A device that stimulates the vagus nerve during sleep has been shown to improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s patients after one month of treatment, according to research by scientists from Łódź published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Cargo trucks, planes and ships can carry stowaways such as insects. If they find favourable conditions for living and breeding after arriving in a new environment, they can establish themselves, and some can become invasive species that threaten local ecosystems.
Scientists from the University of Wrocław have demonstrated that cancer cells can be chemically ‘programmed’ to take up drugs used in targeted therapies, potentially allowing treatment to be directed towards cancer cells rather than healthy ones.
Higher consumption of highly processed grain products is associated with an increased risk of developing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an analysis involving scientists from Wroclaw Medical University has found.
Magnesium may help protect retinal cells from the harmful calcium overload that can damage them, according to computer simulations by scientists from Poland, Germany and Iran. However, the simulations show that the protective effect depends on the magnesium concentration and on how early it is introduced.
For more than a decade, researchers at the Warsaw University of Technology have been developing inexpensive printed sensors designed to monitor the human body continuously and unobtrusively. What began with a pulse sensor that could be applied to the skin like a temporary tattoo has since expanded into smart insoles, electronic tattoos, wound dressings, brain electrodes and autonomous systems for monitoring water quality.
Venus appears pale yellow in visible light, but looks dramatically different in ultraviolet, where dark and light bands are visible across the planet’s clouds. Scientists have now developed a model that narrows down what the mysterious substance responsible for this strong ultraviolet absorption could be, according to the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) in South Korea.
Hydrobiologists from the University of Szczecin, working with scientists from Norway, Germany and Austria, have discovered a new crustacean species that had previously been mistaken for another species described more than 170 years ago.
Bacteria in the human gut can produce proteins that look remarkably similar to those involved in diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s, according to analyses by scientists from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology.
More than 620 mysterious marks carved into the limestone blocks of an ancient Libyan gate have revealed how stonemasons organised their work more than 2,000 years ago.
A device that stimulates the vagus nerve during sleep has been shown to improve cognitive performance in Alzheimer’s patients after one month of treatment, according to research by scientists from Łódź published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.
