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Other life sciences

The tumbler exoskeleton

Researchers from the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne have developed a new lightweight exoskeleton that should save elderly people from accidental falls.

15.05.2017
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The cause of stroke is intestinal microflora

Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have found out that the formation of thin-walled dilated vessels in the brain is influenced by the composition of the intestinal microflora.

15.05.2017
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How a lymphocyte feels for antigens

A group of scientists from the USA and Spain has developed a method that allows you to get a three-dimensional visualization of the work of T-lymphocytes in real time.

15.05.2017
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Live Printing

Using a model of a human hand, scientists from the University of Minnesota have shown that using a 3D printer, it is possible to print a pressure sensor directly on the skin in a few minutes.

15.05.2017
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Virtual Psychiatrist

We can confidently talk about good prospects for using virtual reality to treat various phobias, anxiety disorders and other mental ailments.

11.05.2017
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The liver grows after eating

Why the liver increases and decreases is unclear; most likely, it's about the assimilation of nutrients that enter the body at a certain time of day.

11.05.2017
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Prototype of a soft bionic retina

This is a field of 16 cubes of hydrogel with droplets of the bacteriorhodopsin protein, which, like the pigment of the cones of the retina, creates an action potential when illuminated.

10.05.2017
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The sighted hand

British engineers are preparing to test prosthetic hands that automatically determine the shape of the object to be taken and "adjust" to it.

10.05.2017
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A real macho man acts without hesitation

American scientists have found that elevated testosterone levels reduce men's ability to critically evaluate impulsive and intuitive judgments.

10.05.2017
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Tuberculosis is ready to attack

Biologists claim the appearance of several thousand dangerous mutations in the DNA of tuberculosis bacillus, making it more resistant to the action of human immunity.

26.04.2017
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Microbes start and win

Mikhail Gelfand – about why humanity is losing the "arms race" with bacteria and why the rejection of antibiotics for a while will not destroy all "super-bacteria".

26.04.2017
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High-speed noninvasive neurointerface

Facebook employs more than 60 specialists from a wide variety of companies and organizations in this project, including Berkeley University, Johns Hopkins Hospital and others.

21.04.2017
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Naked diggers can breathe like plants

Small colonial rodents have many unusual abilities. Another of them turned out to be a unique way of breathing for animals.

21.04.2017
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Harmful (and unnecessary?) protein

Increased Id1 protein synthesis reduces the ability of beige adipose tissue to burn calories when cooled. It is possible that this protein is not needed for the normal functioning of the body.

19.04.2017
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Where is HIV hiding?

The immunodeficiency virus can hide not only in T cells, but also in macrophages, which will complicate the procedure of its expulsion from the body in the treatment of an old infection.

19.04.2017