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News The aim of the study was to determine the smallest possible size of these molecules, in which they are still able to provide enough ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

News The research team successfully formed a flower-shaped nanostructure in an eco-friendly condition by using interactions between copper ions and DNA ... Contributed Author: The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and ...

News This microfludic device can analyze glucose, lactose, and pH levels ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Wearables

Product Announcement Xuron Model 9180 Kevlar Shears feature a special serrated cutting edge designed to grip and hold slippery high tensile ... Contributed Author: Xuron Corp. Topics: STEM

News The 2017 ECN IMPACT Awards are the culmination of a Product Technology Awards history stretching back 60 years. At the ECN IMPACT Awards, all companies, from well-established... Contributed Author: ECN IMPACT Awards...

Apart from Zika's main carrier, Aedes aegypti, Aedes albopictus is the second mosquito species that could potentially transmit the disease. Although this species is not yet a confirmed Zika mosquito vector, Ae. albopictu...

Virginia's soaring drug overdose deaths have a high opioid addiction factor. The state department health officials have assessed that a substantial number of deaths are linked to synthetic opioids like heroin and prescri...

News Nauman says the resorbable metal technology provides superior properties compared to conventional metals ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Orthopedics

News Such light-based sensing molecules, also called photoluminescent mechanophores ... Contributed Author: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University Topics: STEM

News What if you knew to anticipate it because you were notified in advance from an automated text message ... Contributed Author: University of Southern California Topics: Neurology

News When the cell patch was placed on a mouse following a simulated heart attack, the researchers saw significant increase in functional capacity ... Contributed Author: University of Minnesota Topics: Cardiovascular

News To overcome this obstacle, Turan worked with bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts to produce a phantom of a stenotic intracranial vessel ... Contributed Author: Medical University of South Carolina Topics...

Black people are 1.7 more likely to contract diabetes than white people, statistics show. Since this chronic condition seems to be more prevalent among ethnic minorities, the American Diabetes Association has designed cu...

Compassionate Care Centers would open in North Dakota in January 2018. Strict rules and laws will be established for production, distribution, and usage of medical marijuana in the state.

Scientists at the Swansea University produced a smart bandage, which uses nanotechnology and 5G wireless data to transmit the health status of a wound to doctors. The clinical trial for the bandages would start within ne...

(Rettsyndrome.org) The International Rett Syndrome Foundation, now doing business as Rettsyndrome.org, announces the addition of six research projects to its Research Portfolio in the first quarter of 2017. A commitment ...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) In the war on cancer, powerful chemotherapy agents are increasingly packaged with immunotherapy that primes a patient's immune system to better battle the disease.

(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) South Carolina saw a 22 percent reduction in post-surgical deaths in hospitals that completed a voluntary, statewide program to implement the World Health Organization Surgical...

(Northwestern University) When individuals recently diagnosed with HIV were coached to practice skills to help them experience positive emotions, the result was less HIV in their blood and lower antidepressant use, repor...

(Florida State University) New research finds brain games marketed by the billion-dollar brain-training industry don't improve cognition or help prevent age-related brain decline.

(Children's Hospital Colorado) Autism has a strong genetic component. To date, approximately 50 genes have been identified that almost certainly play a role in autism, and researchers estimate that at least an additional...

(University of Kentucky) The University of Kentucky was recently awarded a prestigious Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant to study the metabolism of cancer from the National Institutes of General Med...