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Tech Xplore / Safety footwear: Protective shoe concept adapts to increase comfort, minimize strain
A revolutionary protective shoe concept adapts to users' needs in a new way, providing increased comfort and minimizing strain.
Phys.org / Why do cats groom each other? Research found that it is not always friendly
Cats are the most popular companion animals worldwide, and many people have multiple cats at home. In these multicat households, not all the cats get along equally well. Until recently, it was thought that if a cat licks ...
Phys.org / Underwater expedition charts seaweed forests in the remote waters of southern Patagonia
At the icy, wind-swept tip of South America lies Inútil Bay, a remote marine environment in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago that has long guarded its underwater secrets because of severe logistical and meteorological challenges. ...
Medical Xpress / Formalizing physician-scientist career pathway key to creating 'healthcare of tomorrow'
Cholesterol-reducing statin medications to lower the risk of heart attack and stroke; personalized cancer therapies; mRNA technologies that revolutionized vaccine development and are now transforming cancer therapy. These ...
Medical Xpress / Can supplements keep your brain sharp? Why the evidence is more complicated than it seems
Many of us would like to keep our brains sharp as we get older. That has helped create a growing market for "brain-health" supplements. These include fish oil capsules and postbiotics, the beneficial, nonliving compounds ...
Medical Xpress / New sensation-suppression theory aims to provide hope for people with fibromyalgia and ME/CFS
Fibromyalgia and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) are debilitating conditions, and patients can feel misunderstood and abandoned, in addition to experiencing a wide range of physical and mental ...
Tech Xplore / Revocable fingerprint IDs may reduce permanent biometric theft risks, paper suggests
The obvious problem with biometrics is that once someone has stolen your fingerprint or iris ID, you cannot simply reset those to block their access as you might a password. Now, research published in the International Journal ...
Medical Xpress / Can we cure asthma? Yes, and we have a plan
Asthma is conventionally viewed as "treatable but incurable." In other words, we can manage its symptoms but not reverse the underlying condition. But advances in science are challenging this view, and we think a cure may ...
Phys.org / How languages recycle parts of words to avoid confusion
Many languages recycle words, giving them different meanings. For example, in English, "run" can mean to move quickly but also to manage something, like "run a company." In Spanish, "lengua" is both the word for tongue and ...
Medical Xpress / Combined nerve stimulation and hand exoskeleton improve touch and grip in 14-patient trial
Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna, in collaboration with ETH Zurich, the Technical University of Munich and Medical Faculty Belgrade, have developed a wearable neurorobotic system that combines electrical neurostimulation ...
Phys.org / CRISPR safety check evaluates intended and unintended mutations
A team of researchers led by Professor Akitsu Hotta (Department of Clinical Application) developed a comprehensive framework that combines computational prediction, experimental validation and whole-genome analysis to evaluate ...
Phys.org / Machine learning helps identify six promising solvents for carbon dioxide electroreduction
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a primary driver of climate change in Earth's atmosphere. At the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University), Ph.D. researcher Kuldeepsinh Raj, along with principal investigator ...
