Obese patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) lost much more weight than those who…
Month: August 2016
High-speed ‘electron camera’ films atomic nuclei in vibrating molecules
An ultrafast ‘electron camera’ has made the first direct snapshots of atomic nuclei in molecules…
Massive loss of African savannah elephants
The results of the first-ever pan-African survey of savanna elephants using standardized data collection and…
Feeling heavy, light, or about right? Your genes may be to blame
Do you feel overweight, about right, or too skinny? Your answer to that question may…
First test of oral rabies vaccine brings hope to the world’s rarest canid
A new study reports on field trials of the oral vaccine SAG2 in Ethiopian wolves,…
World’s first ciliary stroke motion microrobots
Scientists have developed microrobots with high propulsion efficiency in highly-viscous fluid environments, applying propulsion techniques…
Invisibility cloak with photonic crystals
Almost as elusive as unicorns, finding practical materials for invisibility cloaking is challenging. Researchers have…
High rates of suicide and self-harm among transgender youth
In a new study, 30 percent of transgender youth report a history of at least…
Selenium status influence cancer risk
As a nutritional trace element, selenium forms an essential part of our diet. Researchers have…
Algorithms offer insight into cellular development
Through RNA sequencing, researchers can measure which genes are expressed in each individual cell of…