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Engineering treatments for the opioid epidemic
12:41pm, 14th March, 2019

Engineering treatments for the opioid epidemic

(Washington University in St. Louis) A biomedical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis is developing a therapeutic option that would prevent opiates from crossing the blood-brain barrier, preventing the high abusers seek.
The CRG awarded the EJE&CON Genderless Talent prize
11:55am, 14th March, 2019

The CRG awarded the EJE&CON Genderless Talent prize

(Center for Genomic Regulation) The Asociación Española de Ejecutiv@s y Consejer@s recently made its Awards to Genderless Talent, which honour the organisations, institutions and personalities of Spanish society which and who, on a daily basis, promo...
NSF International and NEHA to host Legionella Conference 2019
9:10am, 14th March, 2019

NSF International and NEHA to host Legionella Conference 2019

(NSF International) Building Water Systems ? The Sustainability & Public Health Nexus. The second annual Legionella Conference, hosted by NSF International and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA), will bring together thought leaders...
Scientists use a blender to reveal what's in our smartphones
4:52am, 14th March, 2019

Scientists use a blender to reveal what's in our smartphones

(University of Plymouth) Scientists at the University of Plymouth blended an entire smartphone to dust before conducting a chemical analysis of the dissolved results to demonstrate why we should all take a keener interest in what is contained within...
Speed limit on DNA-making sets pace for life's first steps
2:08am, 14th March, 2019

Speed limit on DNA-making sets pace for life's first steps

(Princeton University, Engineering School) Fruit flies make for stingy mothers, imparting only a portion of the genetic building blocks their offspring need to survive. The rest must be produced by the fertilized egg in its first few steps of growth.