The new president is making almost the identical mistake President Obama made during his first…
Month: March 2017
Study points a way to better implantable medical devices
Researchers have identified a signaling molecule key to the formation of scar tissue surrounding implantable…
Last remnant of North American ice sheet on track to vanish
The last piece of the ice sheet that once blanketed much of North America is…
Pocket-sized retina camera, no dilating required
Researchers have developed a cheap, portable camera that can photograph the retina without the need…
Microbes evolved to colonize different parts of the human body
Microbes have evolved over millions of years to live in and on all parts of…
Bipolar disorder: New method predicts who will respond to lithium therapy
For roughly one-third of people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, lithium is a miracle drug, effectively…
Parasitic fish offer evolutionary insights
Vertebrates once might have relied on a different mechanism for developing neurons in the gut,…
Testing for Zika virus: There’s an app for that
Add rapid, mobile testing for Zika and other viruses to the list of things that…
New program improves hearing aid use for older adults
More than half of older adults have some form of hearing loss, impacting everyday life…
Light-controlled gearbox for nanomachines
Rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016, nanomachines provide mechanical work on the…