New custom program helps diabetics control their blood sugar and weight
Program tailored for people living with diabetes helped participants lose weight, lower blood glucose levels, and improve overall wellbeing
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Joseph Shavit
- Jun 6, 2022
Self-destructing parasites -- New weapon against drug-resistant malaria
Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 6, 2022
Cotton fabric filter key to low-cost, effective carbon capture
Researchers found they could filter carbon dioxide from air and gas mixtures at promising rates using a proposed new textile-based filter
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2022
Here's why not all obese people will develop type 2 diabetes
Researchers have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on why some obese patients develop type 2 diabetes and others don’t.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2022
How will humans survive a global catastrophe?
One suggested way to save humankind in the event of a deadly pandemic or other extreme global catastrophe is establishing a safe refuge.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2022
Trained sniffer dogs accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2
Trained sniffer dogs can accurately detect airport passengers infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 5, 2022
Scientists develop a ‘fabric’ that turns body movement into electricity
NTU scientists have developed a stretchable and waterproof ‘fabric’ that turns energy generated from body movements into electrical energy.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 4, 2022
Breakthrough in determining life's origin on Earth — and maybe Mars
For several hundred million years after the Moon formed, frequent impacts coupled with abundant volcanism on the planet formed basaltic lava
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 4, 2022
Cancer-killing virus injected into human for the first time
The oncolytic virus has been shown to shrink colon, lung, breast, ovarian and pancreatic cancer tumors in preclinical laboratory models.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 4, 2022
Researchers invent the world’s first zero emissions cement
have filed a patent and been awarded new research funding for their invention of the world’s first ever zero-emissions cement.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
What's the impact of popular artificial sweeteners on your gut health?
Artificial sweeteners have increasingly replaced sugar in many foods and beverages. However, their long-term health benefits remain unclear.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
Height may be risk factor for multiple health conditions
Height may be an unrecognized but biologically important and unchangeable risk factor for several common health conditions.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
World-first: A biomarker that can diagnose Parkinson’s disease
It is hoped that being able to diagnose the disease faster will also lead to the development of new treatment methods for aging societies.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
No more flu for you? Discovery blocks influenza virus’ replication in cells
Researchers have just found a way to block one strain of the influenza virus from accessing a human protein it needs to replicate in cells.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 3, 2022
A ‘Goldilocks amount’ of time spent online could be good for teenagers’ wellbeing
New research from Trinity College has found further evidence of a relationship between online engagement and mental wellbeing in teenagers.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 2, 2022
For the first time, a human liver was treated in a machine and then successfully transplanted
The machine mimics the human body as accurately as possible, in order to provide ideal conditions for the human livers.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 2, 2022
New dinosaur species used fearsome claws to graze along the coast
Scientists have described the youngest therizinosaur fossil from Japan and the first in Asia to have been found in marine sediments.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 2, 2022
Computer display creates colors out of gold and DNA
People say there’s a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but a new technology is turning that idea on its head – using particles of gold.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 2, 2022
Diabetes drug reduces risk of heart attacks and strokes
Metformin prevents immune cells and macrophages from releasing dangerous molecules into the blood that promote heart attacks and strokes.
Joseph Shavit
- Jun 2, 2022
When should I schedule my exercise? The question is more important than you think
When should I fit exercise within my daily schedule? For most, the answer depends on our family's schedule and working hours.
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