An optical fiber as thin as a strand of hair holds promise for use in minimally invasive deep-tissue studies of patients' brains that show the effects Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders.

Food choices can affect not only the body but also the brain, especially as people grow older. Scientists have long known that highly processed foods can contribute to health problems such as obesity, ...

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a new class of protein-based fibers modeled on the aligned ...

A new method has revolutionized our ability to map tissue fiber orientation and organization across tissues, diseases and sample preparations. An international group of researchers led by Marios ...

NASA likes to say that the International Space Station (ISS) is the place where it is “advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs not possible on Earth for the benefit of ...

image: a, Photo of the endomicroscopic fiber probe and laser coupling unit. A picture of the stainless-steel shielded probe head of 2.4 mm diameter and a length of 39 mm is shown in the upper right ...

Cascades Inc., Kingsey Falls, Quebec, launched its Latte Collection, which is manufactured from a combination of white recycled fiber and cardboard. Cascades is a company that specializes in the ...

Fiber sensing scientists at Shenzhen University have developed a compact fiber optical nanomechanical probe (FONP) for measuring in vivo biomechanical properties of tissue and even single cell.

Kimberly-Clark has been granted a patent for soft and durable tissue products made from non-wood fibers, specifically high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers. The tissue products contain at least 5% of ...