Framework to characterize hydrogels for biomedical scientists and engineers
Researchers have published an interdisciplinary framework that enables the development of extracellular matrix-inspired hydrogels for biomedical applications.
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Inflammation amplifies the effect of genetic risk variants for schizophrenia
Schizophrenia patients have fewer connections between nerve cells. This is believed to be caused by genetic risk variants leading to an excessive elimination of nerve cell connections by the immune cells of the brain. Researchers now report that the le…
New material will make locally flexible diodes possible
Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made out of two materials with different characteristics. A research team has now discovered a material that makes it possible to…
New material will make locally flexible diodes possible
Diodes allow directed flows of current. Without them, modern electronics would be inconceivable. Until now, they had to be made out of two materials with different characteristics. A research team has now discovered a material that makes it possible to…
Periods and pregnancy still taboo in women’s football, research finds
Sport and exercise experts are calling for better education around periods and pregnancy in women’s football. New research carried out at women’s football clubs across six European countries shows that education around the menstrual cycle, hormonal con…
Blind spots in the monitoring of plastic waste
Whether in drinking water, food or even in the air: plastic is a global problem — and the full extent of this pollution may go beyond of what we know yet. Researchers have reviewed conventional assumptions for the transport of plastic in rivers. The a…
Perturbing the Bernoulli shift map in binary systems
The Bernoulli shift map is a well-known chaotic map in chaos theory. For a binary system, however, the output is not chaotic and converges to zero instead. One way to prevent this is by perturbing the state space of the map. In a new study, researchers…
Parental discord may be an indicator of children’s genetic risk for future alcohol misuse
Parents can transmit a genetic risk for alcohol problems to their children not only directly, but also indirectly via genetically influenced aspects of the home environment, such as marital discord or divorce, according to a new study.
Defect in cellular respiration renders sac fungi infertile
The formation of fruiting bodies for sexual reproduction is a central developmental process in fungi. Even though genetic methods have been applied in recent decades to identify a large number of factors involved in this process, we still lack an under…
Senescent cells as vaccines against cancer
Cancer cells have a series of features that allow the immune system to identify and attack them. However, these same cells create an environment that blocks immune cells and protects the tumor. This means that immune cells cannot reach the cancer cells…