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Life & Chemistry

Exercise Activates Muscle Stem Cells for Enhanced Repair

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in skeletal muscle have been known to be important for muscle repair in response to non-physiological injury, predominantly in…

Studies and Analyses

New DRAGON Score: Predicting Stroke Drug Benefits Accurately

The DRAGON score was 86 percent accurate in predicting the outcome three months after people had the stroke and received the drug within four-and-a-half hours…

Earth Sciences

New Model Comparison Launches to Quantify Climate Impacts

To assess these impacts more accurately, a comprehensive comparison of computer-based simulations from all over the world will start this week. For the first…

Life & Chemistry

Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill Eases Painful Periods

The research is published in Europe´s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction. Although some previous studies and anecdotal evidence have…

Health & Medicine

Obesity Surgery Reduces Heart Attack Risk by One-Third

Swedish Obese Subjects (SOS) is one of the world’s largest studies of obesity and its health effects. The results produced as part of the study have led to an…

Studies and Analyses

Increased Clumsiness Linked to Former Welders’ Skills

It is estimated that 35,000 people in Sweden work full-time with welding, while many more carry out welding as one of several workplace activities. Previous…

Health & Medicine

Combating Dental Fear: The Power of Optimism and Humor

In an international perspective, about 50% of the adult population suffer from some degree of dental fear, making it one of the most common fears. In its most…

Studies and Analyses

Conscious Ventilator Treatment: Challenges and Benefits

It has been far more common since the beginning of the 21st century for patients to be conscious during ventilator treatment. There are medical benefits to be…

Health & Medicine

Spinning Sessions Mimic Heart Attack Biomarkers in Blood Test

Heart attacks increase the secretion of enzymes known as cardiac biomarkers, which can be measured using a simple blood test. This is important for rapid…

Life & Chemistry

Understanding the Slow Connection of the Middle Finger

Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain –we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps…

Health & Medicine

Sound rather than sight can activate ‘seeing’ for the blind

SSDs are non-invasive sensory aids that provide visual information to the blind via their existing senses. For example, using a visual-to-auditory SSD in a…

Life & Chemistry

Chemists Develop More Efficient Protein Labeling

Protein labeling is used by researchers in a variety of fields to help them understand how these important molecules affect the normal functioning of cells….

Life & Chemistry

PolyU scientist finds novel use of African mushroom in cancer research

A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly…

Life & Chemistry

USF and Saneron Discover New Benefits of Cord Blood Cells

Repeated, low-dose injections of mononuclear cells derived from human umbilical cord blood (MNC hUCB, tradename: U-CORD-CELL™) have been found effective in…

Materials Sciences

Stanford Engineers Use Light to Weld Nanowires for Innovations

One area of intensive research at the nanoscale is the creation of electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires. Promising exceptional electrical…

Earth Sciences

Researchers Create New Way to Study Ground Fractures

The new technique developed in the Physical Acoustics Lab at Boise State may help determine if there is a fluid, such as magma or water, or natural gas inside…

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