Thirteen new U of A projects receive a total of nearly $10 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Alberta, Sept 10, 2023.- A University of Alberta research team is testing graft materials that deliver anti-rejection drugs directly to transplanted insulin-producing cells with the goal of making transplants safer andContinuar Leyendo
Continúan las pruebas de validación del nuevo vehículo de lanzamiento Ariane 6 de la ESA con el encendido de sus dos motores de la etapa superior para simular la forma en que deberán funcionar juntos durante un vuelo. Lampoldshausen, 08 de Septiembre de 2023.- La prueba del nuevo motor VinciContinuar Leyendo
Surgery professor produces video for New England Journal of Medicine to cut down on post-surgery infections that take a high toll on patients and the health-care system. Alberta, Sept 07, 2023.- It’s a worst-case scenario in health care: A patient undergoes life-saving surgery and is sent home to recover, onlyContinuar Leyendo
The Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) has awarded funding to three projects led by the University of Bern as part of the SPIRIT program, promoting cross-border and collaborative research endeavors. These research initiatives delve into topics concerning potentially habitable exoplanets, female entrepreneurship in Switzerland and Colombia, and the combined useContinuar Leyendo
As quantum technology continues to shape our future, quantum entanglement remains a crucial element in unlocking valuable space applications, but how robust is it? Quantum entanglement occurs at subatomic scales when two particles, such as a pair of photons, can remain connected even when separated by vast distances. Once entangledContinuar Leyendo
Researchers aim to better understand how exercise can be used as a safe and effective clinical tool to improve exercise tolerance and quality of life for people with multiple chronic diseases. Alberta, Sept 02, 2023.- As a clinician scientist and nurse practitioner, Edith Pituskin runs a busy clinic, caring forContinuar Leyendo
Blood poisoning caused by a fungal infection is a severe, life-threatening condition. Researchers at the University of Bern have now discovered a mechanism that helps a yeast fungus to spread more easily within the body. The immune system, of all things, plays a major role in this process. These findingsContinuar Leyendo
París, August 31, 2023.- With a remarkable observational campaign that involved 12 telescopes both on the ground and in space, including three European Southern Observatory (ESO) facilities, astronomers have uncovered the strange behaviour of a pulsar, a super-fast-spinning dead star. This mysterious object is known to switch between two brightnessContinuar Leyendo
In the case of boredom, we think of many situations in life but intuitively not of exams. However, an international team of academics led by Thomas Götz from the University of Vienna has now studied exactly this phenomenon of test boredom for the first time and found remarkable results. AccordingContinuar Leyendo
París, Aug 29, 2023.- The graceful winding arms of the grand-design spiral galaxy M51 stretch across this image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. Unlike the menagerie of weird and wonderful spiral galaxies with ragged or disrupted spiral arms, grand-design spiral galaxies boast prominent, well-developed spiral arms like theContinuar Leyendo
