PM2.5 trends in December – February: 2024-25 vs. 2025-26 I Courtesy: Suresh Pokhrel, ICIMOD Kathmandu, Feb 12 – Air quality in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley showed a brief improvement in December but quickly deteriorated again in…
Houston team one step closer to growing capillaries
Rice, Baylor College of Medicine make necessary step on road to 3-D bioprinting [caption id="attachment_12661" align="alignnone" width="891"] esearchers from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine have shown they can initiate a process called tubulogenesis…
Accessing DNA in the cell’s powerhouse to treat…
A new molecule that reads mitochondrial DNA could pave the way to treat some genetic nerve and muscle diseases. [caption id="attachment_12656" align="alignright" width="263"] Schematic illustration of a mitochondria-specific DNA-based synthetic ligand, called MITO-PIPs that selectively…
How to rescue a Moon walker in need
[caption id="attachment_12652" align="alignright" width="300"] Underwater rescue[/caption] During a simulated space mission underwater last week, ESA tested an ingenious concept to bring astronauts safely back to base if they are incapacitated during lunar exploration. Four ‘aquanauts’,…
Stem cell advance brings bioengineered arteries closer to…
[caption id="attachment_12647" align="alignnone" width="775"] Morgridge Institute regenerative biology researchers Jue Zhang and Matt Brown examine a part for a new bioreactor designed to help grow arterial tissue. MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH[/caption] Stem cell biologists have…