Could removal of aging cells extend human life?

A research team has confirmed that targeting SnCs could treat age-related degenerative joint disease.

Mind the liquid gap: Liquids are capable of supporting waves with short wavelengths only

Flowing particles in liquids act as a filter to suppress long-wavelength waves but allow short-wavelength ones…

Harnessing computational intelligence to improve the management of health emergencies

The analysis of thousands of records of patients' physiological values has allowed a researcher to develop…

Space-traveling flatworms help scientists enhance understanding of regenerative health

Flatworms that spent five weeks aboard the International Space Station are helping researchers scientists study how…

The first nanometrically-sized superelastic alloy

Researchers have explored superelasticity properties on a nanometric scale based on shearing an alloy's pillars down…

Why microplastic debris may be the next big threat to our seas

More than five trillion pieces of plastic debris are estimated to be in our oceans, though…

Wind turbines: The strength test

Wind turbines rise into the sky on enormous feet. To ensure these giants can reliably generate…

Drug combination benefits patients with tophaceous gout

The drug lesinurad in combination with febuxostat was better at lowering blood levels of urate than…

Experimental drug BIA 10-2474 deactivates proteins in human nerve cells

At high doses, drug candidate BIA 10-2474 binds not only to the protein that it targets,…

Infants born preterm may lack key lung cells later in life

Mice born into an oxygen-rich environment respond worse to the flu once fully grown due to…