University of Michigan researchers developed a new way around this problem with a controller that can anticipate and prevent situations that might cause…
Tufts doctoral student Sarah Sundelacruz, Professor of Biology Michael Levin, and Chair of Biomedical Engineering David L. Kaplan (corresponding author)…
The findings, available online and in the Dec. 15 issue of the Journal of Immunology, have potential application in the development of more effective vaccines…
Daimler was given top honours in the powertrain/chassis category for the world’s first commercial-volume polymer oil pan module, which was developed with Bruss…
The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association and the engineering company Wärtsilä Ship Design Germany (formerly…
One solution can be the closed loop utilisation of black and grey water for biomass production which could treble the efficiency of systems deployed to date.In…
Chemist at the University of Göttingen developed a new polymerization catalyst.The new catalyst drastically reduces the amount of expensive cocatalyst…
Prostate cancer is one of the most common tumours affecting the male population, and a digital rectal examination is the main method for an early detection. Several years ago, prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels where introduced as a diagnostic test and follow-up of the disease, but there are alternative situations such as manipulation of the prostate gland in a biopsy or a rectal exam, and other benign diseases like hyperplasia, that cause a temporary elevation of PSA levels leading to false positives….
A collaborative study involving the University of Warwick and academic colleagues from Canada, New Zealand, and America looked at interventions aimed at…
The finding is significant because it originated in Brazil and is the only example of the Chaoyangopteridae, a group of toothless pterosaurs, to be found…
Even through a modest amateur telescope, the cluster is revealed as an incredible, densely packed sphere of glittering stars. But astronomers need to use the…
Dr Rob Glynne-Jones and Prof. Karol Sikora debate the issues of top-up payments with both concluding that the NHS must make substantial changes in…
They also experienced much greater falls in their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels at 14 and 28 days than men taking leuprolide. Researchers from Canada,…
The research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA and funded by a £72,000 grant from the British Lung Foundation, has…
Researchers at the UAB Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology have studied the level of comprehension of subtitled television programmes…
This independent panel of experts was appointed by the EU Commission to identify the research objectives needed to realise a fusion power plant. Then it had to…