Nanotubes illuminate the way to living photovoltaics
“We put nanotubes inside of bacteria,” says Professor Ardemis Boghossian at EPFL’s School of Basic Sciences. “That doesn't sound very ...
Resiliency, family support help Hispanic breast cancer survivors manage lymphedema
COLUMBIA, Mo. – As a cancer nurse in the U.S. Army for more than 29 years, Elizabeth Anderson saw firsthand ...
Oncoscience | As expected, based on rapamycin-like p53-mediated gerosuppression, mTOR inhibition acts as a checkpoint in p53-mediated tumor suppression
“SASP is one of the mechanisms of tumor-promotion by senescent cells and is inhibited by both rapamycin and p53 .”Credit: ...
Scientists redefine obesity with discovery of two major subtypes
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 12, 2022) — A team led by Van Andel Institute scientists has identified two distinct types ...
Newcastle University research reveals remarkable variability in coral heat tolerance
Marine heat waves have decimated corals in recent years and the future looks bleak for tropical reefs if the pace ...
In Australia, cockatoos and humans are in an arms race over garbage access
Residents of southern Sydney, Australia have been in a long-term battle over garbage—humans want to throw it out, and cockatoos ...
Summer is the season of caution: Extreme heat events mean higher risk for diabetics
In extreme heat events, people with diabetes had a greater risk of being hospitalized for complications related to hypo- or ...
How many drinks is too many?
A new rodent study shows that even small quantities of alcohol can trigger epigenomic and transciptomic changes in brain circuitry ...
The thermodynamics of life taking shape
Tokyo, Japan – Revealing the scientific laws that govern our world is often considered the ‘holy grail’ by scientists, as such ...
Light-induced topological states
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba devise a theoretical description of a light-induced topological semimetal and find two types of ...
Making mini-magnets
Tsukuba, Japan—A new device has been fabricated that can demonstrate the quantum anomalous Hall effect, in which tiny, discrete voltage ...
Poll: Aching joints make older adults reach for many forms of pain relief – but health risks could follow
Popping a pill may bring short-term relief for arthritis-related joint pain, but many older adults may not realize that what ...
Cold method for clearer fatty liver observation found
Osaka, Japan – Obesity can give rise to a variety of health concerns. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)—a type of fatty liver ...
TAVR is an affordable and effective strategy for treating aortic stenosis patients
Philadelphia, September 12, 2022 – Minimally invasive, catheter-based transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has revolutionized treatment of aortic stenosis (AS), ...
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy improves outlook in high-risk melanoma
Patients with high-risk melanoma who received the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab both before and after surgery to remove cancerous tissue had ...
A new era of early cancer detection with blood test may change cancer screening paradigms
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology New tests can detect common cancer signal across over 50 types of cancer from ...
Cell therapy improves progression-free survival in advanced melanoma, first phase 3 study shows
Credit: European Society for Medical Oncology First randomised study to show cell therapy improves outcomes in patients with solid cancers ...
Scientists discover how air pollution may trigger lung cancer in never-smokers
Paris, France, 10 September 2022 - A new mechanism has been identified through which very small pollutant particles in the ...
How slow muscle fibers convince their neighbors to join them
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that a protein excreted by type I (slow) muscle fibers, ...
Ocean lidar remote sensing technology based on Brillouin scattering spectrum
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2023.220016 discusses ocean lidar remote sensing technology based on Brillouin scattering spectrum.Credit: OEA A ...