A team of researchers from the Bioelectronics Section led by Dr. Vasiliki (Vasso) Giagka, address this challenge by studying the degradation mechanisms of silicon ICs in the body and by coating them with soft PDMS elastomers to form body-fluid barriers that offer long-term protection to implantable chips.
Conducted initially at the University of Miami, the study recruited more than 100 autistic and non-autistic children ages 7 to 12 from both monolingual and multilingual households.
Silence in Sikeston is a multimedia collaboration with Retro Report and GBH’s WORLD that includes a limited-series podcast about the public health consequences of systemic bias and a documentary film diving into how this rural community addresses the trauma from these killings.
"However, it is certainly not necessary for every small farm to grow all of the products they need for a healthy diet themselves," says Matin Qaim, who is also a member of the transdisciplinary research area (TRA) "Sustainable Futures" and the PhenoRob Cluster of Excellence.
In Oregon, during the months just before the Baker City closure was announced, Democratic state lawmakers were focused on a proposed pilot program that would launch two mobile reproductive health care clinics in rural areas.
The hormone estrogen regulates binge drinking in females, causing them to "pregame" -- consume large quantities of alcohol in the first 30 minutes after it's offered, according to a preclinical study led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine.
A Systematic Review of Integration Strategies Across the U.S. Healthcare System Shows No Consistent Improvement in Price, Cost Reduction, or Quality of Care.
A huge amount of food waste is prevented by applying a natural wax to fruits and vegetables after they’ve been scrubbed clean!
Jan. 16, 2020 An inexpensive program to help surgery patients get physically and mentally ready for their upcoming operation may help reduce overall costs and get them home faster, according to new research ...
If translated into therapy, this technique could provide a personalized solution for regenerating heart tissue, establishing a significant advance in combating cardiovascular disease.
This work by Blair and the team transforms chemical reaction analysis from a slow, highly customized and specialist-driven method to a streamlined approach driven by simple-to-identify fragmentation barcodes and a single analytical readout.
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and their colleagues have developed the first comprehensive map of the dramatic changes that take place in the blood system over the course of the human lifetime.
Peter Noseworthy, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and co-author of the study, notes that using AI to catch the hidden signals of heart failure during a routine visit can mean earlier treatment for patients, delaying or stopping disease progression, and fewer related medical costs over time.
Researchers have linked a specific type of body fat to the abnormal proteins in the brain that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease up to 20 years before the earliest symptoms of dementia appear, according to a study being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
To understand this 'interspecies barrier' against viral transmission, Prof. Watashi and his team compared the structures of hNTCP and mNTCP, identifying differences in amino acid residues critical for HBV binding and entry into liver cells.
For pregnant women, exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) was associated with altered immune responses that can lead to adverse birth outcomes, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H.
Past research offers conflicting views: some suggest it enhances well-being by providing a sense of purpose, while others report declines due to emotional strain.
