Human Quirks: Health & Medicine
December 24, 2024
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Dec. 18, 2024 Scientists have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times their size. The findings ...
Dec. 17, 2024 If the experience of watching a FIFA World Cup soccer final is intense, spare a thought for the players, who are competing at an ever increasing intensity, according to a new ...
Dec. 17, 2024 Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cogni tion, but little is known about its specific impact on the brain. To discover how brain cells respond to microgravity, ...
Dec. 17, 2024 Infertility affects an estimated 186 million people worldwide, with fallopian tube obstruction contributing to 11%-67% of female infertility cases. Researchers have developed an innovative solution ...
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Dec. 16, 2024 A research team has developed a highly efficient wearable energy harvester that can power electronic devices using only body ...
Dec. 12, 2024 Genetic variants that determine the shape of your teeth -- including a gene inherited from Neanderthals -- have been identified by a team of ...
Dec. 12, 2024 A research team has developed an ultra-thin, flexible film that could power next-generation wearable devices using body heat, eliminating the need for ...
Dec. 10, 2024 Researchers report that they have successfully tested a novel approach for teaching the human brain to learn through external manipulation and neural feedback -- what they call the 'sculpting' of ...
Dec. 11, 2024 An interdisciplinary team has created tiny bubble-like microrobots that can deliver therapeutics right where they are needed and then be absorbed by the ...
Dec. 11, 2024 Scientists' findings in mice could translate into a radical, needle-free vaccination approach that would also eliminate reactions including fever, swelling and ...
Dec. 11, 2024 A new study highlights a hidden challenge of using AI in medical imaging research -- the phenomenon of highly accurate yet potentially misleading results known as 'shortcut learning.' The researchers ...
Dec. 10, 2024 Using microparticles consisting of extremely thin petals, medicines can be delivered via the bloodstream in a precisely targeted manner, for example to a tumour or blood clot. Ultrasound and other ...
Dec. 6, 2024 A researcher has uncovered evidence of intestinal parasites in a 500-year-old latrine from Bruges, Belgium, and while the finding may induce ...
Dec. 3, 2024 The hydrogen atoms of [4Fe-4S] type ferredoxin, one of the electron carriers, have been visualized and both experiments and calculations have ...
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Dec. 4, 2024 New research shows that the heart has a mini-brain -- its own nervous system that controls the heartbeat. A better understanding of this system, which is much more diverse and complex than previously ...
Dec. 3, 2024 Researchers have identified a subset of brain cells in mice that act as the master regulators of ...
Dec. 3, 2024 Physicists are getting closer to controlling single-molecule chemical reactions -- could this shape the future of pharmaceutical ...
Dec. 3, 2024 An analysis of fungi collected from peat bogs has identified several species that produce substances toxic to the bacterium that causes the human disease tuberculosis. The findings suggest that one ...
Dec. 2, 2024 Scientists have invented a liquid ink that doctors can print onto a patient's scalp to measure brain activity. The technology offers a promising alternative to the cumbersome process currently ...
Dec. 2, 2024 Researchers have created the smallest walking robot yet. Its mission: to be tiny enough to interact with waves of visible light and still move independently, so that it can maneuver to specific ...
Nov. 20, 2024 A re-engineered wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has undergone comprehensive clinical validation on over 100 patients, marking a major milestone in ...
Nov. 18, 2024 An international team of researchers has achieved an unprecedented milestone: the creation of mouse stem cells capable of generating a fully developed mouse using genetic tools from a unicellular ...
Nov. 14, 2024 Researchers have developed robotic trousers that enable people to walk more easily while expending measurably less energy. The aim is to keep frail individuals and in particular the elderly mobile ...
Nov. 12, 2024 A research team has succeeded in synthesizing simple, environmentally sensitive cells complete with artificial organelles. For the first time, the researchers have also been able to emulate natural ...
Nov. 11, 2024 A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors, say ...
Nov. 8, 2024 Researchers have discovered that SARS-CoV-2 hijacks three important host proteins that dampen the activity of the complement system, a key component of early antiviral immunity. This significantly ...
Nov. 8, 2024 Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct ...
Nov. 7, 2024 It's common knowledge that our brains -- and, specifically, our brain cells -- store memories. But a team of scientists has discovered that cells from other parts of the body also perform a ...
Nov. 7, 2024 New research into a chemical produced by a caterpillar fungus that has shown promise as a possible cancer treatment has revealed how it interacts with genes to interrupt cell growth signals. The ...
Nov. 5, 2024 Romance is a complex affair in humans. There's personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in ...
Nov. 1, 2024 Biomedical engineers have invented a 3D printing system, or bioprinter, capable of fabricating structures that closely mimic the diverse tissues in the human body, from soft brain tissue to harder ...
Oct. 30, 2024 A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck of the 16th century English warship Mary Rose suggests that whether a person is right- versus left-handed may influence how their clavicle bone ...
Oct. 28, 2024 Becoming less sociable protects older monkeys from getting ill, new research ...
Oct. 25, 2024 Researchers have developed a miniature soft lithium-ion battery that could be used as a defibrillator to control heart rhythm during surgery. The flexible lithium-ion battery is constructed by ...
