Monthly Archives: Giugno 2018
New system recovers fresh water from power plants
A new system devised by MIT engineers could provide a low-cost source of drinking water for parched cities around the world while also cutting...
Apple has designs on blood pressure management system
Counting calories or how many steps you will need to take to work off a wedding feast are not the only features of fitness...
System for drone surveillance: How violence is boxed
Three researchers, Amarjot Singh (University of Cambridge), Devendra Patil (NIT Warangal India), and SN Omkar (IISc Bangalore) are working on the use of a...
Carbon dioxide reduces belly fat
The first randomized, controlled trial testing carbon dioxide gas injections (carboxytherapy) to reduce belly fat found the new technique eliminates fat around the stomach.
However,...
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in the US presents a triple threat
Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center describe the first strain of carbapenem-resistant, hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting colistin heteroresistance and enhanced virulence isolated from...
Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk of respiratory, allergic and...
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with long-term risks of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk...
A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their...
A new blood test for pregnant women detects with 75-80 percent accuracy whether their pregnancies will end in premature birth.
The technique can also be...
Researchers reveal bees are able to grasp complex numerical concepts, such as the value...
Though some vertebrates had already been shown to master complex numerical concepts like addition and zero, no evidence of this existed for insects.
Since...
Researchers have developed a new computational model of major depressive disorde
During a depressive episode the ability of the brain to form new brain cells is reduced.
Scientists of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum examined how this...
Food Allergies Linked to ASD in Children
A new study from the University of Iowa finds that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are more than twice as likely to suffer...
A patient missing most of her occipital lobes on both sides of the brain...
When light streams through her window in just the right way, Milena Canning will sometimes stoop to pick up a shiny coin she has...
Chinese hackers stole 614 gigabytes of US Navy’s anti-ship missile data
In January and February 2018, the computers belonging to a U.S. Navy contractor were compromised by hackers backed by the Chinese government – As a result,...
Scientists found a previously unknown link between mitochondria and kidney disease
Scientists found a previously unknown link between mitochondria and kidney disease, identifying a receptor that causes kidney dysfunction when suppressed, according to a study...
An international team has designed the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug, MRS7145, to fight...
An international team has designed the first potentially therapeutic photoactive drug, MRS7145, to fight Parkinson's disease, according to the new article in Journal of...
A gene previously linked with obesity has been found to affect how the body...
A gene previously linked with obesity has been found to affect how the body processes insulin, with potential implications for some forms of diabetes.
Scientists...
