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Strains of the bacterium Enterobacter have been identified on the International Space Station (ISS)
Strains of the bacterium Enterobacter, similar to newly found opportunistic infectious organisms seen in a few hospital settings, have been identified on the International...
Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale
Asymmetry plays a major role in biology at every scale: think of DNA spirals, the fact that the human heart is positioned on the...
A program to reduce Earth’s heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from...
A program to reduce Earth's heat capture by injecting aerosols into the atmosphere from high-altitude aircraft is possible, but unreasonably costly with current technology,...
Ford filed a patent application for an odor-removal process
Phoebe Wall Howard in Detroit Free Press reported that Ford filed a patent application for an odor-removal process that gets rid of new-car smells...
The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest is increasing...
The gap between the life expectancy of the richest and poorest sectors of society in England is increasing, according to new research from Imperial...
Researchers in Israel have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting...
Researchers in Israel have discovered that breast tumors can boost their growth by recruiting stromal cells originally formed in the bone marrow.
The study, which...
AI tools could soon allow people to connect with virtual versions of deceased dear...
Researchers at Shree Devi Institute of Technology, in India, have recently carried out a study investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to communicate...
Researchers have found that a vast array of regularly spaced, still-inhabited termite mounds in...
Researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 19 have found that a vast array of regularly spaced, still-inhabited termite mounds in northeastern Brazil -- covering an...
Researchers report a brain computer interface can enable those with paralysis to directly operate...
Tablets and other mobile computing devices are part of everyday life, but using them can be difficult for people with paralysis.
New research from...
Using neuroimaging technology to examine white matter tracts in the brain, researchers were able...
MRI brain scans perform better than common clinical tests at predicting which people will go on to develop Alzheimer’s disease, according to a study...
The thickness of the brain’s neocortex influences how individual neurons process information
Researchers at the University of Queensland have discovered that the thickness of the brain’s outer layer influences how individual neurons process information.
The findings challenge...
Problem pregnancies : Reasearchers created the first cellular atlas of the early human placenta
To treat and prevent pregnancy-related disorders, researchers must understand not only what can go wrong, but when.
Complications, such as preeclampsia and pre-term birth, often...
Mannose sugar can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy
Mannose sugar, a nutritional supplement, can both slow tumour growth and enhance the effects of chemotherapy in mice with multiple types of cancer.
This lab...
For the first time, bioengineered spinal discs were successfully implanted and provided long-term function...
For the first time, bioengineered spinal discs were successfully implanted and provided long-term function in the largest animal model ever evaluated for tissue-engineered disc...
Commonly used probiotic is not effective in improving symptoms in young patients with gastroenteritis
Children with stomach viruses increasingly are given probiotics to ease symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.
But a major U.S. study led by Washington University School...
