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IQ Subtypes Elude Scientists Studying Autism in Landmark WISC-V Analysis
For decades, clinicians and researchers have searched for a signature cognitive profile that could neatly sort autistic children into meaningful...
Sunlight-Powered Photocatalysts Emerge as a New Weapon Against Toxic Algal Blooms
Harmful algal blooms have quietly become one of the most stubborn environmental crises of our time. Driven by nutrient enrichment,...
Hidden Protein Bosses the Cleanup Crew That Keeps Lupus at Bay
Every second of every day, billions of your cells quietly die. Far from being a catastrophe, this mass dying is...
Tea-Grown Nickel Oxide Nanoparticles Turn Chitosan Films Into Tunable Optoelectronics
A team of materials scientists has shown that ordinary green tea can do far more than steep a soothing drink:...
Organic Rice Farming Rewrites the Grain Metabolome and Underground Microbiome
Rice feeds more than half of humanity, and the fine chemical details of each grain — its antioxidants, its vitamins,...
Commentary Challenges Claims of Exceptional Melflufen Responses in Multiple Myeloma
A new commentary published in the Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology is challenging how exceptional individual responses to...
Traditional Saudi Singing and Dancing May Hold Clues to Better Lung Health
In the Makkah region of Saudi Arabia, the rhythmic chants of traditional song and the synchronized steps of communal dance...
Engineered Porous Carbon Traps Cancer-Causing Benzene From Air and Cigarette Smoke
Benzene is one of the most insidious chemicals that ordinary people encounter every day. The International Agency for Research on...
Gut Bacteria May Reveal Brain Aging Decades Before Symptoms Appear
The earliest fingerprints of an aging brain may be visible not in memory lapses or mood changes, but in an...
Waste Cooking Oil and Microwaves Transform Scrap Tires Into Better Asphalt
Every year, billions of tires reach the end of their service life, and engineers have long sought ways to turn...
A Simple Tape Measure May Outweigh Scales: Heart Girth Predicts Weight in Zimbabwe’s Indigenous Sheep and Goats
In the semi-arid rangelands of Zimbabwe, where millions of indigenous sheep and goats form the backbone of smallholder livelihoods, a...
Sleep, Exercise, and Support May Shield Cancer Caregivers From Mental Distress
Caring for a loved one through cancer is one of the most emotionally demanding roles in modern medicine, and a...
Nurses in Ghana Battle Empty Visiting Bags, Hostile Homes and Spiritual Barriers to Reach the Sick
Home visits have anchored Ghana’s primary healthcare system for nearly a century, since the Public Health Nursing Service was established...
Spent Coffee Grounds Turned Into Carbon Dots That Boost Antibacterial Food Packaging
Every year, the world brews billions of cups of coffee, and almost all of the spent grounds end up in...
AI Graph Tool scFormer Uncovers Rare Cell States Hidden in Single-Cell and Spatial Data
Rare cells punch far above their weight in biology. Populations that make up less than one percent of a tissue...
Open-Source Python Tool Validates Slope Stability Against Commercial Giants
A team of geotechnical engineers has released an open-source software package that could upend how slopes, dams, and embankments are...
Scientists Map the Fluid-Solid Frontier That Shapes Every Food We Eat
Every act of cooking, drying, baking, frying, extruding or three-dimensionally printing a food depends on a deceptively simple physical event:...
Bispecific Antibody Meets Antibody-Drug Conjugate in Promising Small Cell Lung Cancer Trial
Small cell lung cancer has long been one of the most difficult malignancies to treat, marked by aggressive growth, early...
Dual Immunotherapy Edges Out Pembrolizumab in Cost-Effectiveness for MSI-High Colorectal Cancer
A new health economic analysis has found that the combination of nivolumab plus ipilimumab, a dual immune checkpoint inhibitor regimen,...
MXenes Emerge as Frontier Nanomaterials Powering Supercapacitors and Clean Hydrogen Production
A sweeping review published in Discover Electrochemistry has consolidated more than a decade of progress on MXenes, a family of...