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Engineered surface treatment developed at MIT can reduce waste and improve efficiency in many processesCredit: Image courtesy of the researchers An MIT research team that has already conquered the problem of getting ketchup out of its…

Previously untapped information sheds light on extinction timelines for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibiansCredit: Species360 Conservation Science Alliance Despite volumes of data currently available on mankind, it is surprising…

April 22, 2019 - Even with a good diet and workout routine, some men and women have trouble getting the toned abdominal appearance they want. For these patients, a technique called abdominal etching can help in creating the classic…

Family quarrels in seeds reveal the ways parents and offspring sometimes evolve in conflicting directions It's spring, finally -- and in the tree branches a battle is brewing. A robin returns to her nest with an earthworm. Her nestlings…

Tissue-resident B cells likely have important differences that affect autoimmunity and transplant rejectionCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will receive $17.8 million in federal funding to…

April 22, 2019 - "Tummy tuck" surgery (abdominoplasty) can be safely performed in obese patients, with no increase in complications compared to non-obese patients, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®,…

Mechanical 'training' produces strong, fatigue-resistant, yet soft hydrogels with possible uses in medicineCredit: Image: Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin, and Xinyue Liu Human skeletal muscles have a unique combination of properties that materials…

New research advances the possibility of regenerating cardiac tissue after a heart attackCredit: Wang Lab/Boston Children's Hospital and Nature Communications (DOI 10.1038/s41467-019-09530-1) Once the heart is fully formed, the cells…

Research gives clear target for drug development and further study into memory lossCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- The loss of memory and cognitive function known to afflict survivors of septic shock is the…

New research identifies that microglia play a vital role in regulating neuroinflammation in autoimmune disease, which may one day lead to treatment targets for the retina disease, uveitisCredit: Connor Laboratory - Dong Ho Park, M.D. A…