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Although a link has been established between chronic inflammation and neurodegenerative diseases, there have been many open questions regarding how cellular senescence, a process whereby cells that stop dividing under st...

A new study could be particularly important for those working in rehabilitation and helping people to recover after neurological conditions.

Even a relatively short walk to find the nearest bicycle is enough to deter many potential users of bike sharing systems, new research suggests.

Infertility likely stems from age-related decline of the ovaries, but the molecular mechanisms that lead to this decline have been unclear. Now, scientists have discovered, in unprecedented detail, how ovaries age in non...

Researchers have for the first time found a connection between the immune systems of different bird species, and the various climatic conditions in which they live. The researchers believe that as the climate changes, so...

Powerbox has announced the release of its new power supply solution for high peak load applications in the medical sector. Based on digital control and high energy storage management techniques, the SMM3000A80024C series...

Diodes Incorporated announced the availability of the AP43771 USB Type-C power delivery (PD) controller, featuring an embedded microcontroller with one-time programmable memory. When combined with Diodes Incorporated’s...

Engineers have demonstrated a flexible device that harvests the heat energy from the human body to monitor health. The device is more efficient than other flexible harvesters that use body heat as the sole energy source.

Using ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists have decoded the detailed spatial structure of a vital enzyme of the pat...

The Gate Drive Evaluation Platform (GDEV) helps designers evaluate SiC MOSFETs, SiC Schottky diodes, and other peripheral components like gate driver circuitry, so they can better understand how silicon carbide technolog...

The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Magnetics Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2020 addressing magnetics design applications for high-frequency power conversion. The session will take pl...

The QualiPHY USB4 Electrical Transmitter (Tx) and Receiver (Rx) Compliance Test Software (QPHY-USB4-TX-RX) runs on the LabMaster 10 Zi-A and WaveMaster/SDA 8 Zi-B oscilloscopes from Teledyne LeCroy, which are used in con...

After sequencing the Neanderthal genome, scientists discovered all present day non-African individuals carry some Neanderthal ancestry in their DNA. Now, researchers present evidence of Neanderthal ancestry in African po...

WSU study finds that environmental transmission rather than antibiotic use explains the presence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in people, domestic animals and wildlife.

5G took some fifteen years to develop, starting around 2004 at university research labs. When 3GPP Release 15, the first 5G new radio (5GNR) standard, was approved in late 2017, the race to deploy began. That includes mm...

(Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY) Using ultra-bright X-ray flashes, a team of researchers has tracked down a potential target for new drugs against sleeping sickness: The scientists have decoded the detailed spatia...

(University of Oxford) An immune cell is shown for the first time to be involved in creating the scar that repairs the heart after damage.

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) An unexpected research finding is providing information that could lead to new treatments of certain neurological diseases and disorders, including multiple scleros...

(Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research) A new collaborative study published by a research team from the Wayne State University School of Medicine, the CReATe Fertility Centre and the Universi...

(George Institute for Global Health) All type 2 diabetes patient subgroups are likely to achieve cardiovascular protection from the use of SGLT2 inhibitors, according to a large multi-study review published in the Journa...

(Montana State University) Montana State University's Ed Schmidt played a key role on an international team that recently discovered a previously unknown mechanism cells can use to protect themselves from oxidative damag...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) GI Cancers Symposium: Colorado study of 48 patients with locally advanced rectal cancer receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy, found that patients receiving lower-than-recomm...