Yo-yo dieting may increase women’s heart disease risk — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Yo-yo dieting may make it harder for women to control a variety of heart disease risk factors, according to preliminary research presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology and Prevention | Lifestyle and Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2019, a premier global exchange of the latest advances in population-based cardiovascular science for researchers and clinicians.…

A million functional microscopic robots produced from a 4-inch silicon wafer in new nanofabrication process — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Researchers have harnessed the latest nanofabrication techniques to create bug-shaped robots that are wirelessly powered, able to walk, able to survive harsh environments and tiny enough to be injected through an ordinary hypodermic needle. “When I was a kid, I remember looking in a microscope, and seeing all this crazy stuff going on. Now…

Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could one day help to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infections, the most common type of hospital-acquired infection. “These kinds of infections are a major burden for hospitals, health care providers and most of all for patients,” said Anita Shukla, an assistant professor…

Early onset menstruation linked to high blood pressure in late adulthood, UGA study finds — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] The age a woman begins menstruation is associated with having high blood pressure later in her life, according to a team of researchers at the University of Georgia. Specifically, researchers found that early onset menstruation significantly increased risk of hypertension in late adulthood, even after controlling for independent social economic factors, lifestyle behaviors, and…

Frilly surfaces that help slugs move may motivate future energy-efficient, soft-body robots, according to researchers — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] What do pizza slices, sea slugs and one possible design for future soft-bodied robots have in common? They all have frilly surfaces, and new insights about the surprising geometry of frilly surfaces may help a future generation of energy-efficient and extremely flexible soft-body robots move. The complex folds of a frilly surface like coral…

Innovation in physics is the foundation of modern technology and contributes to the US economy in several key ways — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] Industrial physics plays a significant role in driving the U.S. economy, according to a new report by the American Physical Society, which will be described this week at the 2019 APS March Meeting in Boston. The report, “The Impact of Industrial Physics on the U.S. Economy,” found that industrial physics contributed an estimated $2.3…

Tree seedlings grow less effectively in soil located below their ‘mother’ tree — ScienceDaily

[ad_1] It’s widely accepted within agriculture that maintaining genetic diversity is important. In areas where crop plants are more diverse, pathogens might kill some plants but are less likely to wipe out an entire crop. Few studies, however, have focused on such highly specialized pathogens in natural plant communities. In diverse plant communities, pathogens are…