Cute! Tiny lab-grown livers recreate real environment for drug discovery
From Technical University of Denmark 06/10/23 Fatty liver disease is exploding globally, affecting as many as 30 % of people in Western countries. Apart from alcohol, obesity and diabetes are among the most dominant risk factors. “There is a huge focus on seeing if there is anything you can do to inhibit this explosion of […]
Innovators successfully maneuver robot through living lung tissue
From University of North Carolina Health Care 26/09/23 Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Some tumors are extremely small and hide deep within lung tissue, making it difficult for surgeons to reach them. To address this challenge, UNC –Chapel Hill and Vanderbilt University researchers have been working on […]
Novel supersonic parachutes for Mars: Innovators model aerodynamics
From Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd 07/09/23 The safe landing of the probe is one of the most difficult challenges in Mars exploration, and the Mars supersonic parachute is extremely important for this process. To date, all the successful Mars exploration missions have used disk-gap-band (DGB) parachutes. However, the DGB parachute with the […]