU Tandon researchers discover that feed back loop in human interactions can play a big role in how diseases spread ...
Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins
How cross-kingdom communication led to a breakthrough phage therapyCredit: Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications, Princeton University Princeton molecular biologist Bonnie ...
RNAIII (RIP) & Deriv. as potential tools for the treatment of S. aureus biofilm infections
This article by Dr. Antonio Di Stefano et al. is published in Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 18, 32 ...
New drug seeks receptors in sarcoma cells, attacks tumors in animal trials
Credit: Image courtesy of Dipanjan Pan, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new compound that targets a receptor within ...
Correlation of stroke and dementia with death: A study from the Swedish dementia registry
This article by Dr. Ana Subic et al. is published in Current Alzheimer Research, Volume 15 , Issue 14 , ...
A painless adhesive
Adhesives for biomedical applications can be detached with lightCredit: (Video courtesy of Zhigang Suo/Harvard SEAS) Pulling off a Band-Aid may ...
Two UTA researchers elected fellows of National Academy of Inventors
National honorsCredit: UT Arlington Two leading University of Texas at Arlington faculty have been named fellows of the National Academy ...
Editing consciousness: How bereaved people control their thoughts without knowing it
Applying machine-learning techniques for neural decoding Columbia engineers and psychiatrists are first to show that avoidant grievers monitor even their ...
Plants as antifungal factories
The results of this research published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal could impact the pharmaceutical and agri-food industriesCredit: CRAG Researchers ...
Nanoglue can make composites several times tougher during dynamic loading
Discovery by Rensselaer-led team unlocks new possibilities for materials engineeringCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- In a discovery that could pave ...
Finland chooses sustainable fashion — a gown made of birch in time for the holidays
An Aalto University-designed and -produced dress made of birch trees shows how one day we will all look -- and ...
Carnegie Mellon researchers probe hydrogen bonds using new technique
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have used nuclear resonance vibrational spectroscopy to probe the hydrogen bonds ...
One out of 3 rivers in the Iberian Peninsula is affected by salinization
Current map of river salinizationCredit: Rubén Ladrera, University of La Rioja (Spain) These are some of the red lines revealed ...
Yin and yang: Opposites in nature, fluoride and lithium, compete for higher energy batteries
Credit: Purdue University image/Brett Savoie WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The chemical element that makes up most of today's batteries, lithium, ...
Scientists to produce anti-cancer drugs in yeast
New UN rules avert the production of therapeutic drugs formulated on naturally occurring plant molecules. A new research project will ...
Emily Day named Mangone Young Scholar
She also received the Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award from the Biomedical Engineering SocietyCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Emily ...
Postdoc in UC Riverside School of Medicine receives prestigious NIH fellowship
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Rebekah Charney, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Medicine at the University of ...
