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New technology could transform training and certification process for surgeons TROY, N.Y. -- In order to earn certification in general surgery, residents in the United States need to demonstrate proficiency in the Fundamentals of…

COVID-19 proliferates through a receptor present in most of the human body; but if the receptor is so pervasive, why does the virus seem to target only specific organs?Credit: Ernesto Estrada WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 -- In severe cases…

Credit: Greg Ellis/West Virginia University Each time we breathe in, we're not inhaling just one component that seeps into our lungs. It's a medley of gasses and particles - both natural and human-made - that can unleash…

Tested in mice with genetically induced arthritis, the substance decreased the area affected, reduced local swelling, and assuaged the pain associated with the inflammatory process.Credit: N.H. Napimoga By José Tadeu Arantes |…

Credit: D'Arcy laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis Imagine plugging in to your brick house. Red bricks -- some of the world's cheapest and most familiar building materials -- can be converted…

OPI Accelerator Program bringing $2 million funding competition to international stage ROCHESTER, N.Y., August x, 2020-Luminate NY, the world's largest accelerator for startups with next-generation optics, photonics, and imaging (OPI)…

Credit: Image credit: Xu et al, 2020, Cell Reports Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai, China have developed three different techniques that successfully replace almost all malfunctioning microglia - each technique with its own…

Babylon's new Artificial Intelligence with 'imagination' could help doctors with diagnosis, particularly for complex casesCredit: Babylon Health Doctors are overworked and in short supply across the globe, but they could soon…

Making masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) with hydrophilic surfaces, where droplets of coronavirus spread out and dry faster, could reduce infection risk.Credit: R. Bhardwaj and A. Agrawal WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 --…

Some people get really sick from COVID-19, and others don't. Nobody knows why. Now, a study by investigators at the Stanford University of Medicine and other institutions has turned up immunological deviations and lapses that appear to…

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center On July 4, NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long survey. In capturing this giant…

NIH-funded clinical trial provides independent evidence that multifocal contact lenses reduce worsening nearsightednessCredit: National Eye Institute Children wearing multifocal contact lenses had slower progression of their…

If verified, the mass-energy-information equivalence principle will show that information is a physical, dominant, fifth state of matter, and digital bits will outnumber atoms on Earth -- it's just a matter of time.Credit: Image courtesy of…

Research reveals regrettably little health information in coronavirus-tagged videos Research published in DeGruyter's International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health suggests TikTok is rich with untapped educational potential. The…

SwRI's award-winning CYGNSS platform added to NASA's RSDO catalogCredit: NASA SAN ANTONIO -- Aug. 11, 2020 -- NASA has selected Southwest Research Institute to take part in the $6 billion indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity…

Researchers 3D printed a micro-scaled physical device to demonstrate a new level of control in the directed differentiation of stem cells, enhancing the production of cardiomyocytes.Credit: SUTD All humans start out from a single…

Novel 'social incubator' creates academic-community partnerships to define and address the most pressing health needs in Israel's Galilee region In 2009, the Israeli government unanimously selected Bar-Ilan University to open Israel's 5th…

Synchronization, in which a complex system operates as one body, is an important phenomenon that takes place in an enormous range of scales -- from subatomic particles to galaxies. In biology, fish, birds, and even cells synchronize in…

A new online system, developed by the University of Sheffield, which enables healthcare professionals to remotely monitor and support patients who have motor neurone disease (MND) during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been fast-tracked for…

Temperature is a critical parameter in determining cleansing efficiency during a root canalCredit: Hanhui Jin WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 -- Scientists used computational fluid dynamics to determine the effect of temperature on…