A century-old grapevine cutting is providing new clues into the history of a deadly plant pathogen that is decimating crops across the globe.
Researchers have created realistic, skin-like replicas made of Ecoflex, a type of silicone rubber that can potentially serve as a platform to evaluate risks of bacterial infections from intravenous catheters and test wearable sensors, among other biomedical applications.
Phase 1/2 of the clinical trial shows that the administration of the AEF0217 molecule, developed by the biotech Aelis Farma, is safe and can improve key skills such as communication, social interactions and daily living for people with Down syndrome.
Archaeologists have analyzed over 3,000 human bones and bone fragments from the Early Bronze Age site of Charterhouse Warren, England, concluding that the people were massacred, butchered, and likely partly consumed by enemies as a means to dehumanize them.
The samples are from the wooden poles of the ancient pier of an ancient Roman harbor discovered during excavations for a new metro line in Naples, Italy, which began in 2004.
The first open-source digital twin of the Mcity Test Facility—the University of Michigan's test center for connected and autonomous vehicles and technologies—is now available to the public, giving researchers around the world a new free tool.