Archive: 26/02/2016

Extreme events in the brain

Physicists at the Universities of Bonn and Oldenburg have developed a model whose behavior – although based on strict rules – can apparently change spontaneously. There are also changes of this type in nature, for example, ...

Feb 26, 2016

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How tofu is made

Tofu is a nutritious, protein-rich bean curd made by coagulating soy milk. There are many different types of tofu, and they are processed in a variety of ways. Methods to produce various types of tofu will be described, as ...

Feb 26, 2016

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3-D Models of Spreading Tumors May Help Fight Cancer

University of Kentucky researchers Ren Xu and Gaofeng Xiong at the Markey Cancer Center and the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences show it is possible to create a three-dimensional (3-D) model system to investigate ...

Feb 26, 2016

Student game fosters empathy for chronic pain sufferers

Three Simon Fraser University graduate students who devised an interactive game to help non-patients empathize with chronic pain patients will compete in an international gaming contest this spring.

Feb 26, 2016

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Soda and other sugary beverages are even worse for us than we thought

In public health circles, it's often called the low-hanging fruit. If people could just kick the sugar-sweetened beverage habit, it would make a huge dent in the number of empty calories they consume. Sugary drinks often ...

Feb 26, 2016

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The path from prescription painkillers to addiction

Abuse of prescription painkillers has become an epidemic in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Even more concerning is that those going through withdrawal may turn to heroin as ...

Feb 26, 2016

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Nanopatch polio vaccine success

Needle-free Nanopatch technology developed at The University of Queensland has been used to successfully deliver an inactivated poliovirus vaccine.

Feb 26, 2016

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The science of eating disorders

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, when a spotlight is placed on the many forms eating disorders can take and the people they harm. It is important to look at how these disorders are caused, dangers associated ...

Feb 26, 2016

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Using big data to chart cancer's hidden genetic weaknesses

Nevan Krogan, PhD, thinks genomics has brought us closer to a revolution in cancer treatment than most geneticists even realize.

Feb 26, 2016

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Researchers pioneer effective new approach to "liquid biopsies"

Despite a growing interest in developing non-invasive methods to identify rare cancer cells or cancer cell DNA in blood, current techniques remain complicated and often prohibitively expensive. UCLA researchers have pioneered ...

Feb 26, 2016

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