The benefits and harms of brown fat
Brown fat helps us get rid of excess fat reserves, but in return increases the risk of atherosclerosis.
04.07.2013Brown fat helps us get rid of excess fat reserves, but in return increases the risk of atherosclerosis.
04.07.2013Under the influence of a laser beam, red blood cells begin to emit sound waves. Analyzing them, it is possible to determine the size and shape of red blood cells with high speed and accuracy. This technique can simplify and speed up the diagnosis of blood diseases.
04.07.2013According to a study by Temple University scientists, corticosteroids – hormones secreted by the adrenal cortex in response to stress – may be a key trigger for the development of late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
03.07.2013It is possible that someday patients suffering from diabetes will be able to determine blood glucose levels using contact lenses with a fuel cell powered by tear fluid.
01.07.2013Obesity changes the intestinal microflora, intestinal bacteria act on the liver and contribute to the development of cancer. Scientists have traced all the links in the chain that leads from obesity to liver cancer.
27.06.2013The researchers plan to expand the capabilities of the IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer by providing it with 64 terabytes of RAM DRAM memory and 128 terabytes of flash memory, providing for the possibility of further volume expansion.
25.06.2013Although rapamycin has many side effects, the authors hope that over time they will be compensated and this drug can still be used to prevent relapses of alcohol dependence.
24.06.2013The first model of human pancreatic cancer progression was created from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs).
24.06.2013Biotechnologists from Stanford University have successfully transplanted retinal prostheses into the eyes of rats, which dispense with a power source and require minimal surgical intervention for implantation.
20.06.2013Unusually long hyaluronic acid molecules in naked diggers prevent cells from reaching increased density during division. The formation of a tumor is often preceded by the "crowding" of cells, so its prevention can be considered as one of the additional barriers to carcinogenesis.
20.06.2013Peter Lansdorp, head of the European Institute for the Biology of Aging – about why some cells die and others live forever, how evolution has built into us the limitation of life expectancy and how cooperation with the Skolkovo project is conducted.
17.06.2013Mammals have a remarkable ability to regenerate lost fingertips, including nails, nerves, and even bones. Determining in this phenomenon is the interaction of nail stem cells and proteins of the Wnt signaling pathway, including their differentiation.
14.06.2013Clinical trials of the MindWalker exoskeleton, which is controlled by the power of thought of a paralyzed patient, are coming to an end. This device may appear on the market within the next 5 years.
14.06.2013One of the laureates of the State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology is the director of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of the SB RAS, Academician Anatoly Derevyanko, one of the authors of the discovery of the Denisov man.
13.06.2013Counting of neurons with carbon-14 embedded in DNA in the period from 1945 to 1963, when countries conducted nuclear tests on earth, showed that up to 700 new neurons appear in the hippocampus in adults per day
07.06.2013Engineers of the American defense science agency DARPA have announced significant progress in the field of muscle neural interfaces, which are being developed as part of a special military program RE-NET.
05.06.2013Fundamentally new antibiotics developed by American scientists turned out to be a hundred times more effective than existing ones. Bacteria will not develop resistance to them soon.
04.06.2013The unique properties of the new polymer make it possible to produce complex three-dimensional structures with high electrical conductivity, which can make them an important component of electronic devices implanted in the human brain.
31.05.2013American doctors have successfully implanted a 6-month-old baby with a flexible tube to support the bronchus, "printed" on a 3D printer.
31.05.2013This project is designed to provide Europe with one of the leading places both in the field of brain research and in information technology.
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