To have or not to have… your left atrial appendage closed
Each year in the U.S., more than 300,000 people have heart surgery.
To reduce risk of stroke for their patients, surgeons often will close the...
Could we predict the next Ebola outbreak by tracking the migratory patterns of bats?
Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo of Lehigh University have...
Unlocking the secrets of HIV’s persistence
Thanks to advances in the development of anti-retroviral therapy (ART), patients with HIV are living longer than ever before.
And yet, even in patients on...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains, UCLA researchers report in the...
Reading the Minds of Pilots
After a plane engine blew apart at 32,000 feet in the air last month, the pilot flying Southwest Flight 1380 safely brought the Boeing...
Eating at Night and Sleeping by Day Swiftly Alters Key Blood Proteins
Staying awake all night and sleeping all day for just a few days can disrupt levels and time of day patterns of more than...
Researchers report a new ‘anti-radiation’ medication can help protect astronauts’ brains from the cosmic...
Planning a trip to Mars? You’ll want to remember your anti-radiation pills.
NASA and private space companies like SpaceX plan to send humans to the...
A new immunotherapy treatment for ALS patients is not only safe, but can also...
Recent research from Houston Methodist Hospital showed that a new immunotherapy was safe for patients with ALS and also revealed surprising results that could...
Personalizing Therapeutic Brain Stimulation
A study of epilepsy patients with implanted electrodes provides an unprecedented view of the changes in brain activity created by electrical stimulation.
These findings,...
DNS-Hijacking Malware Targeting iOS, Android and Desktop Users Worldwide
Widespread routers' DNS hijacking malware that recently found targeting Android devices has now been upgraded its capabilities to target iOS devices as well as...
Exercise to stay young: 4-5 days a week to slow down your heart’s aging
Participating in exercise 4-5 days per week is necessary to keep your heart young, according to new research published in The Journal of Physiology....
Hotter bodies fight infections and tumours better – researchers show how
The hotter our body temperature, the more our bodies speed up a key defence system that fights against tumours, wounds or infections, new research...
Diamond ‘spin-off’ tech could lead to low-cost medical imaging and drug discovery tools
It may sound contradictory, but diamonds are the key to a new technique that could provide a very-low-cost alternative to multimillion-dollar medical imaging and...
World’s first floating nuclear barge to power Russia’s Arctic oil drive
To meet its growing electricity needs in its drive to develop oil resources in remote Arctic regions, Russia has built a floating nuclear power...
Supersonic waves may help electronics beat the heat
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory made the first observations of waves of atomic rearrangements, known as phasons, propagating supersonically...
