Tiny, flexible electronic chips embedded in a skin-like material monitor vitals and stimulate muscles.
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Tiny, flexible electronic chips embedded in a skin-like material monitor vitals and stimulate muscles.
Caffeinated drinks may help prevent skin cancer by inhibiting a DNA repair pathway, thus killing potentially precancerous cells.
Sheng Wang leaves the Boston University School of Medicine and agrees to retract two published studies.
Repurposing patient’s own T-cells to recognize antigens on cancer cells caused dramatic improvement in three patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Heat-sensing protein channels in vampire bats allow the flying mammals to find the best place to sink their teeth into their prey.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in microbiology and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
Unlike human brains, chimpanzee brains don’t get smaller as they age, suggesting that pronounced neurological decline is a uniquely human byproduct of our oversized brains and extreme longevity.
A snapshot of the most highly ranked articles in genomics, genetics, and related areas, from Faculty of 1000
The neural nexus of the circadian clock shows signs of functional decline as mice age, providing clues as to why sleep patterns tend to change as people grow older.
The Royal Society's annual science extravaganza packs some interesting stuff into 5 days of love and research.