Human Quirks: Health & Medicine
May 14, 2024
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May 7, 2024 Understanding how mucus changes, and what it changes in response to, can help diagnose illnesses and develop treatments. Researchers develop a system to grow mucus-producing intestinal cells and study the characteristics of the mucus in different ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Cells constantly navigate a dynamic environment, facing ever-changing conditions and challenges. But how do cells swiftly adapt to these environmental fluctuations? A new study is answering that question by challenging our understanding of how cells ...
Apr. 10, 2024 In a new breakthrough that could revolutionise medical and material engineering, scientists have developed a first-of-its-kind molecular device that controls the release of multiple small molecules ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Reserachers found that people who were more active in their free time had a lower chance of having various types of chronic pain 7-8 years later. For example, being just a little more active, such as going from light to moderate activity, was ...
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Apr. 23, 2024 Post-mitotic neurons in the brain that re-enter the cell cycle quickly succumb to senescence, and this re-entry is more common in Alzheimer's ...
Apr. 1, 2024 Engineers have created a brain-computer interface that doesn't require calibration for each user, paving the way for widespread clinical ...
Mar. 28, 2024 Through DNA sequencing of Tasmanian devils and their tumors, researchers have tracked the genomic interactions between the animals and the ...
Mar. 27, 2024 This unusual, subterranean mammal with extreme longevity shows genetic adaptations to low oxygen environments which could offer opportunities for ...
Mar. 27, 2024 Researchers have recovered remarkably preserved microbiomes from two teeth dating back 4,000 years, found in an Irish limestone cave. Genetic ...
Mar. 26, 2024 Tardigrade proteins are potential candidates in technologies centered on slowing the aging process and in long-term storage of human ...
Mar. 22, 2024 Imagine if every time you saw a face, it appeared distorted. Well, for those who have a very rare condition known as prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), which causes facial features to appear distorted, ...
Mar. 15, 2024 Researchers have created a DNA origami platform called DoriVac, whose core component is a self-assembling square block-shaped nanostructure. DoriVac ...
Mar. 13, 2024 An unassuming brown bovine from the south of Brazil has made history as the first transgenic cow capable of producing human insulin in her milk. The advancement could herald a new era in insulin ...
Mar. 8, 2024 As more people seek to go where no man has gone before, researchers are exploring how forensic science can be adapted to extraterrestrial environments. A new study highlights the behavior of blood in ...
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May 1, 2024 The body clock has a significant impact on the performance of NBA players. Data shows vastly better win ratio for home teams from the Western Time Zone Area (PDT) when playing an EDT team, compared ...
Apr. 29, 2024 For most people, biting into a lemon would leave them puckered up and desperate to lose that sour flavor, but a new study revealed that roughly one in eight adults like intensely sour sensations. The ...
Mar. 8, 2024 For the first time, scientists have developed artificial nucleotides, the building blocks of DNA, with several additional properties in the ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Space weather experts are urging regulators and space tourism innovators to work together to protect their passengers and crews from the risks of space weather radiation ...
Mar. 5, 2024 Sprinting 'like a jet plane taking off' will help produce Premier League star strikers of tomorrow, new research has revealed. A new study of Tottenham Hotspur's academy has shown that ...
Mar. 4, 2024 Scientists have developed a new robot that can 'mimic' the two-handed movements of care-workers as they dress an ...
Mar. 1, 2024 New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting. The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond ...
Feb. 29, 2024 A technique originally devised to extract DNA from woolly mammoths and other ancient archaeological specimens can be used to potentially identify badly burned human remains, according to ...
Feb. 29, 2024 Scientists have found a new way to alter the DNA of bacterial cells -- a process used to make many vital medicines including insulin -- much more efficiently than standard industry ...
Feb. 28, 2024 New findings suggest the end-replication problem, an old standby of biology textbooks, is twice as intricate as once ...
Feb. 23, 2024 A new technique for electro-spinning sponges has allowed scientists to directly produce 3D scaffolds -- on which skin grafts could be grown from the patient's own ...
Feb. 20, 2024 Researchers are studying how bats can carry deadly viruses, but not develop symptoms. They found that what happens during swarming behavior -- like social gatherings for bats -- may hold the key to ...
