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Link between sphingolipids and complement signaling may be key to stopping cancer metastasis
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers have identified the sequence of molecular interactions that could be key to stopping the spread...
Aggressiveness of pet dogs is influenced by life history and owner’s characteristics, study suggests
Dogs walked every day by their owners are less aggressive. Dogs owned by women bark less at strangers. Heavier dogs...
New spin control method brings billion-qubit quantum chips closer
Australian engineers have discovered a new way of precisely controlling single electrons nestled in quantum dots that run logic gates....
Ancient Siberian genomes reveal genetic backflow from North America across the Bering Sea
The movement of people across the Bering Sea from North Asia to North America is a well-known phenomenon in early...
Move over, mice: caterpillars could replace some mammals in the study of human disease
Rats and mice have been the backbone of biomedical research for decades — including research to understand cancer and pioneer...
Mind your Qs: polyQ-binding protein 5 scaffolds the nucleolus
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that PQBP5/NOL10, an intrinsically disordered protein, scaffolds the nucleolus under normal...
Artificial nerve cells – almost like biological
Researchers at Linköping University (LiU), Sweden, have created an artificial organic neuron that closely mimics the characteristics of biological nerve...
Dolphins “shout” over loud underwater noise to complete a cooperative task
Dolphins are social, intelligent animals who rely on whistles and echolocation to hunt and reproduce. This means that noise generated...
Agricultural droughts will continue across water-scarce Central Asia: Study
A severe agriculture drought swept Central Asia in 2021 in its early growing season, causing mass die-offs of crops and...
Half a million lives could be saved yearly by replacing wood and charcoal stoves in Africa
Half a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional...
Scientists develop novel mRNA delivery method using extracellular vesicles
A team of researchers led by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has developed a novel delivery system...
More stable states of quantum computers
Quantum computers can more rapidly process large amounts of data, because they carry out many computation steps in parallel. The...
HKUMed discovered a new treatment strategy for locally advanced liver cancer by ‘Reduce and Remove’ – a novel tri-modality therapy
A pioneering phase II clinical study on tri-modality therapy (START-FIT), conducted by the Department of Surgery and Department of Clinical...
New, £8 million Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will help UK meet net-zero ambitions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECredit: Image credit: Ian Wallman. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New, £8 million Energy Demand Observatory and Laboratory will help...