Monthly Archives: Ottobre 2018
The algorithm called Dereplicator+ efficiently finds antibiotic candidates
If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, it's best to know what hay looks like.
An international team of researchers has applied this...
New energy-saving solution for frozen-food storage
Kristen Parrish's work focuses on integrating energy-efficiency methods into the design, construction and operational processes of buildings.
Robert Wang's expertise in thermal science includes the...
Successfully demonstrated a novel approach to human-like balance in a biped robot
When walking in a crowded place, humans typically aren't thinking about how we avoid bumping into one another.
We are built to use a gamut...
Reading is a team-lift as different brain parts work together to predict proficiency
Here's a sentence. Got it? You just involuntarily transformed symbols on a screen into sounds in your head. Or to put it another way,...
Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not a computer – However brains do...
Contrary to popular belief, the brain is not a computer. However brains do, in their own way, compute.
They integrate informational inputs to generate outputs,...
Sexual harassment: Bogota is the worst city to live in for girls and young...
Bogota is the worst city to live in for girls and young women when it comes to sexual harassment, a report by a humanitarian...
Researchers report virtual reality can help to lower pain levels and increase performance when...
The research, led by PhD candidate Maria Matsangidou from EDA, set out to determine how using VR while exercising could affect performance by measuring...
Menopause : anxiety and memory problems may increase as a result in a drop...
Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according to a new rodent study.
The findings will...
Gut and brain are more closely connected than we once thought
We've all experienced a "gut feeling"—when we know deep down inside that something is true.
That phenomenon and others, aptly describe what scientists have now...
Journal of Adolescent Health : ongoing communication about sex between parents and their adolescent...
Patting yourself on the back for gritting through "the talk" with your kid?
Not so fast: new research from Brigham Young University family life professor...
Parkinson’s disease : Study estimates 1 in 2 women and 1 in 3 men...
One in two women and one in three men will likely be diagnosed with dementia, Parkinson's disease, or stroke in their lifetime, estimate Dutch...
A single engineered leukemia cell was able to reproduce and cause a deadly recurrence...
A single leukemia cell, unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) lentivirus and infused back into a patient, was able to reproduce...
Cholesterol : generic drug side effects can targets heart disease and diabetes
From the DNA of nearly 300,000 veterans, scientists have singled out a handful of genetic mutations that not only govern levels of cholesterol, but...
Familiar voices are easier to understand and this advantage holds even if when we...
Familiar voices are easier to understand and this advantage holds even if when we aren't able to identify who those familiar voices belong to,...
Chronic kidney disease treatment : Genetic variants reveal new targets
The kidney does more than double or even triple duty compared to other organs—it extracts waste, balances body fluids, forms urine, regulates blood pressure,...
