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Older adults with type 1 diabetes often not aware of hypoglycemia
(The Endocrine Society) Older adults with type 1 diabetes typically have low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, for more than an hour a day, suggests research to be presented Monday, March 25, at ENDO 2019, the annual meeting of the Endocrine Society, in...
Breakthrough in air purification with a catalyst that works at room temperature
(Tokyo Metropolitan University) Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that a newly engineered catalyst made of gold nanoparticles supported on a metal oxide framework shows breakdown of ammonia impurities in air, with excellent se...
Like mountaineers, nerves need expert guidance to find their way
(Salk Institute) Similar to the dozens of Sherpas that guide hikers up treacherous Himalayan mountains to reach a summit, the nervous system relies on elaborate timing and location of guidance cues for neuronal axons--threadlike projections--to succe...
Powerful Tropical Cyclone Veronica eyes Australia's Pilbara Coast
(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move toward Australia's Pilbara Coast in Western Australia. NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided visible and infrared images of the storm that indicated heavy rai...
Squishing blood stem cells could facilitate harvest for transplants
(Emory Health Sciences) How deformable cells are, and thus how stiff or squishy they are, plays an important role in retaining blood-forming stem cells in their marrow niches and thus preserving their long-term repopulation capabilities.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has big plans to expand New Glenn rocket factory in Florida
The Blue Origin space venture aims to add to the massive facility it’s already built near Cape Canaveral in Florida. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has filed plans for expanding its Florida ro...
Ankle exoskeleton fits under clothes for potential broad adoption
(Vanderbilt University) The device does not require additional components such as batteries or actuators carried on the back or waist.
Space station’s crew upgrades batteries and prepares for all-female spacewalk
NASA astronauts Nick Hague and Anne McClain swap batteries during a spacewalk. (NASA Photo)
Two rookie spacewalkers took on a battery replacement project on the International Space Station that will continue next week with history’s first all-female...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Jobs in space; a critical look at Facebook; women executives and pay equity
Space has always fascinated us geeks. Thanks to Star Wars, Star Trek and countless other science fiction media, gazing at the stars and dreaming of being an astronaut was a big part of childhood for many of us. It seems like NASA discovers something...
Biogen Halts Studies of Closely Watched Alzheimer's Drug, a Blow to Hopes for New Treatment
Trial failure raises doubts about amyloid as a target for drug development-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com