by University of Bath Credit: University of BathAn affordable microneedle skin patch that delivers a controlled dosage of medicine directly into the body, eliminating the need for injections or oral medication, has been developed by a team led by scientists at the University of Bath. It is hoped that the patches, which are described in the...
Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO A microscopic discovery will not only enable scientists to understand the microbial world around us but could also provide a new way to control CRISPR-Cas biotechnologies. An international team of researchers led by Professor Peter Fineran from the University of Otago and Dr Rafael Pinilla-Redondo from the University of Copenhagen...
Study finds more than 1 in 10 gay, lesbian, and bisexual young adolescents report binge eating Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO TORONTO, ON – A new national study, published in the Journal of Eating Disorders, finds that lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents in the United States are more than twice as likely to report...
Peer-Reviewed Publication RMIT UNIVERSITY THE TEAM’S INNOVATION FEATURES A SINGLE NANOMATERIAL INCORPORATED INTO A STRETCHABLE CASING FITTED TO A PERSON’S FINGER. CREDIT: CREDIT: SEAMUS DANIEL, RMIT UNIVERSITY Researchers have invented an experimental wearable device that generates power from a user’s bending finger and can create and store memories, in a promising step towards health monitoring...
Study using an animal model is first to examine tissue healing following chronic overuse injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament Peer-Reviewed Publication PENN STATE UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Injuries of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), located in the knee, are typically thought to be caused by acute traumatic events, such as sudden twists. Led by...
New technique could be used in medical diagnostics and advanced manufacturing Peer-Reviewed Publication UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY SCIENTISTS USED A NEW SUPERLENS TECHNIQUE TO VIEW AN OBJECT JUST 0.15 MILLIMETRES WIDE USING A VIRTUAL POST-OBSERVATION TECHNIQUE. THE OBJECT ‘THZ’ (REPRESENTING THE ‘TERAHERTZ’ FREQUENCY OF LIGHT USED) IS DISPLAYED WITH INITIAL OPTICAL MEASUREMENT (TOP RIGHT); AFTER NORMAL...
by Ryan O’Hare, Imperial College London Temporal interference (TI) is non-invasive and delivers electrical stimulation through electrodes placed on the participant’s head. Credit: Imperial College LondonScientists at Imperial College London are leading on the development and testing of the new method of stimulating the brain, which could provide an alternative treatment for brain diseases such as...
by Jennifer Chu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology A soft hydrogel fiber enables optogenetic pain inhibition during locomotion. Credit: Sabrina Urbina VillafrancaEngineers at MIT have developed soft and implantable fibers that can deliver light to major nerves through the body. When these nerves are genetically manipulated to respond to light, the fibers can send pulses of light...
by Liz Murphy, Massachusetts General Hospital Carcinogen-exposed cancer cells transform that nature of tumor-infiltrating macrophages from immunosuppressive (left) to immune activating agents (right), rendering the cancer immunogenic. Green color highlights macrophages and purple color is an immunosuppressive mark on macrophages. Credit: Dr. Mei Huang.While carcinogens are widely known to be perpetrators of cancer, a new study...
by University of South Australia Credit: CC0 Public DomainA 2,000-year-old practice by Chinese herbalists—examining the human tongue for signs of disease—is now being embraced by computer scientists using machine learning and artificial intelligence. Tongue diagnostic systems are fast gaining traction due to an increase in remote health monitoring worldwide, and a study by Iraqi and Australian...
