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New soft, stretchable battery could power wearable technologies

Electronics are showing up everywhere: on our laps, in pockets and purses and, increasingly, snuggled up against our skin or sewed into our clothing.

24 Jan 2020

Sensitive Analysis of Sugars with HPLC-Electrochemical Detection

An interview with Dr. Kristin Folmert, Application & Academy, KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 23 Jan 2020

Study explains equal attraction of mosquitoes to flowers and humans

A new study published online on December 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports the discovery of the basis on which mosquitoes are drawn towards a type of orchid of which they are inordinately fond, resulting in its pollination.

22 Jan 2020

Researchers show potential link between a genetic variation and atrial fibrillation

Researchers from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have shown a possible link between a genetic variation and the widespread type of cardiac arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation.

21 Jan 2020

Applying Optical Filters to Neuroscience

News-Medical speak to Sarah Locknar, Ph.D, about how optical filters are being used to improve microscopic analysis within the field of neuroscience.

From Omega Optical, Inc. 16 Jan 2020

Integral Molecular announces panel of P2X7 antibodies for autoimmune disorders

Integral Molecular, the leader in discovering antibodies against multipass membrane proteins, announces lead monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) against P2X7, a structurally complex ion channel that is the target for autoimmune disorders including atopic dermatitis and glomerulonephritis.

10 Jan 2020

Research reveals cardiac thin filament structure and function

Researchers at Osaka University used electron cryomicroscopy to image essential cardiac muscle components, known as thin filaments, with unprecedented resolution.

9 Jan 2020

Artificial ionic skin could lead to future advancements in wearable technology

University of Toronto Engineering researchers have developed a super-stretchy, transparent and self-powering sensor that records the complex sensations of human skin.

8 Jan 2020

Discovery of molecular origins of a heart beat

Researchers have found that molecular origins of a heart beat. They have found the proteins that make up tiny sodium channels in the tissues of the heart that can help generate the heart beats. The results of the study titled, “Structure of the Cardiac Sodium Channel” was published yesterday 19th of December 2019 in the journal Cell.

22 Dec 2019

Atomic-level structure of cardiac sodium channel

Atomic-level studies of the architecture of tiny sodium channel proteins, critical to generating electrical signals that start off each beat of the heart, are imparting striking details about their function, malfunctions, disruption by many disease mutations, and response to medication.

20 Dec 2019

Utah scientists receive NIH grant to study how air pollutants aggravate asthma in children

A multidisciplinary team of University of Utah Health scientists has received a five-year, $3 million grant from the National Institutes of variations in pollutant-sensing genes in the lungs could influence air pollution's effects on children who have asthma.

19 Dec 2019

OU study explores how menthol's irritant sensation is transmitted by the nervous system

A new University of Oklahoma study could have implications on our understanding of how certain sensory signals are transmitted through the body.

18 Dec 2019

Bio-PAT cooperation network brings users together to develop bioprocess analytics

What do beer, many vaccines or treated wastewater have in common? Biotechnological processes are involved in the production of all these substances and must be monitored and controlled so that they can work optimally.

From KNAUER Wissenschaftliche Geräte GmbH 18 Dec 2019

Don’t toss that e-cig: Vaping waste is a whole new headache for schools and cities

In her office at Boulder High School, the assistant principal has a large cardboard box where she can toss the spoils of her ongoing battle with the newest student addiction.

18 Dec 2019

The Acoustics of the Brain: Random-access 3D Microscopy in Neuroscience

Máté Marosi and Zsolt Iván discuss the use of acousto-optic microscopes to study neural networks in the brain, from cell bodies to dendrites, to tiny spines.

From Femtonics Ltd. 17 Dec 2019

Simple, new test can detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking water

Northwestern University synthetic biologists developed a simple, inexpensive new test that can detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking water.

16 Dec 2019

Human hearts and polluted air

Air pollution is injurious to our lungs and our blood vessels, according to many previous studies. However, a new study published on December 16, 2019, in the Journal of Physiology, says that the human heart responds to air pollution in more or less the same way as that of sea-living creatures.

16 Dec 2019

Thermo Fisher Scientific to accelerate genomic profiling process in hematology and oncology labs

Clinical researchers who take a traditional sequential approach to analyze myeloid malignancies, a highly heterogeneous group of disorders, face a major hurdle: a laborious and time-consuming workflow.

From Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 9 Dec 2019

Hitachi signs agreement to provide CNAO with proton therapy system

Hitachi, Ltd. has entered into an agreement to provide Centro Nazionale di Adroterapia Oncologica with its proton therapy system.

9 Dec 2019

Study provides new insight into learning mechanisms of the cerebellum

In mere milliseconds trillions of chemical reactions ignite signals that travel across the billions of neurons in our brain. As we go through our daily lives and absorb new knowledge these neurons begin to modify themselves and change their signaling properties.

6 Dec 2019