Perspiration is basically sweating from sweat glands, often in response to heat, exercise or stress. Researchers have developed a fitness sensor that monitors the sweat of a person and keeps a check on their health. The study was published in the journal, ‘Small Methods’. Ultrathin nanomaterials, known as MXenes, are poised to […]
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Researchers develop printing technique for effective skin equivalent to heal wounds
Researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Huddersfield have developed an approach to print skin equivalents that may help in healing chronic wounds. The research has been published in the ‘APL Bioengineering Journal’. The technique is the first of its kind to simulate three layers of skin: the hypodermis, or […]
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Researchers recreate deep-Earth conditions to see how iron copes with extreme stress
New observations of the atomic structure of iron reveal it undergoes ‘twinning’ under extreme stress and pressure. The results appear in Physical Review Letters, where they have been highlighted as an Editor’s Suggestion. Far below you lies a sphere of solid iron and nickel about as wide as the broadest part of Texas: the Earth’s inner core. […]
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Researchers identify potentially safer approach to opioid drug development
Opioids are powerful painkillers but their use is hindered because patients become tolerant to them, requiring higher and higher doses, and overdoses can cause respiratory depression and death. A recent study from researchers at the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience contradicts existing thinking about how opioid drugs cause tolerance and respiratory depression and suggests […]
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Researchers develop novel tool which could improve serious illness conversations
Conversations between seriously ill people, their families and palliative care specialists lead to a better quality of life. Understanding what happens during these conversations – and particularly how they vary by cultural, clinical, and situational contexts – is essential to guide healthcare communication improvement efforts. To gain true understanding, new […]
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Researchers find how plants become good neighbours in times of stress
The scientists at the John Innes and the University of Bristol have discovered how plants manage to live alongside each other in places that are dark and shady. Moderate shade or even the threat of shade – detected by phytochrome photoreceptors – causes plants to elongate to try to outgrow the competition. But […]
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Researchers find quantitative evidence that stress turns hair grey
The first quantitative evidence linking psychological stress to greying hair in people has been found by researchers at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. The findings were published in the journal eLife. While it may seem intuitive that stress can accelerate greying, the researchers were surprised to discover that hair colour […]
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Researchers shed light on routinely imaging brain tumour
A team of researchers explored the best way to monitor brain tumour. The article is the work of a large collaboration of UK experts and stakeholders who met to discuss the value of routinely imaging brain tumour patients to assess their tumour treatment response, which is known as “interval imaging”. The results of the study […]