Involvement of prescription opioids in fatal car crashes climbs sevenfold
The prevalence of prescription opioids increased from 0.9 percent during 1995-1999 to 5.2 percent during 2010-2015 in male drivers, and from 1.4 percent to...
New era in robotics: 3-D-printed robot is hard at heart, soft on the outside
Left: the rigid top fractures on landing, while the top made of nine layers going from rigid to flexible remains intact.
Credit: Jacobs School of...
Artificial muscle for soft robotics: Low voltage, high hopes
An artificial muscle built from a sandwich of soft, stretchable elastomers and carbon nanotubes electrodes. This type of actuator could be used in everything...
Somersaulting simulation for jumping bots
A simulation (top row) and real-world experiment (bottom row) match for the same jumping mechanism designed to flip over a wall and land right...
Gene transfer corrects severe muscle defects in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy
This photograph shows how AAV micro-dystrophin gene therapy ameliorates dystrophic pathology in skeletal muscle. Blue color in Masson trichrome staining indicates fibrosis. Dark red...
Soft-bodied robots: Actuators inspired by muscle
VAMPs are shown actuated and cut open in cross section. The cross section shows the inner chambers that collapse when vacuum is applied.
Credit: Wyss...
Lab-created mini-brains reveal how growing organ maintains neuronal balance
Creation of organoids from stem cells allows scientists to study discrete areas of brain as it develops.
Credit: Courtesy of Yale University
Scientists can now explore...
Engineered mini-stomachs produce insulin in mice
A section of the gastric mini-organ engineered to produce insulin-secreting cells, with immunofluorescent staining. This image shows many induced insulin-producing cells (red) present in...
Long-sought mechanism of metastasis is discovered in pancreatic cancer
To trace the cause of metastasis in pancreatic cancer, the CSHL team used cells sampled from six mice to grow paired sets of pancreatic...
Researchers crack the smile, describing three types by muscle movement
This image shows from left to right the reward smile, affiliative smile and dominance smile.
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal
The smile may be the most...
Nanoparticles loaded with component of common spice kill cancer cells
Neuroblastomas are cancers that start in early nerve cells and commonly form in the tissue of the adrenal glands, near the kidneys. About 700...
