Early diagnostic imaging to prevent kidney disease
Visualization of renal fibrosis in fractional anisotropy (FA) maps. The left panels indicate Sirius Red staining (fibrosis) and the right panels stand for FA...
Breakthrough in magnesium batteries
This is a schematic of the structural evolution of titanium disulfide at different stages of intercalation. Interlayers are expanded or distorted as different amounts...
New OCT technique provides better 3-D imaging of the cellular structure of the eye
New OCT technique provides better 3-D imaging of the cellular structure of the eye.
Credit: Copyright MedUni Vienna
Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a high-resolution live...
Compounds in cocoa may help delay onset of type 2 diabetes
Chocolate as a medical aid?
Credit: BYU Photo
What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off.
But...
High salt intake associated with doubled risk of heart failure
Researchers studied the impact of a high salt diet on heart failure risk.
Credit: © Sea Wave / Fotolia
High salt intake is associated with a...
Eating triggers endorphin release in the brain
Eating both bland (left panel) and delicious (right panel) meals triggered significant opioid release in the brain.
Credit: Turku PET Centre
Finnish researchers have revealed how...
New ancient sea reptile found in Germany, the earliest of its kind
Skull reconstruction of Lagenanectes richterae.
Credit: Jahn Hornung
A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been identified by an international team...
Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant mother
Skeleton of Ichthyosaurus.
Credit: Copyright Dean R. Lomax
Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found it was pregnant...
Plant ‘smells’ insect foe, initiates defense
Goldenrod can detect a compound produced by gall-inducing flies, according to researchers.
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State
It cannot run away from the fly...
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds
Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has...
Fossils reveal how bizarre mammal beat extinction
Solenodon, a bizarre venomous mammal from the Caribbean, survived extinction due to its generalist ecology.
Credit: Photo by Alexis Mychajliw
Animals that live on...
