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Food Triggers Immune Tolerance In The Small Intestines

Researchers have documented how a normal diet establishes immune tolerance conditions in the small intestine.

Placental Microvilli ‘Grow’ With The Flow

Researchers discovered that shear forces caused by fluid flow in the mother’s body are key to microvilli formation and subsequent cell function in the placenta.

Gut And Inner Ear Hair Cells Share Striking Similarities

The similarities in appearance and function of gut microvilli and stereocilia could help scientists to identify mutations of genes that may cause digestive diseases.

Using ‘Time Stamps’ To Understand The Birth Of Our Universe

Theorists have proposed that you can confirm theories of how our universe was created using ‘time stamps’ called primordial standard clocks.

Tubulin-Targeting Anticancer Drugs Made More Specific

Researchers have developed anticancer agents to target the proteins that help cancer cells to divide and multiply.

Memory Arrays Made Simple With Nanowires

You can now print memory arrays faster, cheaper and on a large scale with this Korean research team's newly developed technology.

Measuring Heartbeats With Radar

Placing sensors on your body to measure your heartbeat can be inconvenient, so researchers have created a radar-based system that can do it remotely.

Detecting Breast Cancer With Pressure-Sensitive Gloves

This pressure sensor can maintain accuracy even when bent over a radius of 80 micrometers—twice the width of a human hair.

Nanoparticle-Delivered mRNA Suppressed Osteoarthritis In Mice

Injecting transcription factor mRNA into joints could be a novel way to treat osteoarthritis in the future.