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Melatonin is a potential drug for the prevention of bone loss during space flight
Sep 04, 2019 (SPX)
At the dawn of an era where astronauts are to stay for a long period of time in an international space station, it is an urgent task to elucidate changes of ost...
Nanoparticles could grant humans permanent night vision
Aug 27, 2019 (UPI)
Researchers are scheduled to describe the technological breakthrough on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. ET at the American Chemical Society's fall meeting, held this week...
Scientists build a synthetic system to improve wound treatment, drug delivery for soldiers
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
The Army Research Office, an element of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command's Army Research Laboratory, funded the project. The research, publ...
Laser printing technology: Creating the perfect bioprinter
Aug 23, 2019 (SPX)
The study will help scientists select the most appropriate techniques and materials, avoid many pitfalls in the process of bioprinting, and set the priorities f...
Spaceflight consistently affects the gut
Aug 22, 2019 (SPX)
The Northwestern researchers developed a novel analytical tool to compare microbiome data from mice as far back as 2011. Called STARMAPS (Similarity Test for Ac...
Microgravity changes brain connectivity
Aug 20, 2019 (SPX)
Some areas, such as regions in the insular and parietal cortices, work more synchronously with other brain areas after the space flight. On the other hand, conn...
New 3D interconnection technology for future wearable bioelectronics
Aug 19, 2019 (SPX)
They are just few of the latest items discussed at the 2019 Wearable Tech, Digital Health, and Neurotech Silicon Valley conferences. Not to be sure whether all ...
CRISPR-Cas can now modify hundreds, of genes at once
Aug 14, 2019 (UPI)
Over the last decade, scientists have been perfecting the gene-editing method known as CRISPR-Cas. But even as the technique became more precise, it remained li...
How deep space travel could affect the brain
Aug 07, 2019 (SPX)
Radiation is known to disrupt signaling among other processes in the brain. However, previous experiments used short-term, higher dose-rate exposures of radiati...
Scientists use smartphone to manipulate brains of mice
Aug 06, 2019 (UPI)
The device features a small brain implant, a replaceable drug cartridge that uses drugs and light to target and activate specific neurons. The implant can be co...
null and void
Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)
Artificial throat could someday help mute people 'speak'
Jul 26, 2019 (SPX)
Now, researchers reporting in ACS Nano have developed a wearable artificial throat that, when attached to the neck like a temporary tattoo, can transform throat...
Exercising in space prevents astronauts from fainting when returning to Earth
Jul 22, 2019 (Sputnik)
Orthostatic hypotension typically occurs when a person stands up after sitting or lying down for an extended period of time - known colloquially as a "head rush...
Upside-down 3D-printed skin and bone, for humans to Mars
Jul 11, 2019 (ESA)
These state-of-the-art samples were prepared by scientists from the University Hospital of Dresden Technical University (TUD), part of the project consortium to...
First time human-on-a-chip predicts in vivo results based on in vitro model
Jul 08, 2019 (SPX)
In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, Hesperos described how they used a pumpless heart model and a heart:liver ...
Astronomers Help Wage War on Cancer
Jul 05, 2019 (SPX)
A large part of astronomy depends on the detection and analysis of light. For example, scientists study the light scattered, absorbed and re-emitted in clouds o...
China tightens rules on genetic research after designer-baby scandal
Jun 12, 2019 (AFP)
The announcement comes as He Jiankui's controversial experiment continues to transfix the scientific community, with researchers saying the procedure may signif...
Microgravity Zero Boiloff Tank experiments provide data for Pressure Control Systems
May 31, 2019 (SPX)
The effective implementation and optimization of a dynamic pressure control system for space applications can consequently be extremely difficult to achieve, es...
A novel study of joint cartilage and what it could mean for future astronauts
May 22, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers found early signs of cartilage breakdown in the mice, suggesting that the reduced biomechanical forces of spaceflight are at play on the musculoskel...
Analyze This: Space Station Facility Enables Rapid Biomedical Analysis
May 21, 2019 (SPX)
To address this limitation, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) commissioned an innovative biomedical device for an upcoming space station expedition. The videogame...
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