Medicine & Biotechnology

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2+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) Biomechanics is the scientific study of the mechanics of living structures, or of non-living structures such as silk or nacre that are produced by organisms. The recently extinct thylacine was Australia’s largest marsupial predator and famously likened to dog-family carnivorans…...

9+ min ago   (687+ words) For decades, the design of nanoparticle drug delivery systems has been an exercise in patient, expensive trial and error. Formulation scientists would mix lipids, polymers and drug payloads in one combination after another, measure what came out, and iterate slowly…...

4+ hour, 12+ min ago   (216+ words) For decades, many scientists have confidently dismissed the vast majority of the human DNA as useless evolutionary garbage. Yet a recently published scientific paper in Cell, one of the world’s most prestigious biology journals, declares a “paradigm shift” against the…...

28+ min ago   (588+ words) A long non-coding RNA with the unassuming name Loc646329 may be one of the brain’s quiet defenders against Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study published in Molecular Biology Reports....

2+ hour, 23+ min ago   (82+ words) Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a Gram-negative bacterium that thrives everywhere from hospital water systems to contact lens solutions, is one of the most formidable opportunistic pathogens in modern medicine. The World Health Organization has placed it on its high-priority list of bacteria…...

6+ hour, 33+ min ago   (562+ words) Op-Ed: Space weaponization could be an incredibly stupid, massive own goal for humanity Middle East cyber threats enter a new phase as ransomware surges and AI joins the attacker’s toolkit Canadian organizations are struggling to turn AI into ROI Foldable…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (184+ words) In Primavera P6, activity code refers to a label which is assigned to an activity. This label is based on a specific classification. For example, a building project may contain activities for excavation, foundations, structural work, electrical installation, and finishing. Without…...

7+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1094+ words) Wind reshapes the timing of odor whiffs, potentially giving animals clues about where a scent originated. (CREDIT: Scott Franz/CU Boulder Today) An odor drifting through the air does not arrive at a nose in the same form it left…...