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Scientists Identify Brain Cell Type as Master Controller of Urination
- Controlling Matter at the Atomic Level
- Peat-Bog Fungi Produce Substances That Kill Tuberculosis-Causing Bacteria
Monday, December 2, 2024
- Temporary Tattoo Printed Directly on the Scalp Offers Easy, Hair-Friendly Solution for Measuring Brainwaves
- Smallest Walking Robot Makes Microscale Measurements
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Monday, November 18, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Monday, November 11, 2024
Friday, November 8, 2024
- SARS-CoV-2 'steals' Our Proteins to Protect Itself from the Immune System
- New Insights Into the Denisovans: New Hominin Group That Interbred With Modern Day Humans
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Memories Are Not Only in the Brain, New Research Finds
- Research Shows Caterpillar Fungus Can Slow Down Growth of Cancer Cells
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Friday, November 1, 2024
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Monday, October 28, 2024
Friday, October 25, 2024
Thursday, October 24, 2024
- Unnoticeable Electric Currents Could Reduce Skin Infections
- Common Drug Shows Promise in Extending Lifespan
Monday, October 21, 2024
- Evolution in Action: How Ethnic Tibetan Women Thrive in Thin Oxygen at High Altitudes
- Unexpected Beauty, Major Antimicrobial Power Boost as Phages Form Into Surprising Flower Shapes
- Scan Based on Lizard Saliva Detects Rare Tumor
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Marine Bacterium: Catching Prey With Grappling Hooks and Cannons
- Life-Saving Spongelike 'bandage' Rapidly Stops Hemorrhaging and Mitigates Risk of Infection
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Viruses Are Teeming on Your Toothbrush, Showerhead
- Toddlers Show Increased Physical Activity With a Robot Playmate Moving Around the Room
- Ultra-Sensitive Robotic 'finger' Can Take Patient Pulses, Check for Lumps
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Thursday, September 26, 2024
- Increased Antioxidants and Phenolic Compounds Produced in Salted Red Perilla Leaves During Japanese Apricot Pickling
- Scientists Uncover a Critical Component That Helps Killifish Regenerate Their Fins
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Friday, September 20, 2024
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
- Homemade 'play-Putty' Can Read the Body's Electric Signals
- First Academic Study on Slap Fighting Highlights Risks to Participants' Neurological Health
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
Thursday, September 12, 2024
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
- Self-Medicating Gorillas and Traditional Healers Provide Clues for New Drug Discovery
- Scientists Expand the Genetic Alphabet to Create New Proteins
Monday, September 9, 2024
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
- How Beetle Juice Led to the Discovery of a Virus and Solved the Mystery of a Superworm Die-Off
- Bats Are Surviving and Thriving on Nothing but Sugar
Thursday, August 22, 2024
- Mitochondria Are Flinging Their DNA Into Our Brain Cells
- How to Catch a Criminal Using Their 'skin Shedder' Profile
- Alzheimer's Drug May Someday Help Save Lives by Inducing a State of 'suspended Animation'
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Monday, August 19, 2024
Friday, August 16, 2024
Thursday, August 15, 2024
- Cleaning Up the Aging Brain: Scientists Restore Brain's Trash Disposal System
- Surprise Finding in Study of Environmental Bacteria Could Advance Search for Better Antibiotics
Wednesday, August 14, 2024
Tuesday, August 13, 2024
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Tuesday, August 6, 2024
- Soft Gold Enables Connections Between Nerves and Electronics
- Smallest Arm Bone in Human Fossil Record Sheds Light on the Dawn of Homo Floresiensis
Thursday, August 1, 2024
- When It Comes to DNA Replication, Humans and Baker's Yeast Are More Alike Than Different
- Key to Rapid Planet Formation
Thursday, July 25, 2024
- Artificial Blood Vessels Could Improve Heart Bypass Outcomes
- In Clinical Trial, Fecal Matter Transplant Helped Half of Patients With Gastrointestinal Cancers Overcome Resistance to Immunotherapy Treatment
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Monday, July 22, 2024
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
- Singing the Science: Using Karaoke to Examine Blushing
- What Fat Cats on a Diet May Tell Us About Obesity in Humans
- Psilocybin Generates Psychedelic Experience by Disrupting Brain Network
- Enzyme-Powered 'snot Bots' Help Deliver Drugs in Sticky Situations
Thursday, July 11, 2024
- 'A History of Contact': Geneticists Are Rewriting the Narrative of Neanderthals and Other Ancient Humans
- Muscle Machine: How Water Controls the Speed of Muscle Contraction
Tuesday, July 9, 2024
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
- Clever Clothes! Seams in Clothing Capture Body Movement
- Doctors Could Soon Use Facial Temperature for Early Diagnosis of Metabolic Diseases
Friday, June 28, 2024
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
- Microrobot-Packed Pill Shows Promise for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Mice
- Eating Small Fish Whole Can Prolong Life Expectancy, a Japanese Study Finds
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
- Your Future Medications Could Be Personalized for You on a 3D Printer
- Moving Objects Precisely With Sound
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
- Swimming Microrobots Deliver Cancer-Fighting Drugs to Metastatic Lung Tumors in Mice
- Ingestible Microbiome Sampling Pill Technology Advances
- To Heal Skin, Scientists Invent Living Bioelectronics
- Towards a New Era in Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors for Both Humans and Robots
- AI-Powered Simulation Training Improves Human Performance in Robotic Exoskeletons
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Thursday, June 6, 2024
Wednesday, June 5, 2024
Friday, May 31, 2024
Thursday, May 30, 2024
- Scientists Invent 'living Bioelectronics' That Can Sense and Heal Skin
- Picture This: Snapping Photos of Our Food Could Be Good for Us
Wednesday, May 29, 2024
- Chicken Feathers to Deliver Chemotherapy Drugs and Repair Enzymes
- Public Have No Difficulty Getting to Grips With an Extra Thumb, Study Finds
Friday, May 24, 2024
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Psychedelic Drug-Induced Hyperconnectivity in the Brain Helps Clarify Altered Subjective Experiences