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A Force Field Against the Fire: Magnetic Shields for Spacecraft Take a Major Leap in the Lab Every spacecraft coming...

Rare KRAS G12C mutation emerges as potential target in genitourinary cancers

KRAS G12C: A Vanishingly Rare but Potentially Druggable Target Emerges in Bladder and Prostate Cancer For nearly four decades, KRAS...

Mild metal-free method enables direct alpha-heteroarylation of amides and esters

Zinc Powder, Room Temperature, No Palladium: Chemists Awaken a 130-Year-Old Reaction to Build Drug Molecules Every year the pharmaceutical industry...

Stricter laws alone cannot resolve Indonesia’s forest oil palm dilemma, study finds

Indonesia’s Palm Oil Crackdown Is Failing Its Forests — and Its Farmers, Landmark Study Warns Indonesia produces more palm oil...

Virtual e-health system VIRTUES shows overwhelmingly positive results for monitoring cardiac devices

The End of the Waiting Room? Virtual Monitoring of Pacemakers and Defibrillators Proves as Safe as Clinic Visits — and...

Ancient giant tortoise DNA reveals secrets lost to time

Some of the most important genomes of our time are not stored in freezers or sequencing centers, but in the...

Soft robotic glove shows promise for hand rehabilitation in early stroke

Soft Robotic Glove That Breathes Motion Into Paralyzed Hands Passes Its First Clinical Test in Early Stroke A soft robotic...

p53 expression patterns link KAISO and field cancerization in oral cancer

When the Guardian Loses Its Partner: p53 Surges While KAISO Collapses in Oral Cancer Tissue Deep in the lining of...

Brain’s cannabis-like molecules amplify reward engagement via retrograde signaling

The Brain’s Own Cannabis-Like Molecules Act as a Hidden Gain Control for Motivation, Study Finds Deep inside the mammalian brain,...

Donor-matched prime editing enables precise, library-ready kilobase DNA insertions

Editing Without Cutting: New Prime-Editing Strategy Writes Kilobase-Scale DNA Into the Genome For years, the promise of precisely writing new...

CFTR eases fat tissue inflammation to regulate lipid metabolism in obesity

The Gene Behind Cystic Fibrosis Turns Out to Have a Secret Second Life Inside Fat Tissue One of the most...

Large DNA viruses carry their own membrane remodelling machinery

Giant Viruses Caught Carrying Their Own Membrane-Remodelling Machinery Viruses have long been cast as the ultimate freeloaders of the living...

Brassinosteroids boost sugar synthesis by blocking BIN2 phosphorylation of PEP carboxykinase

Hidden Sugar Switch: How Plant Steroid Hormones Seize Direct Control of Metabolism Every seed is a wager on sugar. Inside...

Atomically thin semiconductors electrically switch quasi-bound states in metasurfaces

The Light That Refuses to Leak — Now Switched On With Electricity Some of the most stubborn light in physics...

Cyclopropanol doubles as caged warhead for selective electrochemical bioconjugation

Switched On by Electricity: “Caged” Cyclopropanol Warhead Lets Chemists Label Proteins Inside Living Cells at Will Inside every living cell,...

Mapping How Fujian Cities Withstand Typhoon Disaster Chains Across Space and Time

Wealth Doesn’t Buy Safety: Decade-Long AI Diagnosis Reveals China’s Richest Coastal Cities Are the Weakest Link Against Typhoons A decade...

High inspired oxygen before extubation tied to children’s postoperative atelectasis, trial finds

The Oxygen Paradox at the End of Surgery: Why a Lifesaving Ritual May Leave Children’s Lungs Collapsed In operating rooms...

DNA methylation reveals protocadherin gene silencing drives meningioma progression

Meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors in adults, have long presented clinicians with a deceptively simple problem: some grow...

Adjuvant duo CpG 1018 and alum supercharges N2 flu vaccine immunity

Two Classic Adjuvants, One Powerful Punch: CpG 1018 and Alum Supercharge Immunity to an N2 Neuraminidase Flu Vaccine For nearly...

Air Pollution Slows Marathon Runners, Study of 2.7 Million Finishers Shows