The Wolfcamp shale in the Midland Basin portion of Texas’ Permian Basin province contains an…
Month: November 2016
Next-generation biomaterial being developed to treat bleeding
A new biomaterial is under development that has potential to protect patients at high risk…
Tooth wear patterns suggest Paranthropus early hominins had softer diets than expected
Analysis of wear patterns on fossil teeth from East African hominins suggests the diets of…
Ultra-long acting pill releases daily doses of medicine for a month
Imagine swallowing a pill today that continues releasing the daily dose of a medicine you…
New gene-editing technology partially restores vision in blind animals
Researchers have discovered a holy grail of gene editing — the ability to, for the…
Tiny electronic device can monitor heart, recognize speech
Researchers have developed a tiny, soft and wearable acoustic sensor that measures vibrations in the…
Taking miniature organs from lab to clinic
Scientists have developed a gel for growing miniaturized body organs that can be used in…
Distant star is roundest object ever observed in nature
Stars are not perfect spheres. While they rotate, they become flat due to the centrifugal…
Acoustic buoy now detecting rare and endangered whales in New York Bight
An acoustic buoy making its first near real-time detections of two rare great whale species…
Mutation for multicellular life was a backbone changer
A random mutation can spark a huge jump in the evolutionary course of a protein…