some have museums or outreach programs that host astronomy nights for the public. In Los angeles, Griffith Observatory is dedicated solely to public education.
or even entirely different fields, such as architecture, art and fashion. What's most inspiring to me about the evolving science of regenerative medicine is how it recasts the role and potential of the body's own cells.
The condition can lead to death within five to 10 years. The disease is rare:
and was used by Christians throughout Asia, as far east as China. While in Kerala, Clarke examined historical text collections in local churches and monasteries.
The libraries had palm-leaf documents, dating back hundreds of years and written in Malayalam,
and may have been written by a man named Bar Hebraeus, a polymath who wrote about literature, science, philosophy, religion, history and medicine,
Clarke said.""The 13th-century manuscript may have been written by Bar Hebraeus himself, "Clarke said.""Bar Hebraeus was one of the greatest thinkers of his day.
and could be targeted specifically to prevent cell death during ameba infection, "she said.""This approach also could be informative for colon cancer chemotherapy,
and could be targeted specifically to prevent cell death during ameba infection, "she said.""This approach also could be informative for colon cancer chemotherapy,
and the resulting architecture can produce lightning-fast computing speeds up to 1, 000 times faster than would
Using the new architecture, the team has built a variety of sensor wafers that can detect everything from infrared light to particular chemicals in the environment.
A similar incident occurred at the presidential residence in January. Drones are prohibited from flying in the U s. capital
causing migration into the wound bed, and driving wound contraction. We discover that mechanical stimulation of the skin with ultrasound can overturn healing defects by activating a calcium/Camkinaseii/Tiam1/Rac1 pathway that substitutes for fibronectin-dependent signaling
and promotes fibroblast migration. Treatment of diabetic and aged mice recruits fibroblasts to the wound bed
we discover that the migration defects of fibroblasts from human venous leg ulcer patients can be reversed by ultrasound,
Despite advances in diagnostic approaches and treatment, malaria remains one of the leading sources of disease and death in developing nations.
Cervical cancer used to be one of the leading causes of cancer deaths in the US,
Regular pap smear testing flags women who should be examined further with a colposcope to identify abnormal tissue in the cervix which will then be biopsied.
There's no denying that smoking is horrible for you, yet the puffing continues. As any smoker will tell you,
Researchers have dubbed the bacteria"little Pac-Man, "thanks to its ability to gobble up all of the nicotine in its path.
Ideally, a drug made from the little Pac-Man enzyme would be paired with other tools
And while smoking is bad for you, it doesn't do much good to give it up only to replace it with another destructive habit b
"In other words, the difference between this technology being classified as a death ray as opposed to a solar array is merely a matter of how the reflectors are angled.
When crown-of-thorns starfish population densities are under control, these beautiful creatures play a balanced role in the ecosystem of the Great barrier reef.
#Paralyzed man walks using brainwave system A 26-year-old man who was paralyzed in both legs has regained the ability to walk using a system controlled by his brain waves,
It then used them to send instructions to another device that stimulated the nerves in the man's legs
Paralyzed Man Walks Again with EEG System A paralyzed man, attached to a brainwave system, walks the length of a room with the aid of a harness and walkerpreviously, people have used similar brain-controlled
Before the man could use the system to walk, he first underwent mental training to learn to use his brain waves to control an avatar in virtual reality.
which is among the leading causes of death for wounded soldiers. Bandages infused with chemicals designed to assist blood clotting helps,
The nanoparticle is made up of columns consisting of palladium atoms stacked on top of each other. This image has been modified from the original to provide a better visualization.
This amalgamation makes it a terrifically attractive material to apply to scientific developments in a wide variety of fields, such as electronics, aerospace and sports.
report how they have managed to use a relatively new family of sponge-like porous materials to develop new hybrid glasses.
The work revolves around a family of compounds called metal-organic frameworks (MOFS), which are cage-like structures consisting of metal ions,
"Classical computers will always find an ineluctable limit to efficient brain-like computation in their very architecture,
Just like something from science fiction-think of the Liquid-Metal Man robot assassin (T-1000) in the Terminator films-these materials behave more like glass or plastic than metal.
The research is published today in the American Association for the Advancement of Science's new online journal Science Advances,
"said David D. Awschalom, Liew Family Professor and deputy director in the Institute of Molecular Engineering at UCHICAGO,
and talked regularly about how to combine our fairly different fields of research into an effective collaboration across the schools of Arts
New quantum computer architecture Abstract: Within the last several years, considerable progress has been made in developing a quantum computer,
The new architecture can be realized on various platforms ranging from superconducting circuits to ultracold gases in optical lattices."
