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Kidney cells engineered to produce insulin when caffeine is present in the body

A team of researchers from ETH Zurich and the University of Basel in Switzerland and Institut Universitaire de Technologie in France has that found that embryonic kidney cells engineered to produce insulin when exposed to ...

LincRNAs identified in human fat tissue

A large team of researchers from the U.S. and China has succeeded in identifying a number of RNA fragments found in human fat tissue. In their paper published in the journal Science Translational Medicine the group describes ...

Researchers investigate changes in white matter in mice exposed to low-frequency brain stimulation

A team of researchers at the University of Oregon has learned more about the mechanism involved in mouse brain white matter changes as it responds to stimulation. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy ...

Introduction of alcohol found to adversely impact fertility rates in hunter-gatherer community

Fernando Ramirez Rozzi, a research director with the French National Centre for Scientific Research has found that the introduction of alcohol to a Baka pygmy hunter-gatherer society caused fertility rates to fall. In his ...

Observing brain plasticity during cello training

Music acquisition provides an excellent model of neural plasticity, and has become a hot research subject in neurology. Music performance provides an unmatched array of neural complexities revealing how neural networks are ...

Photo fakery nabbed via outsmarting techniques

Adobe Research has been getting busy nailing down how to spot image manipulations by unleashing AI on the case. In doing so, they may be achieving real headway in the field of image forensics.

PV, wind, batteries: Energy outlook research

Check out the latest energy stats as we face our renewable energy future. These facts and figures come from a Bloomberg report.

Publication of Digital Key Release 1.0 specification is announced

O tempora o mores. Remember when a "phone" was perceived as a device for incoming and outgoing calls? Now the call function is so by-the-way.

Ford, exoskeleton company address strain in overhead tasks

Ford workers are testing a wearable exoskeleton at an assembly plant and their shoulders, and backs, can benefit from the program.

Assessment of death risks: It's Google's turn

Realistic assessments of end of life may be more accurate because of AI and neural networks.