A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier
Updated: 2023-07-31 13:48:49
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search A wearable ultrasound scanner could detect breast cancer earlier July 31, 2023 MIT In hopes of improving the survival rate for breast cancer patients , MIT researchers designed a wearable ultrasound device that could allow women to detect tumors when they are still in early stages . When breast cancer is diagnosed in the earliest stages , the survival rate is nearly 100 percent . However , for tumors detected in later stages , that rate drops to around 25 . percent In hopes of improving the overall survival rate for breast cancer patients , MIT researchers have designed a wearable ultrasound device that could allow people to detect tumors when they are still in early stages . In
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Unique Mexican black and pinto bean varieties are high in healthy compounds July 31, 2023 University of Illinois David Fonseca Hernà ndez working in the CIATEJ laboratory . Common beans are important food sources with high nutritional content . Bean seeds also contain phenolic compounds , which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties that promote health . A study  from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign  and CIATEJ  in Guadalajara , Mexico , explored the composition of seed coat extracts from black and pinto bean varieties unique to the Chiapas region of Southern . Mexico âThese beans are preserved among Mayan communities and grown by indigenous
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search New vaccine may successfully target Alzheimer’s July 30, 2023 American Heart Association A new vaccine , discussed at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2023, may have the potential to prevent or modify Alzheimer’s disease by targeting inflamed brain cells linked to the condition . Researchers from Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan developed a vaccine that successfully treated age-related diseases in mice by eliminating senescent cells expressing a specific protein called SAGP . Interestingly , SAGP is found in high levels in the glial cells of people with Alzheimer’s disease . Based on these findings , the researchers tested the vaccine on
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Japanese vaccine may hold key to prevent or reduce the impact of Alzheimerâ s disease July 30, 2023 American Heart Association A novel vaccine that targets inflamed brain cells associated with Alzheimerâ s disease may hold the key to potentially preventing or modifying the course of the disease , according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Associationâ s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Scientific Sessions 2023 The meeting is in Boston , July 31âAug . 3, 2023, and offers the latest research on innovations and discovery in cardiovascular . science Previously , researchers at Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine in Tokyo , Japan developed a
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search This 3D Printed Gripper Doesnâ t Need Electronics To Function July 28, 2023 UC San Diego This soft robotic gripper is not only 3D printed in one print , it also doesnâ t need any electronics to . work The device was developed by a team of roboticists at the University of California San Diego , in collaboration with researchers at the BASF corporation , who detailed their work in a recent issue of Science Robotics The researchers wanted to design a soft gripper that would be ready to use right as it comes off the 3D printer , equipped with built in gravity and touch sensors . As a result , the gripper can pick up , hold , and release objects . No such gripper existed before
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search What leads to a good Yelp review for a plastic surgeon July 28, 2023 Wolters Kluwer An analysis of Yelp reviews reveals various factors influencing plastic surgery patients’ positive or negative feedback , according to a report in the September issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery® , the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons ASPS The study , conducted by senior author Brent R . DeGeorge , MD , PhD , from the University of Virginia , Charlottesville , suggests that while the plastic surgeon’s gender or race does not appear to impact overall quality ratings , other surgeon and practice-related factors play a significant . role The research team
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study finds strong support for easing Medicaid enrollment procedures July 28, 2023 Texas A M A Medicaid application ready to be filled out with a silver pen . During the COVID-19 pandemic , governments changed rules and procedures related to Medicaid enrollment . These changes decreased many of the burdens eligible people face when signing up for programs and contributed to a 30 percent increase in Medicaid enrollment . However , the end of public health emergency declarations brings an end to these pandemic policies , which many fear could lead to eligible people losing public health insurance simply because they are unable to fulfill administrative requirements such as
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Bees and Wasps Independently Invent Ingenious Nest-Building Solutions July 28, 2023 PLOS ONE Photo credit : Michael L . Smith In a study published in the journal PLOS Biology on July 27, 2023, researchers found that honey bees and social wasps construct hexagonal cells that appear similar at first glance but have significant differences . Honey bees use wax to build double-sided vertical combs , while wasps utilize paper to construct single-sided horizontal combs with downward-facing openings for each . cell These hexagonal cells have evolved independently in bees and wasps . The shape of these cells optimizes strength and storage space while minimizing the use of building
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Worm resurrected from Siberian permafrost laid dormant for 46,000 years July 28, 2023 PLOS ONE General morphology of P . kolymaensis , female . Scanning electron pictures A , C light microscopy photographs E , F and graphic presentations B , D , G of holotype : A , B entire body , C , D anterior ends , E anterior body , F perivulvar body region , G tail . Abbreviations : l.f.âlateral field , ovâovary , proâprocorpus of the pharynx , t.b.âterminal bulb of the pharynx , uâuterus with eggs , vâvulva , v.p.âventral pore . Scale bars : A , D , E , F , Gâ 20 μm , Bâ 100 μm , Câ 2 μm A new study reveals that a soil nematode , revived from Siberian permafrost , had
, Skip to content Menu My journey as writer Contact About Air Quality Matters Discourse for all interested in all things air-quality related Menu My journey as writer Contact About How to âproperlyâ classify partial zero-emissions vehicles , hybrids is the question July 27, 2023 July 27, 2023 Partial Zero-Emissions Vehicles or PZEVs for short , seem to be one of those âoddballâ classes of vehicles . PZEVs have internal combustion engines but their engines produce no what are referred to as evaporative emissions . Hybrids , unlike PZEVs , emit exhaust but the amount of emissions emanating from the exhaust is comparatively much lower than that coming out of the exhaust of standard internal-combustion-engine-powered motor vehicles . Hybrids are able to achieve this through use of two
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Astronomers reveal new features of galactic black holes July 27, 2023 University of Nevada Artist's depiction of microquasar event captured by FAST Telescope . Black holes are the most mysterious objects in the universe , with features that sound like they come straight from a sci-fi . movie Stellar-mass black holes with masses of roughly 10 suns , for example , reveal their existence by eating materials from their companion stars . And in some instances , supermassive black holes accumulate at the center of some galaxies to form bright compact regions known as quasars with masses equal to millions to billions of our sun . A subset of accreting stellar-mass black holes that can
Apple Invents a next-generation AirPods Sensor System that could measure Biosignals and Electrical Activity of a User’s brain (Patently Apple): Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that relates to a next-generation of AirPods Sensor System wherein the housing and tips of AirPods could include a number of active […]
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