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New Device Quickly Detects Gluten in Your Food
October 13, 2024 | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | News | Comments
Tests of a similar nature take 15 to 20 minutes to find traces of gluten in food.
Dissolving Stent for Heart Arteries Passes First Large Test
October 13, 2024 9:37 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | News | Comments
Now you see it, now you don't. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches,...
Babies Born During Summer Tend to Be Healthier Adults
October 13, 2024 8:18 am | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | Comments
A new study has found that women born during summer months are more likely to be healthy as...
New Papers Discuss Details for Possible 'Exercise Pill'
October 13, 2024 8:18 am | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | News | Comments
Two recently published papers have laid the groundwork for creating a potential ‘exercise pill...
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Snail Species Could Predict Onset of Climate Change
October 13, 2024 2:00 pm | by Ryan Bushey, Associate Editor | News | CommentsA team of scientists are exploring how this species of mollusk reacts to environmental shifts in the ocean.
Stationary Neural and Cardiac Recording
October 13, 2024 9:59 am | Product Releases | CommentsMulti Channel Systems’ (MCS) Stationary ME system is a complete system solution for tethered in vivo / ex vivo neural and cardiac recording. The signal is picked up by an electrode array which is connected to a miniature preamplifier. The pre-amplified data then makes its way to the filter amplifier which is available with either programmable or fixed gains.
Imaging Study Shows Brain Activity May Be as Unique as Fingerprints
October 13, 2024 9:58 am | by Yale University | News | CommentsA person’s brain activity appears to be as unique as his or her fingerprints, a new imaging study shows. These brain “connectivity profiles” alone allow researchers to identify individuals from the fMRI images of brain activity of more than 100 people, according to the study published Oct. 12 in the journal Nature Neuroscience.
Building a Better Liposome
October 13, 2024 9:51 am | by Carnegie Mellon University | News | CommentsUsing computational modeling, researchers have come up with a design for a better liposome. Their findings, while theoretical, could provide the basis for efficiently constructing new vehicles for nanodrug delivery.
Breast Cancer Drug Beats Superbug
October 13, 2024 9:44 am | by UC San Diego | News | CommentsResearchers have found that the breast cancer drug tamoxifen gives white blood cells a boost, better enabling them to respond to, ensnare and kill bacteria in laboratory experiments. Tamoxifen treatment in mice also enhances clearance of the antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogen MRSA and reduces mortality.
OEM Wide Assortment of PEEK Tubing
October 12, 2024 9:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsVICI Valco’s new assortment of PEEK Tubing is one of the largest offerings in the world and is available in a variety of natural PEEK, solid color coded, dual layer color coded, striped and dash-stripe coded. Dual Layer Color-Coded eliminates any concern that a critical sample stream could be contaminated by pigments used to color code the tubing.
A Whale of a Tale
October 12, 2024 9:32 am | by Harvard University | News | CommentsThe great whales are carnivores, feeding on tiny, shrimp-like animals such as krill. Moreover, the microbes that live in whales’ guts — the microbiome — resemble those of other meat-eaters. But scientists now have evidence that the whale microbiome shares traits with that of creatures not known to eat meat: cows.
How the Brain Keeps Time
October 12, 2024 9:28 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsKeeping track of time is critical for many tasks, such as playing the piano, swinging a tennis racket, or holding a conversation. Neuroscientists have now figured out how neurons in one part of the brain measure time intervals and accurately reproduce them.
Lab-grown 3D Intestine Regenerates Gut Lining In Dogs
October 12, 2024 9:23 am | by Johns Hopkins University | News | CommentsWorking with gut stem cells from humans and mice, scientists have successfully grown healthy intestine atop a 3-D scaffold made of a substance used in surgical sutures.
Analyzing Protein Structures in Their Native Environment
October 12, 2024 9:12 am | by Anne Trafton, MIT News Office | News | CommentsProteins can fold in different ways depending on their environment. These different configurations change the function of the protein; misfolding is frequently associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Using a new technique known as sensitivity-enhanced nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), researchers have shown that they can analyze the structure that a yeast protein forms as it interacts with other proteins in a cell.
California Adopts Strictest Limits on Livestock Antibiotics
October 12, 2024 8:53 am | by Juliet Williams, Associated Press | News | CommentsCalifornia has adopted the toughest limits in the nation on the use of antibiotics in healthy livestock, barring their routine use to prevent illness or promote growth.
Gene Editing: Research Spurs Debate Over Promise vs. Ethics
October 12, 2024 8:49 am | by Lauran Neergaard, AP Medical Writer | News | CommentsThe hottest tool in biology has scientists using words like revolutionary as they describe the long-term potential: wiping out certain mosquitoes that carry malaria, treating genetic diseases like sickle-cell, preventing babies from inheriting a life-threatening disorder.
Bioscience Bulletin: Why Elephants Don’t Get Cancer, Nobel Prize Awards, and Mind Controlled Devices
October 9, 2024 3:13 pm | by Bevin Fletcher, Associate Editor | News | CommentsHere are our top stories this week!
Photoluminescence Microspectroscopy
October 9, 2024 10:22 am | by CRAIC Technologies | Product Releases | CommentsCRAIC Technologies, the world leading innovator of microspectroscopy solutions, takes optical information acquisition a step further with photoluminescence (PL). Users of the 20/30 PV microspectrophotometer, and other CRAIC Technologies' models, have the ability to acquire photoluminescence spectra and images of microscopic sample areas throughout the UV, visible and NIR regions.
ZomBee Watch Helps Scientists Track Honeybee Killer
October 9, 2024 10:19 am | by Michael Hill, Associated Press | News | CommentsCall them "The Buzzing Dead." Honeybees are being threatened by tiny flies that lead them to lurch and stagger around like zombies. The afflicted bees often make uncharacteristic night flights, sometimes buzzing around porch lights before dying.
