How can animals that feed mostly on sugar embark on migrations spanning continents? What looked…
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Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart’s biomechanical properties
Scientists have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-chip that can mimic the heart’s amazing biomechanical properties in…
OCD-like behavior linked to genetic mutation
A new study found evidence suggesting how neural dysfunction in a certain region of the…
Measuring patients’ muscles to predict chemotherapy side effects
Measuring patients’ muscle mass and quality could potentially help doctors better identify patients at high…
Scientists decipher the nanoscale architecture of a beetle’s shell
A professor of mechanical and materials engineering has found a way to analyze the fibrous…
What is high lipoprotein(a), and should I be concerned?
Elevations in a unusual form of cholesterol, called Lipoprotein(a) or Lp(a), as responsible for 1…
Tiny fibers open new windows into the brain
For the first time, a single multifunction flexible fiber no bigger than a human hair,…
Researchers take broad look at stem cells
Scientists have focused recent work on the study of and utility of adult-derived stem cells….
Autism risk linked to herpes infection during pregnancy
Women actively infected with genital herpes during early pregnancy had twice the odds of giving…
From rocks in Colorado, evidence of a ‘chaotic solar system’
Plumbing a 90 million-year-old layer cake of sedimentary rock in Colorado, a team of scientists…