"A patent for the new quantum computer architecture has been submitted this year. The scientists are supported financially by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) and the European Research Council (ERC) among others s
Cuprates are the only family of materials known to exhibit superconductivity at high temperatures--exceeding 100 Kelvin(-173 degrees Celsius.
This would involve creating columns containing millimeter-size pellets made by compressing a crystalline powder of MOFS."
Entrepreneurs-in-residence at the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship helped them work through mistakes they made regarding legal support, funding,
In addition, it will enable novel architectures requiring high communication bandwidth, as for example in disaggregated systems,"Offrein said d
"Mirkin is the George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences and professor of medicine, chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering and materials science and engineering.
The study also shows that a spherical structure is the ideal architecture for delivering nucleic acids into cells for therapeutic purposes.
then the spherical nucleic acid architecture is likely the most potent t
#Nanospheres cooled with light to explore the limits of quantum physics A team of scientists at UCL led by Peter Barker
effectively sticky tape one might find in any household. This tape can adhere to a range of surfaces including cloth uniforms,
Uwe Bellhuser)" Artificially produced microscopic pillars, so-called gecko structures, adhere to various items. By manipulating these pillars,
the adhesion can be switched on and off. Thus, items can be lifted and released quickly and precisely,"Karsten Moh from the Program Division Functional Microstructures explains."
"Silicon telluride is in that family of compounds, and we've shown a totally new method for using it to make layered, two-dimensional nanomaterials."
The European Association of Geochemistry is highlighting this work as especially interesting. According to study leader Dr James Byrne (Tübingen:"
and water dwelling purple bacteria Rhodopseudomonas palustris with magnetite and controlled the amount of light the cultures were exposed to.
who is also secretary of the European Association of Geochemistry, said:""This may have some interesting geochemical applications.
FL2 belongs to the fidgetin family of enzymes, which play varying roles in cellular development and function.
To learn more about FL2 role in humans, Dr. Sharp suppressed FL2 activity in human cells in tissue culture.
When those cells were placed on a standard wound assay (for measuring properties like cell migration and proliferation),
Di Giacomo experimented with tobacco cells in a cell culture.""We asked ourselves how we might transfer these cells into a lifeless,
The direct-drive hexapod comes with a powerful digital vector motion controller with open software architecture and hexapod-specific Software applications of the H-860kmag Linear Motor Hexapod Motion
The research was dedicated also to the late Professor Seung-Man Yang of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at KAIST.
The paper("Probing the Molecular Architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana Secondary cell Walls Using Two-and Three-dimensional 13c Solid State Nuclear Magnetic resonance Spectroscopy")describing this work was Editors Choice for the American
This major step forward in understanding the molecular architecture of plant cell walls will impact the use of plants for renewable materials
and watched the process in cell cultures using in situ transmission electron microscopy. Kelly partnered with coauthor Madeline Dukes, an applications scientist at Protochips Inc,
This costs the health care system and puts undue strain on clinicians, patients and their families. Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers may have discovered a way to prevent rejection by using biodegradable nanoparticles that release needed medication into the eye after surgery.
while making medicine adherence much easier on patients and their families The nanoparticle loaded with medication could eliminate the need for a patient to remember to take their medicine often multiple doses per hour after a surgery,
In addition to controlling music or phone calls the iskin technology could be used for many other applications. For example, a keyboard sticker could be used to type
the resulting device would have to be loaded enormous with multitudes of transistors that would require far more energy. lassical computers will always find an ineluctable limit to efficient brain-like computation in their very architecture,
and thus can easily be integrated into current chip architectures. At the present time, some 10 percent of the electricity in Germany is consumed by information and communication technologies, such as computers and smart phones of users,
that enabled them to identify the crucial role played by a family of end-binding (EB) proteins in regulating microtubule dynamic instability (Cell,"Mechanistic Origin of Microtubule Dynamic Instability and Its Modulation by EB Proteins".
For chromosome migration to occur, the microtubules attached to them must disassemble, carrying the chromosomes in the process.
and it was seen by some as a black sheep of the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) family and purposefully ignored.
