Oct. 13, 2020 — Restaurants have had to get creative to enforce social distancing guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic, including utilizing mannequins. Others were more conservative and opted to place plastic or ...
Sep. 29, 2020 — A newly identified genetic factor allows adult skin to repair itself like the skin of a newborn. The discovery has implications for wound treatment and preventing some of the aging process in skin. ...
Sep. 24, 2020 — Scientists have spotted a once-in-a-century climate anomaly during World War I that likely increased mortality during the war and the influenza pandemic in the years that ...
Sep. 21, 2020 — Molecules from the venom of one of the world's largest spiders could help researchers tailor pain blockers for people with irritable bowel syndrome ...
Sep. 16, 2020 — Bioengineers have created miniature intestines in a dish that match up anatomically and functionally to the real thing better than any other lab-grown tissue models. The biological complexity and ...
Sep. 15, 2020 — Researchers are developing an artificial intelligence system with the goal of improving IVF success by helping embryologists objectively select embryos most likely to result in a healthy ...
Sep. 11, 2020 — Measuring the temperature of objects at a nanometer-scale has been a long challenge, especially in living biological samples, because of the lack of precise and reliable nanothermometers. An ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — A newly published study looking at cats in Wuhan, where the first known outbreak of COVID-19 began, shows more cats might be contracting the disease than first ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — Gut microbes affect human health, but there is still much to learn, in part because they're not easy to collect. But researchers now report that they have developed an ingestible capsule that in ...
Sep. 9, 2020 — Engineers have invented a soft wearable device which simulates the sense of touch and has wide potential for medical, industrial and entertainment ...
Sep. 7, 2020 — A team of scientists has just announced the creation of a new type of meta-DNA structures that will open up the fields of optoelectronics (including information storage and encryption) as well as ...
Sep. 3, 2020 — Discovered in Val Aurina, South Tyrol (Italy) and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research's mummy experts, the remains will be studied in order to improve the conservation techniques of mummies ...
Sep. 2, 2020 — Honeybee venom induces cancer cell death in hard to treat triple-negative breast cancer with minimal effect on healthy cells, new research ...
Aug. 31, 2020 — With global food on the rise, a new study has found new evidence that the yellow mealworm shows promise as alternative source of nutritional ...
Aug. 28, 2020 — New biomaterials reduce the risk of infection and facilitate the body's healing processes. These nanostructured materials are based on spider silk proteins. They prevent colonization by bacteria ...
Aug. 27, 2020 — Researchers are preparing to launch clinical trials of a drug used to cure a deadly disease caused by a coronavirus in cats that they expect will also be effective as a treatment for humans against ...
Aug. 25, 2020 — Scientists measure the propulsive force of water polo players executing highly efficient 'eggbeater' kicks, paving the way to improved sports performance and new undersea transportation ...
Aug. 24, 2020 — Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of modern medicine and have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin almost 100 years ago. However, bacteria can develop ...
Aug. 24, 2020 — The intervertebral discs connect the vertebrae and give the spine its mobility. The disc consists of a cartilaginous fibrous ring and a gelatinous core as a buffer. It has always been assumed that ...
Aug. 21, 2020 — Sending a 'selfie' to the doctor could be a cheap and simple way of detecting heart disease, according to researchers. Their study is the first to show that it's possible to use a deep ...
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