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Smart Shirts

From cotton fabric with electrically conductive nanotubes, it will be possible not only to sew shirts of exotic models with small lights or gloves for controlling touch screens, but also to use "nano-clothing" to detect allergens in the air or blood on the material itself.

11.12.2008
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A unique urological operation will take place in Russia

Scientists of the First Moscow State Medical University in September will perform the first operation in our country on a patient with urethral stricture (narrowing of the urethra) using a cell matrix.

31.08.2017
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"Green" ammunition

The US Department of Defense has announced a tender for the development of new biodegradable training ammunition that will be used at all US military training grounds.

11.01.2017
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Another cure for old age?

Caenorhabditis elegans worms exposed to the anticonvulsant drug ethosuccimide lived on average 29 percent longer than the rest.

27.10.2008
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Patient robot for training

A group of scientists from Perm National Research Polytechnic University (PNRPU), together with colleagues from Perm State Medical University, created an anthropomorphic simulator for training dental students

17.05.2023
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Russian advanced therapy drugs

The opening of a research complex for the development of innovative medicines for advanced therapy based on the BIOCAD laboratory took place in St. Petersburg.

20.06.2016
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RNA will protect flowers from aging

The technology that allows the flowers not to wither longer consists in temporarily suppressing the expression of the ethylene sensitivity gene by RNA interference.

01.06.2016
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Space embryos

For the first time in history, Chinese scientists conducted a successful experiment on growing mammalian embryos in space at an early stage of development.

20.04.2016
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The best in the world – in Siberia

Siberian State Medical University is recognized as the world's best center for the quality of clinical trials of type 2 diabetes mellitus.

28.01.2016
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The "plug" for bullet wounds received approval

The Commission for the Control of Medicines and Nutrients has approved the use of a "plug" for XSTAT 30 bullet wounds in civilian medical institutions and in first aid.

14.12.2015
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Nanotubes + lysozyme = antimicrobial coating

Single-walled carbon nanotubes were able to absorb lysozyme and retain it for a time much longer than it takes for other antimicrobial surfaces to lose their bactericidal activity.

11.07.2008
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Micronutrients for the mind

Gerbils on a "smart" diet found their way through the maze faster than their less happy counterparts. After that, the brains of gerbils were examined: the analysis showed that the representatives of the first group had a higher level of brain activity.

04.07.2008
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DNA sequencing in conditions close to combat

American companies Waltham and IntegenX have developed portable DNA scanners capable of performing analysis in 90 minutes. These devices weighing from 54 to 90 kilograms were created primarily for the needs of the special services and the Pentagon.

26.05.2015
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Two new ways to fight atherosclerosis

Harvard researchers have deciphered the mechanisms underlying the fact that the ROCK1 protein significantly suppresses inflammation of the vascular walls in atherosclerosis, which is the main cause of heart attacks and strokes. The authors found that ROCK1 is necessary for immune cells – macrophages – to clean the walls of blood vessels from fat deposits. A normal side effect of such cleansing is inflammation, but often this process gets out of control, which causes the opposite result - the growth of atherosclerotic plaques and blockage of arteries.

24.06.2008
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Awards for Women in Science

This year, the Grand Prix L'Oreal-UNESCO "For Women in Science" was awarded to Carol Robinson, a British chemist from Oxford for research in the field of membrane proteins.

25.03.2015