Feb. 19, 2024 Hydrogels are already used in clinical practice for the delivery of drugs, and as lenses, bone cement, wound dressings, 3D scaffolds in tissue engineering and other applications. However, bonding ...
Feb. 16, 2024 The efficiency of oxygen supply to tissues is a factor in the severity of important diseases such as Covid-19 and heart conditions. Scientists already know that the relationship between the length of ...
Feb. 7, 2024 Researchers introduced the Thermal Earring, a wireless wearable that continuously monitors a user's earlobe temperature. Potential applications include tracking signs of ovulation, stress, ...
Feb. 1, 2024 It's an achievement with important implications for scientists studying the brain and working on treatments for a broad range of neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ...
Jan. 26, 2024 An interdisciplinary team of researchers has developed a soft implantable device with dozens of sensors that can record single-neuron activity in the brain stably for ...
Jan. 24, 2024 DNA from ancient feces can offer archaeologists new clues about the life and health of Japanese people who lived thousands of years ago, according to a new ...
Jan. 19, 2024 Scientists have created a working nanoscale electomotor. The science team designed a turbine engineered from DNA that is powered by hydrodynamic flow inside a nanopore, a nanometer-sized hole in a ...
Jan. 18, 2024 What did people eat on the west coast of Scandinavia 10,000 years ago? A new study of the DNA in a chewing gum shows that deer, trout and hazelnuts were on the diet. It also shows that one of the ...
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- Space Tourism? Cosmic Radiation Exposure
- Sprinting 'like a Jet' Will Produce Premier League Strikers of Tomorrow, Study Shows
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- Scientists ID Burned Bodies Using Technique Used for Extracting DNA from Woolly Mammoths, Neanderthals
- Radio Waves Can Tune Up Bacteria to Become Life-Saving Medicines
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- A Small Molecule Blocks Aversive Memory Formation, Providing a Potential Treatment Target for Depression
- Wearables Capture Body Sounds to Continuously Monitor Health
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
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- Wearable Device Makes Memories and Powers Up With the Flex of a Finger
- The Encounter Between Neanderthals and Sapiens as Told by Their Genomes
Monday, October 16, 2023
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- Neanderthal Gene Variants Associated With Greater Pain Sensitivity
- Extreme Sports: How Body and Mind Interact
Thursday, October 5, 2023
- The Medicine of the Future Could Be Artificial Life Forms
- And Then There Were 6 -- Kinds of Taste, That Is
Wednesday, October 4, 2023
Friday, September 29, 2023
- Solving a Sticky, Life-Threatening Problem
- Skin Behind the Ears and Between the Toes Can Host a Collection of Unhealthy Microbes
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
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- Ritual Use of Human Remains Dating from the Neolithic
- Scientists Successfully Maneuver Robot Through Living Lung Tissue
Monday, September 18, 2023
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- Fiber from Crustaceans, Insects, Mushrooms Promotes Digestion
- Researchers Grow Embryonic Humanized Kidneys Inside Pigs for 28 Days
- 'Monstrous Births' And the Making of Race in the Nineteenth-Century United States
Thursday, August 31, 2023
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- Longevity Gene from Naked Mole Rats Extends Lifespan of Mice
- A Fitness Tracker for Brain Health: How a Headband Can Identify Early Signs of Alzheimer's Disease in Your Sleep
- How Artificial Intelligence Gave a Paralyzed Woman Her Voice Back
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
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- 'Resurrecting' The Legendary Figure Behind Count Dracula
- Brain Recordings Capture Musicality of Speech -- With Help from Pink Floyd
Monday, August 14, 2023
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- Latest in Body Art? 'Tattoos' For Individual Cells
- Discovery in Nanomachines Within Living Organisms -- Cytochromes P450 (CYP450s) Unleashed as Living Soft Robots
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- Insect Protein Slows Weight Gain, Boosts Health Status in Obese Mice
- A Quick Look Inside a Human Being
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
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- Surgical and Engineering Innovations Enable Unprecedented Control Over Every Finger of a Bionic Hand
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
- Capturing the Immense Potential of Microscopic DNA for Data Storage
- Revolutionary Self-Sensing Electric Artificial Muscles
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Thursday, June 15, 2023
- Engineers Develop a Soft, Printable, Metal-Free Electrode
- Scientists Discover Spiral-Shaped Signals That Organize Brain Activity