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Organ-on-a-chip mimics heart's biomechanical properties
Feb 24, 2017 (SPX)
The human heart beats more than 2.5 billion times in an average lifetime. Now scientists at Vanderbilt University have created a three-dimensional organ-on-a-ch...
Students play key biomedical research role in space
Feb 17, 2017 (SPX)
Several students are playing significant roles in the upcoming launch of a SpaceX rocket carrying two CU Boulder payloads - one designed to help researchers bet...
New 'living material' gloves light up when they touch target chemicals
Feb 16, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists at MIT have crafted wearable sensors out of cell-infused hydrogel film. Researchers used the new "living material" to design gloves and bandages that...
New, flexible brain probes to improve long-term neural recording
Feb 15, 2017 (UPI)
Medical engineers at the University of Texas have developed a promising new type of ultra-flexible brain probe. The nanoelectronic thread, or NET, probe can del...
Prosthetic arm technology that detects spinal nerve signals developed by scientists
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Scientists have developed sensor technology for a robotic prosthetic arm that detects signals from nerves in the spinal cord. To control the prosthetic, the pat...
Change in astronaut's gut bacteria attributed to spaceflight
Feb 07, 2017 (SPX)
Northwestern University researchers studying the gut bacteria of Scott and Mark Kelly, NASA astronauts and identical twin brothers, as part of a unique human st...
Scientists build world's tiniest hammer to bang on brain cells
Feb 02, 2017 (UPI)
Scientists at the University of California, Santa Barbara want to study the effects of various mechanical forces on individual brain cells. Until now, however, ...
Have a Peek Into What the NASA Twins Study Will Reveal
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Preliminary research results for the NASA Twins Study debuted at NASA's Human Research Program's annual Investigators' Workshop in Galveston, Texas the week of ...
One-year mission investigators debut preliminary results at NASA work
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Preliminary research results for the NASA One-Year Mission debuted last week at an annual NASA conference. Last March, two men landed back on Earth after having...
Spaceflight changes the shape of astronauts' brains
Feb 01, 2017 (UPI)
When astronauts come back from a stint aboard the International Space Station, their brains are not as they were when they left Earth. Scientists at the Univers...
How stressful will a trip to Mars be on the human body
Feb 01, 2017 (SPX)
Preliminary research results for the NASA Twins Study debuted at NASA's Human Research Program's annual Investigators' Workshop in Galveston, Texas the week of ...
Russian-Japanese research helps understand the effects of microgravity on bone tissue
Jan 27, 2017 (SPX)
The co-authors from the Russian side are Oleg Gusev (Extreme Biology Lab, Kazan Federal University) and Vladimir Sychyov (Institute of Medical and Biological Pr...
Software as good as doctors at diagnosing skin cancer
Jan 25, 2017 (AFP)
Image-scanning software developed at Stanford University can distinguish deadly skin cancers from benign ones as accurately as top dermatologists, according to ...
Nanometric imprinting on fiber
Jan 25, 2017 (SPX)
Researchers at EPFL's Laboratory of Photonic Materials and Fibre Devices, which is run by Fabien Sorin, have come up with a simple and innovative technique for ...
Zuckerberg charity buys AI startup to battle disease
Jan 24, 2017 (AFP)
A charitable foundation backed by Mark Zuckerberg and his wife said Monday it has bought a Canadian artificial intelligence startup as part of a mission to erad...
Probable cause and potential prevention of vision deterioration in space found
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
Vision deterioration in astronauts who spend a long time in space is likely due to the lack of a day-night cycle in intracranial pressure. But using a vacuum de...
NASA Glenn RED Team Helps EP+R Sterilize Ambulances
Jan 18, 2017 (SPX)
When a small business in Kent, Ohio was looking for help to advance one of their products, it came from an unexpected source. Emergency Products and Research (E...
From outer space to inner eye
Dec 26, 2016 (ESA)
Contact lenses, spectacles and eye implants are now being made more accurately thanks to research instruments flying on the International Space Station. With th...
Electrical signaling in heart and nerve cells using graphene
Dec 21, 2016 (SPX)
Scientists have enlisted the exotic properties of graphene, a one-atom-thick layer of carbon, to function like the film of an incredibly sensitive camera system...
Seven Ways Astronauts Improve Sleep May Help You Snooze Better on Earth
Dec 16, 2016 (SPX)
The hazards of lost sleep can range from on-the-job errors to chronic disease. People all around the world experience disruptions in circadian rhythm, or the bo...
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