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While bone injuries such as fractures typically heal on their own, large sections of missing bone often never grow back, requiring bone transplants from other parts of the body. A new hydrogel, however, could help change that.Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Special hydrogel may one day heal voids in injured bones
Do people eating lots of sugar become desensitized to sweetness? Scientists at the University of Michigan (U-M) have found evidence that this might be the case, with a new study in rats finding that those on a high-sugar diet had as much as a 50% reduc… Continue reading High-sugar diet desensitizes the tongue to sweet tastes, says rat study
Electrons zip around in electronic devices extremely quickly, which can make it hard to see what’s going on in there. Now, engineers at the Universities of Michigan and Regensburg have developed an “attoclock” that can take snapshots of electrons in in… Continue reading “Attoclock” measures electrons moving at quintillionths of a second
One of planet Earth’s single worst days ever occurred around 66 million years ago, when a huge asteroid slammed into Earth and wiped out most life, including the dinosaurs. Now a pair of new studies has identified more evidence for just how bad things … Continue reading Dino-killing asteroid set off mile-high tsunami and month-long mega-quake
The US is all set to kick off a new era in high-powered laser experimentation this week, with scientists moving the final pieces into place for the Zetawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (ZEUS) at the University of Michigan. The instrument i… Continue reading Scientists fire up the most powerful laser in the US
Although there are coatings that kill harmful microbes on frequently touched surfaces, most of those substances either have to be frequently reapplied, or they take a long time to work. A durable new coating, however, is claimed to address both shortco… Continue reading Tough, clear coating uses natural oils to kill viruses and bacteria
Clumps of misfolded proteins that gather in the brain have been linked to neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s. Now, newly identified nanobodies show promise in destabilizing the structure of these clumps, potentially leading to new treatments for the disease.
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Continue reading Nanobody treatment could help clear brain protein clumps in Parkinson’s
The idea of using ultrasound to non-invasively target cancer is an appealing one that is gaining real traction, on the back of studies demonstrating how it can more effectively deliver drugs, selectively take out cancer cells and heat and destroy disea… Continue reading Ultrasound partially destroys tumors, calls in immune cells to finish job
Peanut allergies can be very serious, potentially resulting in life-threatening anaphylaxis. There could be new hope for eliminating such allergies, however, thanks to the use of peanut-packin’ microneedles.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTag… Continue reading Microneedles may treat peanut allergies better than anything else
What is your pre-bedtime routine? Drink a glass of milk, clean your teeth, prepare your bed? Studies have found many animals engage in habitual behaviors before sleep, but until now researchers have not known the neurobiological mechanisms that are act… Continue reading Brain cells behind pre-sleep behaviors found, giving hope to insomniacs