Simple blood test unmasks concussions absent on CT scans
Many patients with concussion have normal CT scans and are discharged from the hospital without…
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Cleaning pollutants from water with pollen and spores — without the ‘achoo!’
In addition to their role in plant fertilization and reproduction, pollens and spores have another,…
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Making polyurethane degradable gives its components a second life
Polyurethane waste is piling up, but scientists have a possible solution: They have developed a…
Producing protein batteries for safer, environmentally friendly power storage
Proteins are good for building muscle, but their building blocks also might be helpful for…
Remodeling unhealthful gut microbiomes to fight disease
You are what you eat — right down to the microbiome living in your gut….
Disappearing act: Device vanishes on command after military missions
A polymer that self-destructs? Once a fictional idea, polymers now exist that are rugged enough…
Early disease detection: Individual exosomes identified
There is a growing demand for diagnostic markers for early disease detection and prognosis. Exosomes…
Augmented reality glasses may help people with low vision better navigate their environment
In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative eye disease that…
Filter-feeding pterosaurs were the flamingos of the Late Jurassic
Modern flamingos employ filter feeding and their feces are, as a result, rich in remains…
Sea snail compound reduces cancer risk
The remarkable ability of a small Australian sea snail to produce a colourful purple compound…
Will disposable colonoscopy devices replace reusables?
As a disposable version of the instrument used in one of the most common medical…
Deducing the scale of tsunamis from the ’roundness’ of deposited gravel
Scientists have found a link between the ’roundness’ distribution of tsunami deposits and how far…
Light-matter interaction without interference
Quantum dots might constitute the foundation of quantum communication. They are an efficient interface between…
Heart attack patients with mild cognitive impairment get fewer treatments
New research finds people with mild cognitive impairment don’t always receive the same, established medical…
Bioprinting complex living tissue in just a few seconds
Researchers have developed an extremely fast optical method for sculpting complex shapes in stem-cell-laden hydrogels…
Study models new method to accelerate nanoparticles
Researchers have modeled a method to manipulate nanoparticles as an alternative mode of propulsion for…
Can researchers engage safely with the food industry?
Researchers are exploring ways to help scientists better protect their work from the influence of…
Frying oil consumption worsened colon cancer and colitis in mice, study shows
Food scientists have shown that feeding frying oil to mice exaggerated colonic inflammation, enhanced tumor…
A new method for quantifying crystal semiconductor efficiency
Scientists have found a new way to successfully detect the efficiency of crystal semiconductors. Read…
Researchers find a way to stop lung damage due to the body’s immune response
Researchers have discovered a new way to stop harmful inflammation in the lungs due to…
Do single people suffer more?
Researchers have confirmed the analgesic effects of social support – even without verbal or physical…
The technology behind Bitcoin may improve the medications of the future
Researchers have developed a prototype of an app that may potentially prescribe the optimal dose…
Addressing causes of mortality in Zambia
Despite the fact that people in sub-Saharan Africa are now living longer than they did…
The fat of the land: Estimating the ecological costs of overeating
Researchers have proposed a way to measure the ecological impact of global food wastage due…
Mission to Jupiter’s icy moon confirmed
An icy ocean world in our solar system that could tell us more about the…
Adaptation to life in cattle may be driving E. coli to develop harmful features
Research led by Kyushu University finds that E. coli from cattle share widespread genetic similarities…
Storms on Jupiter are disturbing the planet’s colorful belts
Coordinated observations of Jupiter in early 2017 by six ground-based telescopes and Hubble allowed astronomers…
Scratching the surface of how your brain senses an itch
Light touch plays a critical role in everyday tasks, such as picking up a glass…
Genetic diversity couldn’t save Darwin’s finches
Researchers found that Charles Darwin’s famous finches defy what has long been considered a key…
Ginkgo biloba may aid in treating type 2 diabetes
Ginkgo Biloba, one of the oldest living trees species, may offer some clues in better…
Tracing the evolution of vision
The function of the visual photopigment rhodopsin and its action in the retina to facilitate…
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Scientists successfully innoculate, grow crops in salt-damaged soil
Researchers may have found a way to reverse falling crop yields caused by increasingly salty…
Early life on Earth limited by enzyme
A single enzyme found in early single-cell life forms could explain why oxygen levels in…
Maximum mass of lightest neutrino revealed using astronomical big data
The mass of the lightest neutrino, an abundant ‘ghost’ particle found throughout the universe, has…
Rising summer heat could soon endanger travelers on annual Muslim pilgrimage
Over two million Muslim travelers just finished the annual religious pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia,…
Are we really protecting rivers from pollution? It’s hard to say, and that’s a problem
More public and private resources than ever are being directed to protecting and preserving aquatic…
Slow electrons to combat cancer
Slow electons can be used to destroy cancer cells – but how exactly this happens…
E-cigs can trigger same lung changes seen in smokers, emphysema
Scientists found that the lungs of vapers — like the lungs of smokers — have…
Computer model could help test new sickle cell drugs
A new computer model that captures the dynamics of the red blood cell sickling process…
Fatigue in Parkinson’s disease is associated with lower diastolic blood pressure
Fatigue is a common debilitating symptom in Parkinson’s disease (PD). A novel research study has…
Temperatures of 800 billion degrees in the cosmic kitchen
It is among the most spectacular events in the universe: a merger of neutron stars….
New light on contested identity of medieval skeleton found at Prague Castle
Used as a propaganda tool by the Nazis and Soviets during the Second World War…
Explaining earthquakes we can’t feel
Researchers have explained mysterious slow-moving earthquakes known as slow slip events with the help of…
Australian men’s life expectancy tops other men’s
Australian men are now living longer than any other group of males in the world,…
First microscopic look at a tiny phenomenon with big potential implications
Matter behaves differently when it’s tiny. At the nanoscale, electric current cuts through mountains of…
Quantum gravity’s tangled time
The theories of quantum mechanics and gravity are notorious for being incompatible, despite the efforts…
Artificial muscles bloom, dance, and wave
Researchers have developed an ultrathin, artificial muscle for soft robotics. The advancement was demonstrated with…
Memory research: Fruit flies learn their body size once for an entire lifetime
Drosophila melanogaster develops stable long-term memory for its body size and reach through motion parallax…
Enzyme that helps protect us from stress linked to liver cancer growth
An enzyme induced by stress to help reduce production of damaging free radicals is also…
Underground links between quakes and eruptions of Japan’s biggest active volcano
To better understand subsurface processes associated with earthquakes and eruptions of Mount Aso, researchers investigated…