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A research team from KAIST has devised an efficient wireless system for monitoring the wound healing process. This system tracks spatiotemporal temperature changes and heat transfer characteristics of damaged areas, particularly focusing on conditions like diabetic wounds.

Researchers have developed a new method for controlling the polarization of light that could lead to advances in cryptography, imaging, and other fields. This m

The National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) has developed an AI-based mass spectrometric technique capable of determining the monomeric sequence of a polymer. This technique may be useful in gaining a deeper understanding of basic polymeric structures, facilitating the development of new materials and helping solve plastic recycling problems.

Three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is a useful technique that has been widely utilized in our lives, ranging from reconstructive plastic surgery to artificial organ production. However, many biopolymers, such as nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and pr

About 40 percent of interior Alaska is underlain by ice-rich permafrost – permanently frozen grounds made up of soil, gravel and sand – bound together by ice. Certain conditions, such as climate warming, have intensified tundra wildfires which have profound implications for permafrost thaw.

Helen Strongman and colleagues investigate the health and demographic factors associated with excess mortality during, as compared to before, the COVID-19 pandemic.

/PRNewswire/ -- The four designated shale oil prospecting wells in the East Exploratory Area of Shengli Oilfield of China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation...

Have you experienced fever or swelling in the morning with stiff or sore joints? The cause of rheumatoid arthritis – a chronic inflammatory joint disease that can occur in various joints such as hands, wrists, feet and ankles – is still unknown. As s

 E-Mail IMAGE: The E. coli chromosome was split into three 1-Mb chromosomes, and the chromosome was used for genome implantation. view more  Credit: Rikkyo University Escherichia coli ( E. coli) genome, consisting of 4.6 million base pairs of a single circular DNA, is too large to manipulate following the extraction and transfer to other bacteria. In the present study, a group of Rikkyo University researchers led by Assistant Professor Takahito Mukai and Professor Masayuki Suetsugu h...

Credit: Weizhi Ji, Kunming University of Science and Technology Investigators in China and the United States have injected human stem cells into primate embryos and were able to grow chimeric embryos for a significant period of time--up to 20 days. The research, despite its ethical concerns, has the potential to provide new insights into developmental biology and evolution. It also has implications for developing new models of human biology and disease. The work appears April 15 in the journal ...