See fabricated a novel 1mm device (aka Robot Man) made of yellow photonic crystal-enhanced QDS.
and Modulation of the Cellular Architecture of a User-Chosen Cell of Interest Using Cell-Derived,
The ability to fine-tune cytoskeletal architecture, adhesion site dynamics and the distribution of intracellular forces through simple on the fly-fly pattern modifications provides an unprecedented level of control over cytoskeletal mechanics,
This amalgamation makes it a terrifically attractive material to apply to scientific developments in a wide variety of fields, such as electronics, aerospace and sports.
exactly what will become of these new families of 2-D materials we've discovered,
The two-part material is a copolymer consisting of an amorphous segment that is soft and a more structured molecular architecture.
or pillar, has an elliptical cross section, and by carefully varying the diameters of each pillar
and rotating them around their axes, the scientists were able to simultaneously manipulate the phase and polarization of passing light.
To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest luminescent concentration factor in literature to date.
and seriously improve the quality of life by reducing carbon emissions from fossil fuels and encourage efficient use of resources."
#Pillared graphene gains strength Rice university researchers discovered that putting nanotube pillars between sheets of graphene could create hybrid structures with a unique balance of strength, toughness and ductility throughout all three dimensions.
Just like something from science fiction-think of the Liquid-Metal Man robot assassin (T-1000) in the Terminator films-these materials behave more like glass or plastic than metal.
Understanding and reproducing key features of bone marrow formationnd hence, the creation of blood cells and platelets in tissue culture for storage and later useould help in treatment of a variety of medical problems.
By pumping culture media, a solution filled with necessary nutrients, through the microtubes, the researchers mimicked the flow of blood.
which aims to promote the culture of industrial property in the university. This scientific development is in the process of patenting.
and then trigger a specific response, such as cell death. This system can be customized to detect any DNA sequence in a mammalian cell
Cells that did not receive the new gene could be induced to undergo cell death, creating a pure population of the desired cells.
They showed that silicone rubber can be printed seamlessly into gradient architectures composed of soft and rigid regions.
#3d-printed scaffolds could enable the release biomolecules into the body with exceptional control (w/video) Tissue development is guided by gradients of biomolecules that direct the growth, migration,
Biomedical engineers are interested in recreating these developmental gradients in adults to aid the growth of new tissue in areas that have sustained damage.
exposure to a particular allergen can cause adverse reactions such as itching, breathing problems or even death.
while keeping the cell culture sealed and sterile. Unlike most 3-D printing, this technique does not require photoinitiators,
Previous studies have found traces of commercial sunscreen chemicals in usersbloodstreams, urine, and breast milk. There is evidence that these chemicals cause disruptions with the endocrine system
2015 The existence of vacuum fluctuations is known already from theory as it follows from Heisenberg uncertainty principle, one of the main pillars of quantum physics.
making these products safer for both children and adults.""Using far less polydopamine by weight than typical of conventional flame retardant additives,
and adults use every day, "Ellison said.""We weren't expecting to find a flame retardant in nature,
Now researchers from the University of Hamburg and the Christian-Albrechts-Universität in Kiel have demonstrated that skyrmions can be detected much more easily because of a drastic change of the electrical resistance in these magnetic whirls("Electrical detection of magnetic skyrmions by tunnelling non-collinear magnetoresistance".
"The chemical marriage between URMC-099 and antiretroviral drug nanoformulations could increase drug longevity, improve patient compliance,
#Scientists design a full-scale architecture for a quantum computer in silicon Australian scientists have designed a 3d silicon chip architecture based on single atom quantum bits,
One of the final hurdles to scaling up to an operational quantum computer is the architecture. Here it is necessary to figure out how to precisely control multiple qubits in parallel, across an array of many thousands of qubits,
"the CQC2T team describes a new silicon architecture, which uses atomic-scale qubits aligned to control lines
and have been working towards a full-scale architecture where we can perform error correction protocols-providing a practical system that can be scaled up to larger numbers of qubits,
and architecture, is that it gives us an endpoint. We now know exactly what we need to do in the international race to get there."
This qubit layer is sandwiched"in a three-dimensional architecture, between two layers of wires arranged in a grid.
"This architecture gives us the dense packing and parallel operation essential for scaling up the size of the quantum processor,"says Scientia Professor Sven Rogge, Head of the UNSW School of Physics."
