All posts tagged "Science"
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25ScienceNeurodegenerative diseases: Membrane anchor suppresses protein aggregation
Researchers have gained valuable insight into the development of prion diseases of the brain. Protein aggregation is typical of various neurodegenerative diseases...
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The science behind the foldable molecular paths
The inspiration for this work stems from the elegant simplicity of folding paper — a concept that led researchers to explore the...
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Researchers boost chemotherapy uptake in breast cancer treatment with localized magnetic fields
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a non-invasive method to improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy while reducing its...
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Virtual chemistry speeds up drug discovery
Among the hundreds of thousands of chemical compounds produced by plants, some may hold the key to treating human ailments and diseases....
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Floods linked to rise in US deaths from several major causes
Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in...
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Scientists develop technology to control cyborg insect swarms
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore), Osaka University, and Hiroshima University have developed an advanced swarm navigation algorithm for cyborg...
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Mixed signals: How the brain interprets social cues
Imagine you’re at a dinner party, but you can’t smell the food cooking or hear the dinner bell. Sounds like a dream,...
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Climate extremes in 2024 ‘wreaking havoc’ on the global water cycle
2024 was another year of record-breaking temperatures, driving the global water cycle to new climate extremes and contributing to ferocious floods and...
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New mechanism discovered that triggers immune response in cells with damaged DNA
A research team from the University of California, Irvine has revealed a previously unknown mechanism that triggers an inflammatory immune response in...
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Brain study challenges long-held views about Parkinson’s movement disorders
University of Arizona researchers have revealed new insights into one of the most common complications faced by Parkinson’s disease patients: uncontrollable movements...
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Modeling tool affirms critical role of testing in pandemic response
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted how crucial testing is for disease preparedness and response, and new research from the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics...
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Researchers discover class of anti-malaria antibodies
A novel class of antibodies that binds to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite could lead to new prevention methods,...
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People find medical test results hard to understand, increasing overall worry
In April 2021, a provision in the 21st Century Cures act took effect which required that all medical test results be released...
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Breakthrough for ‘smart cell’ design
Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research, published in the...
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Pollinators, pollen and varieties determine fruit quality
Pollination by animals contributes to a third of global food production, but little research has been done into the extent to which...
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Some bacteria evolve like clockwork with the seasons
Like Bill Murray in the movie “Groundhog Day,” bacteria species in a Wisconsin lake are in a kind of endless loop that...
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Approaches against metastatic breast cancer: mini-tumors from circulating cancer cells
Tumor cells circulating in the blood are the “germ cells” of breast cancer metastases. They are very rare and could not be...
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Growing divide: Agricultural climate policies affect food prices differently in poor and wealthy countries
Farmers are receiving less of what consumers spend on food, as modern food systems increasingly direct costs toward value-added components like processing,...
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Surprising ‘two-faced’ cancer gene role supports paradigm shift in predicting disease
A genetic fault long believed to drive the development of oesophageal cancer may in fact play a protective role early in the...
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One of the world’s largest social programs greatly reduced tuberculosis among the most vulnerable
Brazil’s Bolsa Família Program (BFP) is one of the largest conditional cash transfer programmes implemented worldwide. Since 2004, the BFP has provided...
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Age matters: Kidney disorder indicator gains precision
Annual health checkups regularly include urine tests that serve several purposes, including checking for symptoms of kidney disease. The presence of albumin...
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13HealthPolyphenols: the natural chemicals that could give you a small waist, healthy heart and low blood pressure | Food science
There’s a new buzzword in town when it comes to health: polyphenols. While scientists have been investigating the plant compounds for years,...
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