Late-Breaking Clinical Trial Results Announced at VIVA 2025

The VIVA Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the field of vascular medicine and intervention ...

Evolution and human height: Mathematician calculates physical limits to how tall we can grow

The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head.
Semiconductor Engineering

Overcoming The vdW Gap Bottleneck in Semiconductor Scaling (TU Wien)

A new technical paper titled “The van der Waals Gap: a Hidden Showstopper in Semiconductor Device Scaling” was published by ...
European Medical Journal

Challenges in Advanced Lung Disease: Perspectives on Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency and Bronchiectasis

One of the most common genetic diseases, AATD, involves the retention of misfolded alpha 1 antitrypsin (AAT) in hepatocytes, ...
The Stute

Sharks scale according to an old geometric law: what this reveals about evolutionary limits on animal size

Scientists have long wondered if there are physical constraints that limit the possibility of how large an organism can become through evolution. A new study involving 54 species of sharks indicates ...