Astronomers have modeled the two rings around Chariklo, the smallest body in the Solar System…
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Success in the 3-D bioprinting of cartilage
A team of researchers has managed to generate cartilage tissue by printing stem cells using…
The world’s fastest film camera: When light practically stands still
Forget high-speed cameras capturing 100,000 images per second. A research group has developed a camera…
Unlikely pair of plants named after stars of movie ‘twins’
Biologists have named an unlikely pair of plants after Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito, the…
Follow-up colonoscopies associated with a significantly lower incidence of bowel cancer
Patients at risk of developing bowel cancer can significantly benefit from a follow-up colonoscopy, finds…
Symbiotic bacteria: From hitchhiker to beetle bodyguard
Bacterial symbionts transition between plant pathogenicity and insect defensive mutualism, a new report demonstrates. The…
Primary school children get less active with age, study finds
There is an age-related decline in children’s physical activity levels as they progress through primary…
New appetite control mechanism found in brain
A newly discovered molecule increases appetite during fasting, and decreases it during gorging. The neuron-exciting…
When the smoke clears: Tobacco control in post-conflict settings
The difficulties of prioritizing preventable disease and long term health issues in post conflict zones…
Single gene encourages growth of intestinal stem cells, supporting ‘niche’ cells, and cancer
A gene previously identified as critical for tumor growth in many human cancers also maintains…