Soft tissue destruction and lower back pain
Back pain affects many people at some point in their lives, and a common cause is damage to the squishy discs or flexible, rubbery tissues of the spine. However, observing this damage at an early stage is difficult with current imaging methods. Now,.....»»
Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation: study
Brazil's indigenous reservations have acted as a barrier against deforestation over the past three decades, although destruction of the Amazon rainforest has accelerated recently under President Jair Bolsonaro, according to a study published Tuesday......»»
Google’s newest app makes it easier to switch to Android
Google is finally making its Switch to Android app available in the App Store after a soft launch......»»
Researchers obtain functional human blood cells via interspecies chimerism
Interspecies chimerism is a phenomenon of an organism consisting of tissue and genetic information from two different species. Currently, many studies investigate the use of interspecies chimerism with human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) to generate.....»»
More Startup Layoffs Are Coming as Investors Push Founders to Conserve Cash
Silicon Valley startups are facing hard choices: Cut jobs now or risk incurring worse pain later. From a report: Following a hiring and funding boom in 2021, technology startups have started to lay off workers to conserve cash. In the past month alon.....»»
Apple"s Privacy Rules Leave Its Engineers in the Dark
Privacy is one of the selling points of Apple products. But for employees who develop these products, it can be a pain. The Information: Apple doesn't collect a lot of customer data from its services, including Apple Maps, the Siri voice assistant an.....»»
Researchers Rejuvenate Skin Cells of 53-Year-Old Woman To the Equivalent of a 23-Year-Old"s
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Researchers have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman's skin cells so they are the equivalent of a 23-year-old's. [...] The scientists in Cambridge believe that they can do the same thing with other tissue.....»»
Microscaffolds: A new strategy in tissue engineering
A new strategy in tissue engineering has been developed: Tiny spherical microscaffolds are created in a high precision 3D printer. They are cultivated with living cells and then assembled. The cells keep multiplying, creating a tissue, the scaffolds.....»»
Cell-derived therapy may help repair abnormal heart rhythm
Vesicles secreted from human heart cells may repair damaged tissue and prevent lethal heart rhythm disorders, according to a new study......»»
Research in human kidney organoids reveals target to prevent irreversible kidney damage
A compound called SCR7 supports DNA repair to prevent irreparable tissue damage and chronic kidney disease progression......»»
Microscaffolds: A new strategy in tissue engineering
Until now, there have been two completely different approaches to producing artificial tissue. At TU Wien, a third approach has now been developed that combines the advantages of both......»»
Human Lung Chip reveals the effects of breathing motions on lung immune responses
The mere motions of breathing are known to influence vital functions of the lungs, including their development in babies, the production of air-exchange-enhancing fluid on their inner surfaces, and maintenance of healthy tissue structure. Now, new re.....»»
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy shows promise for opioid addiction treatment
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptoms, according to a pair of recent studies. The research team recruited participants enrolled in a loc.....»»
Fitness with this Magical herb: Read to know its 5 benefits for Bodybuilding
Kratom is a popular herb people love to get relief from pain and anxiety but do you know that it can help you for bodybuilding as well? Yes, that’s true. Let’s discover how it works. How can Kratom be useful for Bodybuilding? Most people do.....»»
"Ambulance" review: Michael Bay delivers a wild ride you won"t want to miss
Hooray for Michael Bay. In a sea of action movies that are full of grit-toothed heroes taking grim villains oh-so-seriously, the high-octane mind behind Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon, and — my personal favorite — Pain & Gain is back to r.....»»
Research team unlocks new method to 3D-print complex, functional components for soft robotics
A team of researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) has developed a new approach for adopting the Freeform Liquid 3D Printing (FL-3DP) technology to 3D print more robust and geometrically complex components for soft ro.....»»
Scientists call for the inclusion of Muslim perspectives in stem cell policy
Stem cell research has been responsible for major advances in medicine, but the use of stem cells from embryonic tissue is an active ethical debate. Historically, Christian perspectives have been the center of these conversations, but in a commentary.....»»
Pandemic pain remains as Australia"s economic recovery leaves the poor behind
"Our recovery leads the world," treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. "We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.".....»»
Daredevil: How a Disney+ soft-reboot could tie up loose ends
Daredevil finally got his MCU reintroduction and could take the chance to complete some dangling plot threads......»»
Why aren"t we using the global gas crisis to go green?
President Joe Biden is releasing 1 million barrels daily from U.S. oil reserves in hope of staving off gasoline inflation. Germany and other European nations continue to buy natural gas and oil from Russia, effectively undermining the pain of war san.....»»
Astrophysical plasma study benefits from new soft X-ray transition energies benchmark
The analysis of astrophysical plasmas is vital in the quest to learn about some of the Universe's most powerful and mysterious objects and events such as stellar coronae and winds, cataclysmic variables, X-ray binaries containing neutron stars and bl.....»»