3-D printing helps surgeons sharpen their craft

Surgical training is one more way that researchers are using 3-D printing to advance the quality…

What’s a knot — and what’s not — in genomic mapping

Genome mapping complements DNA sequencing, offering insight into huge, intact molecules between 150,000 and 1 million…

Potential number of organ donors after euthanasia in Belgium

An estimated 10 percent of all patients undergoing euthanasia in Belgium could potentially donate at least…

Spinal manipulation treatment for low back pain associated with modest improvement in pain, function

Among patients with acute low back pain, spinal manipulation therapy was associated with modest improvements in…

Antarctic penguin colony repeatedly decimated by volcanic eruptions

One of the largest colonies of gentoo penguins in Antarctica was decimated by volcanic eruptions several…

26 novel genes linked to intellectual disability

26 new genes have now been linked to intellectual disability. Currently most patients with intellectual disability…

Mechanism that regulates acoustic habituation identified

Most people will startle when they hear an unexpected loud sound. The second time they hear…

Research group works toward devising topological superconductor

A new topological superconductor made from an ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenide is a step toward quantum…

Wiring of the ‘little brain’ linked to multiple forms of mental illness

Nearly half of people with one mental illness also experience another mental illness at the same…

Team tackles mysterious disease afflicting wild and captive snakes

Biologists and veterinarians across the central and eastern United States are calling on researchers to help…