Head injury is a common concern around the world, but researchers suggest that woodpeckers may have an answer for minimizing such devastating injuries. As reported in the Oct. 26 issue of the online journal PLoS ONE, an analysis ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2011
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What if humans could regrow an amputated arm or leg, or completely restore nervous system function after a spinal cord injury?
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 28, 2016
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(Phys.org)—Imagine not being able to touch a touch-screen device. Tablets and smartphones—with all their educational, entertaining and social benefits—would be useless.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 11, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Victims of third-degree burns and other traumatic injuries endure pain, disfigurement, invasive surgeries and a long time waiting for skin to grow back. Improved tissue grafts designed by Cornell scientists ...
Materials Science
May 17, 2011
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A research team consisting of Mitsuhiro Ebara, MANA associate principal investigator, Mechanobiology Group, NIMS, and Hiroyuki Tanaka, assistant professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, ...
Bio & Medicine
Feb 28, 2017
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cellbond, a division of Encocam Ltd that specializes in impact absorption technology, have teamed up with researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in order to develop and test a new pedestrian-friendly car ...
A US biotech company said Thursday it will soon begin the first-ever European trials using human embryonic stem cells in an experimental treatment for people with a form of juvenile blindness.
Biotechnology
Sep 22, 2011
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More than 3.5 million workplace injuries and illnesses occur each year in the United States, costing an estimated $250 billion annually.
Economics & Business
Sep 6, 2016
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Patients undergoing a positron emission tomography (PET) scan in today's bulky, donut-shaped machines must lie completely still. Because of this, scientists cannot use the scanners to unearth links between movement and brain ...
General Physics
May 19, 2017
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A Rutgers-led team has created better biosensor technology that may help lead to safe stem cell therapies for treating Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases and other neurological disorders.
Bio & Medicine
Nov 11, 2019
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