As wearable sensors become more prevalent, the need for a material resistant to damage from the stress and strains of…
Transient and long-term disruption of gut microbes after antibiotics
Antibiotic treatment is known to disrupt the community structure of intestinal microbes — the 500 to 1,000 bacterial species that…
Much of the earth is still wild, but threatened by fragmentation
Half of the Earth’s land surface not covered with ice remains relatively wild — but many of these ‘low human-impact’…
Point-of-care diagnostic for detecting preterm birth on horizon
A new study provides a first step toward the development of an inexpensive point-of-care diagnostic test to assess the presence…
Machine learning’s next frontier: Epigenetic drug discovery
Scientists have developed a machine-learning algorithm that gleans information from microscope images — allowing for high-throughput epigenetic drug screens that…
New way to wrap liquid drops could improve drug delivery
Researchers have developed a faster, cheaper way to coat liquid medication, an invention that could improve how drugs are delivered…
Marked slowdown of cell division rates in old age
In a novel study comparing healthy cells from people in their 20s with cells from people in their 80s, researchers…
Aggressive form of breast cancer influenced by dual action of genes and RNA
Women with an aggressive, less-common type of breast cancer, known as triple-negative, versus a more common form of the disease,…
New flame retardants, old problems
New flame retardants escaping from our TVs, other electrical and electronic products, and children’s car seats are just as toxic…
New treatment may reverse celiac disease
A phase 2 clinical trial using a new technology show it is possible to induce immune tolerance to gluten in…