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Inactivity bigger threat to muscles in space than low oxygen, study says
Apr 18, 2018 (UPI)
Due to the microgravity environment found in space, activated muscles don't have to work as hard. Thus, muscles can grow weak and atrophy as a result of inactiv...
Thin, flexible polymers record 'conversations' deeper in the brain with less injury-risk
Apr 13, 2018 (SPX)
Over many decades, multiple research studies have sought to understand the dizzying "talk," or interconnectivity, between thousands of microscopic entities in t...
US approves artificial-intelligence device for diabetic eye problems
Apr 12, 2018 (AFP)
The device, called IDx-DR, can diagnose a condition called diabetic retinopathy, the most common cause of vision loss among the more than 30 million Americans l...
Berkeley engineers build smallest volume, most efficient wireless nerve stimulator
Apr 11, 2018 (SPX)
The device, called StimDust, short for stimulating neural dust, adds more sophisticated electronics to neural dust without sacrificing the technology's tiny siz...
NASA sends sperm into space for human reproduction study
Apr 10, 2018 (UPI)
To find out, NASA shipped vials of frozen bull and human sperm samples to the International Space Station. The Micro-11 experiment's supplies were delivered by ...
Researchers develop injectable bandage
Apr 03, 2018 (SPX)
With a gelling agent commonly used in preparing pastries, researchers from the Inspired Nanomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory have successfully fabric...
Nonsurgical neural interfaces could expand use of neurotechnology
Mar 29, 2018 (SPX)
The state of the art in brain-system communications has employed invasive techniques that allow precise, high-quality connections to specific neurons or groups ...
Compact fiber optic sensor offers sensitive analysis in narrow spaces
Mar 21, 2018 (SPX)
"Our new fiber sensor has a simple structure and is inexpensive to make while being small enough for highly sensitive measurement in narrow areas," said Chao Ch...
Scientists mimic neural tissue in Army-funded research
Mar 18, 2018 (SPX)
The research lays the foundations for futuristic soft active matter with highly distributed and tightly integrated sensing, actuation, computation and control, ...
Researchers uncover way to restore movement sensation in upper limb amputation patients
Mar 15, 2018 (SPX)
Led by Paul Marasco, Ph.D., the research team has successfully engineered a sense of complex hand movement in patients with upper limb amputations. This breakth...
Changed Man With 'Space Genes': Alterations in US Astronaut's Body Startled NASA
Mar 15, 2018 (Sputnik)
NASA researchers have revealed prelimenary results of the Twins Study project, which took a closer look at individual health and alterations, caused by space tr...
UH optometrist investigates changes in eye structure in astronauts
Mar 14, 2018 (SPX)
"We studied pre-flight and post-flight data from 15 astronauts who had spent time aboard the space station and detected changes in morphology of the eyes," said...
Culturing cheaper stem cells
Mar 07, 2018 (SPX)
Current culture systems need to contain components that can sustain hPSC self-renewal while preventing them from differentiating into other cell types. Of these...
Slowing Biological Time to Extend the Golden Hour for Lifesaving Treatment
Mar 06, 2018 (SPX)
The Department of Defense refers to this critical, initial window of time as the "golden hour," but in many cases the opportunity to successfully intervene may ...
New technology may protect troops from blast-induced brain injury
Feb 27, 2018 (SPX)
The research, conducted jointly by Gary Fiskum, PhD, M. Jane Matjasko Professor for Research and Vice-Chair, Department of Anesthesiology at UMSOM, and William ...
How spacecraft testing enabled bone marrow research
Feb 23, 2018 (SPX)
"Most people don't know that NASA's work isn't just aerospace," said Tom Williams , an engineer working on NASA's space-based communications relay, the Space Ne...
Waterbeds simulate weightlessness to help Skinsuits combat back pain in space
Feb 22, 2018 (ESA)
Researchers at King's College London, UK, have been testing a Skinsuit to combat these problems, using a novel simulation of microgravity: adding magnesium salt...
Scientists develop biocompatible anti-burn nanofibers
Feb 16, 2018 (SPX)
In regenerative medicine, and particularly in burn therapy, the effective regeneration of damaged skin tissue and the prevention of scarring are usually the mai...
Self-sealing miniature 'wound' created by engineers
Feb 14, 2018 (SPX)
A description of the system, and representative movies, were published Tuesday online by Nature Communications. Lead author Wilbur Lam, MD, PhD says that blood ...
Repetition key to self-healing, flexible medical devices
Feb 13, 2018 (SPX)
"The question we had was whether we could make flexible and self-healing medical devices to work on protons the way biological systems do," said Melik Demirel, ...
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