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Physics & Astronomy

IMEC and VUB Develop High-Performance On-Wafer Chromatograph

The device has 56 separation channels with a length of 4cm, a width of 50-150µm, and a depth of 5-18µm. The channels are packed with vertical micro-cylinders….

Physics & Astronomy

IMEC Boosts High-k Metal Gate Performance in CMOS and FinFETs

Low threshold voltage (Vt) is achieved by applying a thin dielectric cap between the gate dielectric and metal gate. In addition, the use of laser-only…

Health & Medicine

New Diagnostic Marker Enhances Lymphoma Detection Accuracy

The novel approach that will be tested in the routine diagnosis of lymphoma in the Department of Pathology is based on a new biomarker, i.e., a factor that is…

Health & Medicine

Scientists Unlock Stem Cell Solutions for Heart Repair

Presenting the research at a UK Stem Cell Initiative conference today (13 December) in Coventry, research leader Professor Sian Harding will explain how her…

Health & Medicine

Women Persist with Unsuccessful Plastic Surgery Treatments

A study of 297 women aged from 27 to 65 years found that they were more motivated to persist with special diets, vitamins, creams, Botox or plastic surgery if…

Health & Medicine

Vasopressin: New Hope for Septic Shock Treatment

The peptide hormone vasopressin is being developed as a new therapy for the hemodynamic support of septic shock and vasodilatory shock due to systemic…

Studies and Analyses

Exploring Alternatives to Surgery for Chronic Knee Pain

Furthermore, the authors suggest that giving these patients a therapeutic exercise regime rather than putting them through surgery could save money.Patellofemoral pain syndrome is often treated with arthroscopic surgery, in which equipment inserted through small incisions in the knee is used to both diagnose the cause of the problem and attempt to fix it….

Life & Chemistry

Reprogrammed Stem Cells Repair Muscle in Mice with DMD

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a hereditary disease caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for a muscle protein called dystrophin. Dystrophin is a…

Earth Sciences

Tailored Solutions for Arsenic Contaminated Wells Revealed

Instead, recent work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers on arsenic-tainted wells shows that appropriate treatment varies depending on the source of…

Environmental Conservation

Michigan State’s Panda Habitat Research Aims to Save Giants

Michigan State University’s panda habitat research team has spent years collecting mountains of data aimed at understanding and saving giant pandas. Now a…

Environmental Conservation

Scientists develop new measure of 'socioclimactic' risk

As the United Nations climate negotiations proceed in Bali, Indonesia, researchers have taken a first step toward quantifying the “socioclimatic” exposure of…

Earth Sciences

Waterborne Carbon Boosts Environmental Mercury Risks

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have found that the presence of dissolved organic material increases the biological risk of aqueous mercury…

Process Engineering

Infrared Technology Boosts Powder Coating for Signage

Hawes Signs offers design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of a comprehensive range of external and internal signs for customers ranging from high…

Life & Chemistry

MIT Develops Light-Based System for Fast Cell Sorting

Separating out particular kinds of cells from a sample could become faster, cheaper and easier thanks to a new system developed by MIT researchers that…

Life & Chemistry

How Sex Transforms Fruit Fly Behavior: Insights from Research

IMP Director Barry Dickson and his group are interested in the genetic basis of innate behaviour. They focus on the reproductive behaviour of the fruit fly…

Health & Medicine

To keep mouths safe, don't just wear a mouthguard; keep it clean

One may assume that mouthguards should serve as a preventive measure. In some 200,000 cases annually, mouthguards have been known to avert oral injuries and…

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