The images and implications are described in a paper published online by the journal Nature Structural & Molecular biology("The architecture of a eukaryotic replisome"."
which confirmed the electron-microscopy-based conclusion about the unexpected architecture of the replisome. These cartoons show the old"textbook"view of the replisome,
This architecture could also potentially play an important role in developmental biology by providing a pathway for treating the two daughter strands differently.
to study the genomes of seven family members. Dr Bally and Professor Waterhouse have lodged a patent on their study (Organisms with Modified Growth Characteristics and Methods of Making Them) and a research paper,
Black silicon consists of clusters of microscopic vertical pillars, or nanowires. Incoming light bouncing between individual silicon nanowires cannot escape the complex structure,
Then they seeped a polymer between the silicon nanowire pillars. After the plastic support solidified they etched away the silicon backing, leaving bull's-eye patterned black silicon embedded in supple plastic.
Black silicon consists of clusters of microscopic vertical pillars, or nanowires. Incoming light bouncing between individual silicon nanowires cannot escape the complex structure,
Then they seeped a polymer between the silicon nanowire pillars. After the plastic support solidified, they etched away the silicon backing, leaving bull's-eye patterned black silicon embedded in supple plastic.
including pyramids, pillars, domes, inverted pyramids, and the 3d integration of gold nanoparticle/graphene hybrid structures r
Researchers have attempted to study the brain by modeling the architecture using two dimensional (2d) in vitro cell culturing methods.
There is a significant burden in cost of care and quality of life for people suffering from this disability.
says John Essigmann, the William R. 1956) and Betsy P. Leitch Professor in Residence Professor of Chemistry, Toxicology and Biological engineering at MIT,
and study the architecture of the brain in unprecedented detail. But at the same time, they have revived also old problems associated with how this delicate tissue is prepared before images can be collected.
But in this high-pressure freezing method, the water turns into a kind of glass, preserving the original structures and architecture of the tissue.
and the large number of participants who reflect the general adult population rather than just college students.
Center of Excellence in Vision Science, explains that these patterns mimic structures found at the very back of the brain, known as ocular dominance columns.
what is known is that some ocular dominance columns are associated with the left eye and other columns with the right.
The new paper suggests that the narrow spaces between ocular dominance columns associated with the left and right eye are where the brain coordinates each eye working field of vision.
Oxytocin is a hormone that influences social behaviour and has shown promise for the treatment of mental illness.
Regulates social behaviour Oxytocin has historically been known to play a crucial role in child rearing as it facilitates pregnancy, birth,
More recent research has revealed the importance of oxytocin for social behaviour. Oxytocin is a neuropeptide and was discovered in 1953.
Medicine through the nose Because of oxytocin role in social behaviour, researchers have explored the possibility of administering the hormone for the treatment of mental illness.
in fact, have the opposite effect on social behaviour. The scientists also discovered that individuals with larger nasal cavities had a stronger response to a low dose of oxytocin.
#New Technology Enables Completely Paralyzed Man to Voluntarily Move His Legs Robotic step training and noninvasive spinal stimulation enable patient to take thousands of steps.
the man was aided by a novel noninvasive spinal stimulation technique that does not require surgery.
me, having spent my whole adult life before breaking my back as an athlete. Even in the years since he lost his sight,
and quality of life, said V. Reggie Edgerton, senior author of the research and a UCLA distinguished professor of integrative biology and physiology, neurobiology and neurosurgery.
he now believes it is possible to significantly improve quality of life for patients with severe spinal cord injuries,
but showed extensive association with microglia obile cells that surround and protect neurons. Another example of Scales practical application came from examining the 3d positions of active microglial cells and amyloid beta plaques.
a detailed 3d reconstruction and analysis using Scales clearing showed that association with active microglial cells occurs early in plaque development,
#Researchers Identify Protein That Opens the Door to Cell Death Findings could aid development of novel therapeutics for conditions ranging from heart failure and stroke to cancer and neurodegeneration.
