Researchers from the Auckland Bioengineering Institute have shown that ablation therapy, often used to correct an abnormally beating heart, could be used to correct disorders of the stomach. In normal…
A group of rare diseases called ciliopathies — polycystic kidney disease notable among them — emerge from defects in cilia. These are the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of…
Researchers from WEHI (the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) have uncovered a new way to help identify babies and foetuses at high-risk of developing brain bleeds, paving the way for…
Single-cell analysis of autopsied human testes suggests that abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells might be exacerbated by elevated body mass index (BMI). The research appears May 2nd in the…
Investigators led by a team at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) that previously discovered tiny channels in the skull have now found that cerebrospinal fluid (also known as “brain water”) can…
Quantum computers are especially adept at simultaneously considering large numbers of possible combinations, but the instability of qubits in modern devices contributes to errors in calculations. Credit: Image by Timothy…
New research suggests that abnormalities associated with aging sperm cells may be exacerbated by elevated BMI. According to a single-cell analysis of autopsied human testes, abnormalities associated with aging sperm…
A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat. The study, published in…
Veronique Beiss, who is the study’s first author, prepares a tray of plants to produce cowpea mosaic virus nanoparticles. Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering Cowpea mosaic…
What’s Up for May? The planets of dusk and dawn, a lunar eclipse, and the Coma star cluster. Sky chart showing Mercury low in the western sky on May 2,…
