Search results for organ-on-a-chip

Ecology Feb 18, 2025

Fish and chips shouldn't come with a catch: How Australia can keep illegal seafood off our plates

If you've ever been stopped by quarantine officers at the airport, you might think Australia's international border is locked down like a fortress. But when it comes to trade in seafood, it's more like a net full of holes.

Environment Feb 12, 2025

'What would you have us do?': The plastic credits problem

Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst mountain that overlooks the sprawling industrial site.

Evolution Feb 6, 2025

Supercomputer simulation shows why beneficial mutations rarely lead to hypermutators in real organisms

In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from the University of Michigan has used simulations on the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Neocortex ...

Astrobiology Feb 2, 2025

Pristine asteroid samples reveal secrets of the ancient solar system

Curtin University researchers have gained an unprecedented glimpse into the early history of our solar system through some of the most well-preserved asteroid samples ever collected, potentially transforming our understanding ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 30, 2025

Borrowing nature's blueprint: Scientists replicate bone marrow

Hidden within our bones, marrow sustains life by producing billions of blood cells daily, from oxygen-carrying red cells to immune-boosting white cells. This vital function is often disrupted in cancer patients undergoing ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 29, 2025

Droplet microfluidics advance may hold key to next-generation cancer drugs

At Texas A&M University, one research lab is changing the game of droplet microfluidics, a technique that involves conducting experiments in nanoscale droplets of liquid in a controlled environment. The team has developed ...

Environment Jan 22, 2025

How the oil industry and growing political divides turned climate change into a partisan issue

After four years of U.S. progress on efforts to deal with climate change under Joe Biden, Donald Trump's return to the White House is swiftly swinging the pendulum in the opposite direction.

Other Jan 20, 2025

Biden helped bring science out of the lab and into the community—emphasizing research focused on solutions

President Joe Biden was inaugurated in January 2021 amid a devastating pandemic, with over 24 million COVID-19 cases and more than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. recorded at that point.

Biotechnology Jan 14, 2025

Fertile land for growing vegetables is at risk—but a scientific discovery could turn the tide

A large proportion of the vegetables consumed in Québec are grown in the Montérégie region in what are known as organic soils. Highly fertile and rich in organic matter, these soils are particularly well suited to vegetable ...

Biochemistry Jan 14, 2025

Scientists develop self-assembling molecules with potential applications in targeted drug delivery

Scientists have taken a major step forward in tackling one of the greatest abiding challenges in chemistry, by learning how to program the self-assembly of molecules in such a way that the end result is predictable and desirable.

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