Polymer pelts made of the finest of fibers are suitable for many different applications, from coatings that adhere well and
Month: November 2018
Sarcopenic obesity: The ignored phenotype
A new condition, that occurs in the presence of both sarcopenia and obesity and termed as “sarcopenic obesity”, and that
Can EpiPens Still Work After Freezing?
The epinephrine auto-injector can be lifesaving in cases of severe allergic reaction, and millions of Americans carry the devices. In
Artificial intelligence predicts treatment effectiveness
How can a doctor predict the treatment outcome of an individual patient? Traditionally, the effectiveness of medical treatments is studied
Vine compound starves cancer cells
Professor Gerhard Bringmann, an expert in natural product chemistry, and his team from the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the
Pets Can Double as Asthma Antidote
The “hygiene hypothesis” holds that early exposure to a variety of microorganisms may decrease the risk for chronic inflammatory diseases,
Many Infants With Milk Allergy Seem to Outgrow It
Milk allergy affects more than half of American infants who have food allergies in their first year of life, a
The common ancestor of species was rod-shaped
There are two major shapes of bacteria, i.e., rod-shape and spherical shape. The genus Deinococcus consists of rod-shape and spherical
The Coulomb interaction in van der Waals heterostructures
Two-dimensional (2D) materials possess great potential in applications to the next-generation nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. Van der Waals heterostructures composed by
Dining Out With Allergies Is Tough, But These Steps Can Help
When you have serious food allergies, eating at a restaurant can literally mean risking your life. But new research suggests