Artificial lung keeps patient alive after lung removal
By replacing both breathing and circulatory buffering, a novel artificial lung bought critical time after lung removal, revealed…
Carotid artery procedures do not improve cognitive performance
Improving blood flow to the brain by opening a narrowed neck artery may not improve patients’ cognitive skills,…
Cardiac MRI breakthrough could be a game changer for assessing advanced heart failure
Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using…
New nanomaterial kills cancer cells via oxidative stress
Scientists at Oregon State University have developed a new nanomaterial that triggers a pair of chemical reactions inside…
KAIST proposes novel strategy for multifactorial Alzheimer’s treatment
Conventional treatments of Alzheimer’s disease, one of the most common forms of dementia, have been largely focused on…
New soft robotic probe enables continuous monitoring of fetus’s vital signs
Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device that can continuously track a fetus’s vital signs while still…
New Lunar Regolith Analysis Challenges Meteorite-Water Theory
Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite bombardment over…
Biologists ‘Resurrect’ 3.2-Billion-Year-Old Enzyme | Sci.News
A team of researchers led by the University of Wisconsin-Madison has reverse-engineered a primordial nitrogen-fixing enzyme, illuminating how…
World-first deep-ocean landers to hunt down origins of dark oxygen
Researchers have unveiled two world-first deep-ocean landers designed to probe the origins of dark oxygen, which is produced…
Groundwater chemistry may raise children’s lead exposure risk
A nationwide county-level study reveals how subtle differences in groundwater chemistry may influence pipe corrosion and children’s blood…
Study reveals how antibiotic resistant bacteria delay chronic wound healing
An international team of scientists, led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), has discovered a new way…
Pulse oximeters overestimate blood oxygen levels in patients with darker skin
Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels…