Second-hand clothes: how to wash them properly to avoid infections?
Second-hand clothing can be infested with germs and should therefore be washed before wearing. THE ESSENTIAL Second-hand clothing can carry ...
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Summer: What is the best fabric to survive the heat?
As the summer heat sets in, a textile expert takes stock of the best fabrics for dealing with a heatwave. ...
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Prostate cancer: a luminous dye to help surgeons eradicate it
In patients with prostate cancer, a fluorescent dye allowed surgeons to detect and remove all cancerous tissue, including that which ...
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Brain: researchers 3D print functional brain tissue
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have succeeded in creating functional human brain tissue using 3D printing. THE ESSENTIAL Researchers ...
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Life expectancy: activation of certain brain cells makes you live longer
A study shows that brain cells communicate with adipose tissue to produce cellular fuel, helping to combat the effects of ...
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Soon a t-shirt to monitor your health via sweat?
Japanese researchers are developing a fabric capable of analyzing sweat and thus monitoring our state of health. THE ESSENTIAL Fibers ...
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Peugeot. Fabrics of yesteryear to redo the upholstery of your old one
L'Aventure Peugeot offers a collection of fabrics to restore worn upholstery on several models... Notice to collectors of 205, 306 ...
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“Bomb”, “flying sharks”, “Heil Hitler”: a new epidemic of language addicts among teenagers
More and more young people are being treated for language ocd, symptoms similar to those of Gilles de la Tourette's ...
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Stronger than Enigma! We have deciphered the language that allows cells to communicate with each other
A platform called Cell Chat, developed by scientists at Irvine University in California, makes it possible to decipher and analyze ...
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Covid-19: 25% drop in transplants in France in 2020
Faced with the Covid-19 pandemic, the biomedicine agency takes stock of 2020, then recommends "continuing organ transplants of an emergency ...
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Wound healing: how do cells know where to move?
Thanks to the combination of several phenomena, the cells can move automatically towards the injured area. We would have between ...
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Cloth mask: how to make one and use it correctly
If wearing a fabric mask should not prevent you from adopting the barrier measures necessary to fight against the coronavirus, ...
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Cancer: surgery could be “revolutionized” by a new medical imaging technique
Researchers at the University of Waterloo have developed a process to allow surgeons to have better visibility of tumors to ...
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A molecule to better recover after a heart attack
In the event of a heart attack, the damaged cells contaminate their environment and aggravate the lesions. A new molecule ...
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Obesity: endurance and resistance to reduce cardiovascular risks
Endurance and resistance training would be very effective in reducing fatty heart tissue, which in excess is a cardiovascular risk ...
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Breastfeeding: this woman produced milk… through her vulva
A few days after giving birth, a 29-year-old Austrian woman started secreting milk through her vulva. Explanations. Red, swollen and ...
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Cardiac arrest: freshwater fish could be a game changer
Some freshwater fish are said to have the ability to regenerate their own heart tissue. Scientists have even managed to ...
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A new 3D bioprinting technique makes it possible to make complex tissues
Researchers are refining the method of sticking the bio-ink droplets to actually switch to regenerative medicine. This enables the 3D ...
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Allergies: pay attention to upholstery fabrics, rugs and carpets
© ThinkStockCurtains, drapes, sofa fabrics and armchairs ... If the furnishing fabrics finish the decoration of a room, they raise ...
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