Heart patch could limit muscle damage in heart attack aftermath
The patch, made from a water-based hydrogel material, was developed using computer simulations of heart function in order to fine tune the material's mechanical properties.
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Bacteria harness viruses to distinguish friend from foe
"This is the first evidence that cells can distinguish themselves from related competitors through the use of a virus," says Thomas Wood of Pennsylvania State University, one of the co-senior authors on the study. "The implications are that we should re-evaluate the relationship between a virus and its cellular host
Best in snow: New scientific device creates electricity from snowfall: The first-of-its-kind nanogenerator also acts as a weather station
"The device can work in remote areas because it provides its own power and does not need batteries," said senior author Richard Kaner, who holds UCLA's Dr.
New compound allows bacterial communication to be controlled by light
In order to respond to their environment, bacteria 'talk' to each other through a form of chemical communication called quorum sensing..
What Earth's gravity reveals about climate change
This so-called time-resolved satellite gravimetry makes it possible, among other things, to monitor the terrestrial water cycle, the mass balance of ice sheets and glaciers or sea-level change, and thus to better understand the mechanisms of the global climate system, to assess important climatic trends more precisely and to predict
Ice Ages occur when tropical islands and continents collide: Collisions in tropics expose rocks that take up carbon dioxide, cooling normally balmy Earth
The key trigger, they say, is mountain formation in the tropics as continental land masses collide with volcanic island arcs, such as the Aleutian Islands chain in Alaska.
6 Reasons Why Introverts Make Great Entrepreneurs
Did you know that some of the greatest entrepreneurs and inventors were, in fact, introverts? Most people tend to underestimate their skills and chances to reach success.
How Word Choice and Language Use Vary among Different Personality Types
Is it possible to tell your personality from the language you use? You’d be surprised how your word choice reveals your character.
Novel 5-minute workout improves blood pressure, may boost brain function
Preliminary results from a clinical trial of Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST), presented this week at the Experimental Biology conference in Orlando, suggest "yes." "IMST is basically strength-training for the muscles you breathe in with," said Daniel Craighead, a postdoctoral researcher in the the University of Colorado Boulder Integrative Physiology
Five-minute sample processing enhances DNA imaging and analysis
Described in ACS Nano, JILA's gentle, yet effective process involves binding DNA to mica, a flat silicate mineral.
Rainfall changes for key crops predicted even with reduced greenhouse gas emissions
The study uses four emissions scenarios from low to high to predict time of emergence (TOE) of permanent precipitation changes, meaning the year by which precipitation changes remain permanently outside their historical variation in a specific location.
The research shows that quick action on emissions -- in line with 2015's
Large Antarctic Ice Shelf, home to a UK research station, is about to break apart
The rifting started several years ago and is now approaching its final phase.
VLA makes first direct image of key feature of powerful radio galaxies: Structure suggested by theorists decades ago
The scientists studied Cygnus A, a galaxy some 760 million light-years from Earth..
Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain's hippocampus: Findings extend understanding of how a continuous supply of neurons throughout life is connected with learning and memory
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown, in mice, that one type of stem cell that makes adult neurons is the source of this lifetime stock of new cells in the hippocampus. Published this week in Cell, these findings may help neuroscientists figure
The brain's auto-complete function: New insights into associative memory
The researchers presented participants with a number of different scene images.Importantly, they paired each scene image with one of two different objects, such as a raspberry or a scorpion.