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Medical Xpress

Cardiology
Tissue engineered vascular grafts transform into autologous neovessels with biomimetic function
Medical research
Using a bacteriophage to successfully treat a patient infected with a drug-resistant bacteria
Genetics
People with certain genetic loci are 11% more likely to lose the ability to smell or taste from COVID
Neuroscience
What does myelin actually do?
Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Enthesis strength, toughness, and stiffness: Comparing tendon insertions with varying bony attachment geometries
Genetics
Association found between de novo genetic mutations and obsessive-compulsive disorder
Psychology & Psychiatry
Boredom found to be a factor in sadistic behavior
Oncology & Cancer
In the lab: T cells artificially endowed with 2 cancer-seeking receptors aim to be an elite army of cancer killers
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Preliminary research suggests SARS-CoV-2 virus less infectious within five minutes of exposure to air
Cardiology
Researchers find dying from a heart attack while having sex is rare

Tech Xplore

Energy & Green Tech
Calculating the coming aluminum demand for solar panels and how to mitigate its greenhouse impact
Electronics & Semiconductors
A wafer-scale van der Waals dielectric based on an inorganic molecular crystal film
Energy & Green Tech
New fuel cells that can operate at temperatures between -20 to 200°C
Computer Sciences
Iconary: A pictionary-like game to improve the communication skills of AI agents
Energy & Green Tech
Study: Chemical nature of defects that cause trap states in metal halide perovskite solar cells
Robotics
Flexible skin patch provides haptic feedback from a human operator to a remotely operated robot
Robotics
A framework to optimize the efficiency and comfort of robot-assisted feeding systems
Robotics
A new framework that could simplify imitation learning in robotics
Electronics & Semiconductors
All-in-one flexible supercapacitor with ultra-stable performance under extreme load
Security
Raspberry Pi system can detect viruses on other devices without use of software