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Virtual CT updates tissue resection modeling during endoscopic sinus surgery
Surgeons performing endoscopic sinus surgery may soon be able to watch a patient’s CT scan update itself in real time...
Dynamic tau buildup predicts Alzheimer’s progression risk in mild cognitive impairment
Tau buildup in a handful of specific brain regions may signal which people with mild cognitive impairment will go on...
New cell-penetrating peptide delivers HPV E6 inhibitor into cervical cancer cells
Scientists in Italy and China have engineered a designer molecule that slips into cervical cancer cells and disarms the engine...
Steam explosion boosts methane from banana residues and food waste digestion
Banana farming leaves behind a mountain of waste that most of the world never sees. For every tonne of fruit...
Winter-active biting midges infected with bluetongue virus found in German livestock barns
The biting midges that transmit some of Europe’s most damaging livestock viruses do not simply vanish when winter arrives, according...
Vascular adhesion protein-1 offers new targets for cancer diagnosis and therapy
A single molecule that straddles the boundary between blood vessel biology and immune regulation is emerging as one of the...
Gut virus communities destabilize after stem cell transplantation
The human gut is home to trillions of viruses, a sprawling community known as the virome, and yet it remains...
Five-year study reveals molecular features of adenovirus in hospitalized children
Human adenovirus, one of the most important viral causes of childhood respiratory illness worldwide, has been mapped in unprecedented clinical...
Microbial niches drive species turnover on Tibetan Plateau glacier surfaces
The world’s glaciers are often imagined as frozen deserts, lifeless expanses of snow and ice too harsh to sustain anything...
Novel genes link cecal microbiota to lipid deposition, genome-wide study finds
In a study that could reshape how scientists think about the invisible architects of body fat, researchers in China have...
CRISPR/Cas9 creates transgene-free MtABCG46 mutants in Medicago truncatula
In a development that could reshape how scientists probe the molecular machinery of legumes, researchers in Poland have created the...
Proteomics reveals cellular mechanisms driving heart regeneration in leopard geckos
In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about repairing the damaged human heart, researchers at the University of...
Methyl jasmonate metabolomic biomarkers reveal heat stress tolerance in mustard
Heat waves are steadily squeezing the margins of winter agriculture across South Asia, and few crops feel the squeeze more...
Inflammation of brain blood vessels drives cortical superficial siderosis in cerebral amyloid angiopathy
A routine brain scan finding long dismissed as a passive scar of old bleeding may in fact be the visible...
Fungal vesicles spur ovarian cancer growth via JAK2/STAT3 macrophage switch
In a discovery that is already rippling across the cancer research community, scientists in China have found that a common...
Scientists create 3D-printed device for heating and magnetic stirring
Researchers in France have unveiled an open-source, 3D-printed instrument that combines precise temperature control and magnetic stirring in a single...
Optimizing MICP-enhanced underwater repair grout mix designs with data-driven methods
Underwater concrete repair has always been a battle against physics. When a repair grout is dropped into a dam gallery,...
Plant polyphenol extracts boost surimi gel quality and prevent oxidation
Sardine surimi has long been the underdog of the surimi industry. Unlike the white-fleshed fish that dominate commercial surimi production,...
Real-time dynamic obstacle detection system helps agricultural robots navigate safely
Something strange is happening in the way humanity talks about its greatest crisis. While greenhouse gases accumulate in the atmosphere...
Plasmonic hollow nanocavities tune exciton selectivity in monolayer MoS2
Researchers have unveiled a new class of hollow gold nanocavities that can selectively amplify specific excitonic transitions in atomically thin...