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Plasticity
Plasticity is the ability of certain solids to flow or to change shape permanently when subjected to stresses of intermediate magnitude between those producing temporary deformation, or elastic behaviour. It is also the quality of being soft enough to be changed into a new shape.
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MAY 19, 2016Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults. ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 16, 2016Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAY 11, 2016Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 28, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 22, 2016Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells. ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 13, 2016Earth & The Environment
My mom likes to tell the story of how when she was little she once sent a package of noodles to India. Not like a nice, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 11, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
As three-dimensional (3D) printing continues to gain momentum in the field of bioengineering, the challenge now is integ ...APR 11, 2016Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 06, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U ...MAR 16, 2016Videos
LabRoots is excited to present the 4th Annual world-renowned Neuroscience virtual conference to be broadcasted live Marc ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 09, 2016Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 04, 2016Technology
The problem with plastics plaguing the Earth and the environment from incorrect disposal of plastic wrappers and contain ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Fish and birds, when moving in groups, use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in ways that co ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate ...FEB 07, 2016Videos
Using your smartphone and a variety of items you can buy for cheap or find around the house, you can see all the little ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 05, 2016Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy’s longterm plan for dealing with material contaminated with plutonium and heavier elem ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 31, 2016Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 30, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In a series of world firsts, doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from an adult donor into a child with the a ...JAN 23, 2016Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca ...Written By: The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)JAN 19, 2016Chemistry & Physics
Plasticity is the ability of a material to permanently deform when strained. Researchers, thinking about future things l ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 19, 2016Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JAN 07, 2016Neuroscience
While it might be difficult to actively recall and remember events that happened when you were very young, as it turns o ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 31, 2015Health & Medicine
Our genes make us. They decide our height, the sound of our voice, and even how athletic we are. We’ll alwa ...Written By: Julianne Chiaet
MAY 19, 2016
Cardiology
As an embryonic stem cell pluripotency factor, Oct4 was previously thought to only be active in embryos, not in adults.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 16, 2016
Cardiology
When researchers examined human postmortem brain tissue—some from typical brains and others from those with an aut
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAY 11, 2016
Neuroscience
Autism is a mystery because it has been very difficult to narrow down what causes this complex and varied pathology. Mut
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 28, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
To track cells, new lab-on-a-chip technology is borrowing a technique used by cellular networks to track phones. The dev
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 22, 2016
Health & Medicine
Macrophages exist in every type of body tissue, in the lungs as alveolar macrophages and in the liver as Kupffer cells.
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Earth & The Environment
My mom likes to tell the story of how when she was little she once sent a package of noodles to India. Not like a nice,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 11, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
As three-dimensional (3D) printing continues to gain momentum in the field of bioengineering, the challenge now is integ
...
APR 11, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
YALE / BROWN (US) — A scientist’s breakfast sparked new research into how floating objects—like pieces
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 06, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Better learn to embrace your fat cells, because scientists have found unprecedented, awesome new uses for these cells. U
...
MAR 16, 2016
Videos
LabRoots is excited to present the 4th Annual world-renowned Neuroscience virtual conference to be broadcasted live Marc
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 09, 2016
Neuroscience
While the field of neuroscience isn’t known for flash or glamour, the Brain Prize is definitely a prestigious and
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 04, 2016
Technology
The problem with plastics plaguing the Earth and the environment from incorrect disposal of plastic wrappers and contain
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Fish and birds, when moving in groups, use two “gears”—one slow and another fast—in ways that co
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Tissue bioengineering is rapidly expanding as the demand for lab-grown tissues grows steadily due to shortages in donate
...
FEB 07, 2016
Videos
Using your smartphone and a variety of items you can buy for cheap or find around the house, you can see all the little
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 05, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The US Department of Energy’s longterm plan for dealing with material contaminated with plutonium and heavier elem
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 31, 2016
Plants & Animals
There are tons of people around the world who suffer from disfigured faces, either due to birth defect or injuries. Fort
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 30, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a series of world firsts, doctors have successfully transplanted a kidney from an adult donor into a child with the a
...
JAN 23, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
‘Strain-release amination’ technique emerged from efforts to help Pfizer synthesize promising cancer drug ca
...
Written By:
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)
JAN 19, 2016
Chemistry & Physics
Plasticity is the ability of a material to permanently deform when strained. Researchers, thinking about future things l
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
Packaging a cancer drug in bubble containers derived from a patient’s own immune system makes it much more ef
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 19, 2016
Cancer
A thin, stretchable film that coils light waves like a Slinky could one day lead to more precise, less expensive monitor
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JAN 07, 2016
Neuroscience
While it might be difficult to actively recall and remember events that happened when you were very young, as it turns o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 31, 2015
Health & Medicine
Our genes make us. They decide our height, the sound of our voice, and even how athletic we are. We’ll alwa
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet