One way to help the elderly cross what’s known as the ‘digital divide’ is the…
Month: May 2015
Heart: Electronic stent to provide feedback and therapy, then dissolve
Every year, an estimated half-million Americans undergo surgery to have a stent prop open a…
Zebrafish model gives new insight on autism spectrum disorder
Researchers are utilizing animal models to understand how dysfunction of either of two genes associated…
New online tool to predict genetic resistance to tuberculosis drugs
A new TB-Profiler tool analyses and interprets genome sequence data to predict resistance to 11…
Perfume researchers lend their noses to design less odorous latrines
About 2.5 billion people worldwide don’t have access to sanitary toilets. Latrines are an option…
Sandwich system found effective in organic apple orchards
Scientists investigated four orchard floor management systems in an organic apple orchard and evaluated weed…
Theory of everything? How spacetime is built by quantum entanglement
Physicists and mathematicians have made a significant step toward unifying general relativity and quantum mechanics…
How should Norway legalize egg donation?
More than 5 million children in Europe have been born as a result of assisted…
Common cancer drug increases collagen in melanoma
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body, and investigators are uncertain how…
Quantum magnetic ordering: Moving out of equilibrium
Physicists have taken an interest in quantum magnetic ordering, which is believed to be intimately…