An enemy within: Pathogens hide in tissue
Antibiotics cure many bacterial infections. However, some patients suffer a relapse. A research group at the University of Basel has now discovered why some bacteria can survive antibiotic therapy. The team uncovered where the bacteria hide in the bo.....»»
Engineers develop electroconductive hydrogel for biomedical applications
Synthetic hydrogels show great promise in tissue repair, drug delivery, medical implants and many other applications. Hydrogels functionalized with electrically conductive components can be used in bioelectronic devices for cardiac or neural interfac.....»»
How cells are influenced by their environment as tissues grow
How does an embryo develop? How do children grow, wounds heal or cancer spread? All of this has to do with the growth of body tissue. One of the major research interests of ETH Professor Viola Vogel and her senior assistant Mario C. Benn is to unders.....»»
How are dinosaur tissues preserved in deep time?
Ever since Mary Schweitzer found soft, stretchy tissue in a T. rex fossil in 2004, scientists have been trying to come to grips with how some biological tissues and cells could preserve within ancient critters......»»
Carbon is the enemy: An industry response
In boardrooms and shareholder presentations, in auto plants and component manufacturing settings from Tokyo to Paris, automotive executives and factory leaders are pursuing a shared goal: reducing their companies’ carbon footprints......»»
Leprosy-causing bacteria found in armadillo specimens highlight value of museum collections for tracking pathogens
Years-old tissue samples from armadillos in museum collections may harbor Mycobacterium leprae, the bacteria that causes Hansen's disease, also called leprosy, according to recent research my colleagues and I conducted......»»
Study reveals ERK activity is a molecular switch between scarring and tissue regeneration
Why do some animals regenerate lost tissues after injury while others don't? Researchers from the lab of Kerstin Bartscherer (Osnabrück University and formerly Hubrecht Institute) and Ashley Seifert (University of Kentucky) studied spiny mice, which.....»»
Condensed matter physics inspires a new model of cellular behavior
Cells are expert cooperators and collaborators. To maintain tissue health, cells talk to each other, exert pressure on each other, and kick out cells that are not contributing to the overall well-being of the collective. When it's time to get rid of.....»»
One of Link’s oldest enemies returns in new Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom ad
An enemy from the very first Legend of Zelda game will return in Tears of the Kingdom......»»
China building cyberweapons to hijack enemy satellites, says US leak
Document assesses Beijing’s ambitions to disrupt communications during wartime. Enlarge / The Dragon SpaceX satellite. China’s ambitious cyber attacks aim to mimic the signals that satellites receive from their operators, tri.....»»
360-million-year-old Irish fossil provides oldest evidence of plant self-defense in wood
Plants can protect their wood from infection and water loss by forming special structures called "tyloses." These prevent bacterial and fungal pathogens from getting into the heartwood of living trees and damaging it. How early in the evolution of pl.....»»
Zoom for iPhone update delivers Dynamic Island support, incoming call hiding, dark mode for Calendar
Zoom is out with an update for its iOS app with the headlining feature being support the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island. Also arriving are some handy features like the option to hide incoming calls during a meeting, dark mode for Calendar, Zoom IQ.....»»
A protein extracted from squid may help increase tissue growth for regenerative medicine
Collagen is the basic protein that makes up the intercellular matrix, or in other words, the environment for the connective tissue cells of our body, such as tendons, bone, and cartilage. It looks like long threads, woven into three-dimensional netwo.....»»
Insidious: The Red Door’s trailer brings old demons to light
Will the Lambert family ever be free of their demons? The first trailer for Insidious: The Red Door reveals that the Lamberts can run, but they can never hide......»»
Photoacoustic remote sensing microscopy for lipid imaging
Photoacoustic imaging is a cutting-edge technology that uses light and sound to create images of the inside of the body. When a pulsed laser illuminates the surface of biological tissue, part of the photon energy is absorbed by the tissue to generate.....»»
Multifunctional electronic patch offers early detection of plant diseases, other crop threats
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an electronic patch that can be applied to the leaves of plants to monitor crops for different pathogens—such as viral and fungal infections—and stresses such as drought or salinity......»»
Researchers uncover the tissue-resident eukaryotic DNA virome in humans
Many common viruses responsible for childhood illnesses establish a home for life within us. This is evidenced in a new study carried out at the University of Helsinki and published in Nucleic Acids Research on March 23, 2023. The study is the first.....»»
Study finds oral barrier is similar in ceramide composition to skin barrier in mice
The skin is the body's first line of defense against the environment, particularly against pathogens, chemicals, and allergens. It is now known that a class of biological molecules called acylceramides and their metabolites, protein-bound ceramides,.....»»
Concealer 1.3.5 review: Securely store your sensitive files on your Mac
If you've ever worried about the security of information on your Mac, BeLight Software's Concealer can hide and encrypt files, and may be just what you need.Concealer from Ukraine's BeLight Software is simple and delightfully easy-to-use utility app.....»»
A new Star Wars quest begins in the first trailer for Ahsoka
Rosario Dawson's Ahsoka Tano will return this summer in her own Star Wars series, as she seeks out an old friend and an old enemy......»»
Newly discovered probiotic could protect Caribbean corals threatened by deadly, devastating disease
Researchers with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), a mysterious ailment that has devastated Florida's cora.....»»