Monthly Archives: Aprile 2018
New link between sleep arousals and body temperature may also be connected to SIDS
Brief arousals during sleep—sometimes as many as ten to fifteen per night—appear random in time and occur in humans and even in animals.
What is...
Researchers use emerging memory devices to develop electronic circuits for cybersecurity applications
While we embrace the way the Internet of Things already is making our lives more streamlined and convenient, the cybersecurity risk posed by millions...
Organoids Reveal how Deadly Brain Cancers Grow
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an incredibly deadly brain cancer and presents a serious black box challenge.
It’s virtually impossible to observe how these tumors...
Roboticists have developed an eel-like robot that uses artificial muscles to help propel itself...
An innovative, eel-like robot developed by engineers and marine biologists at the University of California can swim silently in salt water without an electric...
CHILDREN OF YOUNGEST AND OLDEST MOTHERS AT INCREASED RISK OF DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
Children born to teenage mothers have the highest risk of developmental vulnerabilities at age 5, largely due to social and economic disadvantage, a UNSW...
Indications of Psychosis Appear in Cortical Folding
Imaging techniques can be used to detect the development of psychosis in the brains of high-risk patients at an early stage, as reported by...
3-D print electronics and cells printed directly on skin
In a groundbreaking new study, researchers at the University of Minnesota used a customized, low-cost 3D printer to print electronics on a real hand...
Fighting diabetic blindness: Researchers develop new target to study potential treatments
Diabetic retinopathy is a retinal microvascular disease that often causes blindness in adults who have had diabetes mellitus for 10 years or more.
Estimates are...
Bacteria boost antifungal drug resistance in severe childhood tooth decay
Early childhood caries, a form of severe tooth decay affecting toddlers and preschoolers, can set children up for a lifetime of dental and health...
Mediterranean diet boosts beneficial bacteria
Here's another reason to eat a Mediterranean-type diet: It's good for your gut.
Scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center found that eating a plant-based...
Escherichia coli – are we measuring the wrong thing ?
A sepsis awareness and management programme has demonstrated overall success in terms of improved sepsis detection, but has led to an increase in the...
Bionic suit helps paralyzed patients stand and walk again
Patients undergoing physical rehabilitation at Rush for paralyzing injuries are being aided by a robotic suit designed to help raise people to full height...
Move over Tupac! Life-size holograms set to revolutionize videoconferencing
A Queen's University researcher will soon unveil TeleHuman 2—the world's first truly holographic videoconferencing system.
TeleHuman2 allows people in different locations to appear before one...
A new technique for making paper touch sensitive inexpensively
A pair of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a way to make ordinary paper touch sensitive.
Yang Zhang and Chris Harrison have written...
Maternal Binge Drinking Linked to Mood Problems and Alcohol Abuse in Offspring
Binge drinking by pregnant and lactating mothers can impair the mental health of their offspring, reports a study published today in Frontiers in Psychiatry.
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