Paolo Rossi Castelli
Does dopamine (produced by the brain) cure diabetes?
The patient zero was a 53-year old Dutch man, victim of a serious obsessive-compulsive disorder, who had accepted to be treated with an extreme, invasive ...
A new gel repairs stroke damage (in animals)
For the first time a gel, injected directly into the brain, has shown that it is capable of regenerating cells in the nervous system damaged as the result of a ...
"Left" and "right" molecules: this is how they can be divided
Chemical molecules have an orientation in space: they can be directed to the left or the right, taking on two opposite forms from one another.
Sound waves to measure toxic substances in water
Researchers from the Ciencias Fisicas Institute of the Universidad Autonoma de Maexico (UNAM), in Cuernavaca, have discovered that the use of sound waves to ...
Avalanches, electronic mini-sensor for finding people
A very small electronic sensor developed by engineers in the ETH in Zurich can effectively help rescuers searching for people trapped under avalanches or under ...
A resonance glove to "see" hand problems | IBSA Foundation
A special glove that, literally, sees the tendons, muscles and ligaments of the hand moving and interacting with bones: the prototype, developed by researchers ...
One on Everest, one at home: the DNA of two twins changes
What happens to the body when it is subjected to extreme conditions like those of the high mountains? How does the expression of the genetic code change, if it ...
Hyper-fast little animals? A model for robots
Robots, including even the most sophisticated ones, have never managed to be ultra-rapid, and have never even come close to reaching the “snap action” of the ...
The project to create anti-virus supercells gets underway
Why create these super-cells? The cells that are normally used for medical research are often contaminated by various types of agents, which also generates ...
Even a crocodile's brain reacts to music
Crocodiles (from the Nile, in this case) react to music like mammals and birds in a very similar way by stimulating the same areas of the brain.
Mini 3D printer creates electronic circuits directly on the skin
The evolution of the 3D printer is an object that, according to its inventor, Michael McAlpine of the University ofl Minnesota (USA), can fit in your pocket ...
DNA? In some points it has a newly discovered knot shape
As explained in biology books, the genetic code known as DNA present in every cell forms an elegant double spiral, or double helix shape. But beyond this ...
Artificial leaf produces medicines with sunlight | IBSA Foundation
A miniature medicine factory, but potentially also of many other chemical compounds, in the form of a leaf, created at minimal cost and powered by sunlight, ...
Chip implants for monitoring blood alcohol levels
People who are trying to combat alcohol addiction will be able to find help with a chip created by bioengineers at the University of California in the United ...
Transplanting a liver? Better to keep it warm
An about-face: livers to be transplanted should not be kept cold, as has been done for many years, but warm, at a temperature of 37 degrees. The damage which ...
Can artificial intelligence become depressed? | IBSA Foundation
Can even artificial intelligence suffer from depression, or experience hallucinations, like the human brain? The question is much less odd than it might seem, ...
Robotic belts for treating scoliosis
Congenital deformities of the spine, like idiopathic scoliosis and pathologic kyphosis, will be able to be corrected in a personalized and more efficient way ...
Light is used to kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria
They are celled NanoZymes, artificial enzymes which could provide important help in the battle against antibiotic resistant infections. Researchers from ...