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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...
Spatiotemporal manipulation of femtosecond light pulses for on-chip devices
A new publication from Opto-Electronic Advances; DOI 10.29026/oea.2022.210047 discusses spatiotemporal manipulation of femtosecond light pulses for on-chip devices.Credit: OEA A new...
New antiviral therapy may block COVID-19 transmission
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—By the time you test positive for COVID-19, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has already taken up residence in your...
Artificial ocean cooling to weaken hurricanes is futile, study finds
A new study found that even if we did have the infinite power to artificially cool enough of the oceans...
U.S. clinical trial evaluating antiviral for monkeypox begins
Interested volunteers can visit the ACTG website for information on clinical trial A5418. Please do not call or email the...
DOE Energy Frontier Research Center on molten salts renewed for four years
UPTON, NY—The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science announced renewed funding for an Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC) led...
Unique ferroelectric microstructure revealed for first time
A team of researchers have observed and reported for the first time the unique microstructure of a novel ferroelectric material,...