A protein embedded in the surface of mitochondria the energy-producing batteries of living cells opens the door to cell death,
causing cells to experience severe power failures, according to new work by researchers at Temple University School of medicine.
where extensive mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death hinder tissue recovery. The study, led by Muniswamy Madesh, Phd, Associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry, the Cardiovascular Research center,
and the Center for Translational Medicine at Temple University School of medicine (TUSM), shows that the protein, spastic paraplegia 7 (SPG7), is the central component of the so-called permeability transition pore (PTP),
a protein complex in the mitochondrial membrane that mediates necrotic cell death (death caused by cell injury).
or increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) the two primary factors that cause mitochondrial dysfunction and cell death via pore opening Dr. Madesh team devised an RNA interference
and cell death could be averted. With colleagues at TUSM, Dr. Madesh plans to explore the effects of SPG7 inhibitors in animals and, potentially, human patients t
#Novel Role of Mitochondria in Immune Function Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new role for an enzyme involved in cell death.
the Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering. he liquid crystal molecules that are at the interface become distorted:
or the size and position of the foetus in a pregnant woman, to mention a few examples.
DO, assistant professor of family medicine at Rowan University. can think of a single patient who wouldn take steps to prevent the progression of Alzheimer
It is among the top 10 causes of death in America
#New Drug Delivery Technique Bypasses Blood-brain barrier Breakthrough could help countless patients with neurological conditions that are currently hard to treat.
Aprecia Pharmaceuticals said Monday the FDA approved its drug Spritam for adults and children who suffer from certain types of seizures caused by epilepsy.
which it uses in the Apple Watch Sport. The key design change means that the Apple iphone 6 is stronger in its most vulnerable point.
and was followed by a four-month and an eight-month cohabitation mission. NASA is spending $us1. 2 million ($a1. 67 million) on these simulations,
Binsted said that during the eight-month cohabitation mission which ended earlier this year, conflicts did arise
and identity family that reflects this reality and shows you when the Google magic is working for you, even on the tiniest screens,
"Imagine visitors to a large sports stadium or theatre being guided to their place, or being evacuated from the stadium in the most efficient way in the case of an emergency,
"the team write in a paper that will be presented at the CHI conference in Seoul, South korea, next week.
#Womb milk nourishes human embryo during first weeks of pregnancy Call it the milk of life not breast milk,
For the first 11 weeks of pregnancy, before the mother's nutrient-rich blood supply is plumbed in,
During pregnancy, the lining of the uterus behaves quite differently to normal: the glands start storing large amounts of glucose as glycogen,
placenta and embryonic tissue donated by women who had chosen to terminate their pregnancies. The samples came from all stages of early pregnancy
so the researchers were able to analyse how they changed over time. By using a staining dye,
at the beginning of a pregnancy, the placenta is much larger than the growing embryo, so the pressure of arterial blood would likely dislodge the embryo from the wall of the uterus.
Next, Aplin and his colleagues hope to investigate how a mother's diet and other factors, such as smoking,
"The first few weeks of pregnancy is a critical phase for embryonic development, "says Graham Burton of the University of Cambridge,
Rostami believes her use of the probe helped save a woman life last year. The woman was in intensive care after a stroke involving bleeding on the surface of her brain.
The probe revealed that although the bleeding had stopped, the woman brain glucose levels had fallen, probably caused by other blood vessels constricting.
In response, Rostami team administered a drug to boost her heart rate and send more blood to the brain.
But Rostami believes her use of the probe helped to save a woman life last year.
The woman was in intensive care after a stroke that involved bleeding on the surface of her brain.
the woman brain glucose levels were falling, probably because other blood vessels had constricted. In response, Rostami team administered a drug to boost her heart rate
and within hours the woman condition had improved. he started responding to commands to squeeze my hand,
a person risks coma and death from plunging glucose levels. A glucose sensor and insulin pump, both attached to the abdomen, are used by some people with type 1 diabetes to manage their condition,
To see if their bionic pancreas really would improve quality of life, Hovorka team ran a three-month trial involving 33 adults and 25 children.
Compared with a sensor and pump without an algorithm, children using the bionic device spent half as much time with seriously low sugar levels,
Once theye there, they can do serious science, from climate modelling to exoplanet hunting. But they are stuck also in that orbit for their entire working lives.
This hardy creature sports two blue spots behind its eyes, and it doesn't seem to mind living in the lab."They're not very large,
"What's more, they saw a massive expansion in a family of genes that's involved in setting up brain circuits.
The man lost his sternum and pieces of four ribs when doctors removed a large tumor.
Surgeons at Salamanca University Hospital reported the man's case and how they made the prosthesis last month in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
Engineers at Anatomics in Melbourne, Australia, custom-designed the device using CT SCANS of the man's chest.
The 3-D printing technology allowed the surgeons to create an implant that"fitted like glove"in the man's chest, Dr. Jose Aranda
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