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Self-Assembled Affibody-PROTAC Nanomedicine Targets Cancer Cells
A new nanomedicine that combines a cancer-seeking protein with a molecular “degrader” has shown targeted activity against HER2-positive tumors in...
Glycerol Plasticization Alters Thermal Diffusivity in PVA Films, Photoacoustic Study Finds
A simple ingredient found in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals could help turn a familiar water-soluble plastic into a flexible, biodegradable...
Multi-Hop AI Model Improves Knowledge Graphs for Telecommunications
Telecommunications networks are becoming too interconnected for many of their most important relationships to be tracked reliably by people or...
Containing AI: From Responsible Governance to Critical Oversight
The AI Sustainability Trap: Why Researchers Say Society Must Ask Whether It Needs AI at All Artificial intelligence is often...
Review Examines Physics-Informed Neural Networks Simulating Blood Flow in Narrowed 2D Arteries
AI Models Are Learning the Physics of Blood Flow Through Narrowed Arteries A new systematic review has charted how physics-informed...
Resource-Efficient Quantum Neural Networks Learn Symmetries More Effectively
Quantum machine learning has gained a new strategy for making near-term quantum hardware do more with less. Researchers have proposed...
New method quickly maps layout-specific noise in quantum computers using diagnostic circuits
A new method could help quantum computers avoid one of their most persistent problems: the hardware itself is unevenly noisy,...
Kirsten Falk, 1963–2024: Remembering a Scientific Life
Kirsten Falk, a German scientist whose early experiments helped reveal how the immune system identifies infected cells, has been remembered...
How p53 Drives and Could Treat Autoimmune Rheumatic Diseases
A protein famous for preventing cancer may also help explain why the immune system turns against the body in rheumatoid...
Engineered Komagataella phaffii Boosts Full-Length Human Type III Collagen Production
A genetically engineered yeast is producing a laboratory-made version of human type III collagen that folds into the same distinctive...
New T2T Bread Wheat Genome Assembly Enables Detailed Satellitome Mapping Re-analysis
Bread wheat’s genomic “dark matter” has come into sharper focus in a new analysis that maps thousands of repetitive DNA...
Sulfate Reduces Cadmium Risks and Boosts Selenium in Rice from Seleniferous Soils
Sulfur Treatment Could Make Selenium-Rich Rice Safer by Blocking Cadmium Rice grown in naturally selenium-rich soils may carry an unexpected...
High-Contrast [¹⁸F]SiTATE PET/CT Imaging Maps Somatostatin Receptors in Meningiomas
A New PET Tracer Makes Meningiomas Stand Out Against the Brain’s Near-Silent Background A new radioactive imaging agent has produced...
L-ICON3 Suppresses Endometriosis in Mice
A drug-like molecule that recruits the immune system to attack endometriosis lesions has dramatically reduced disease in mice, offering a...
Kidney Function Improves After Transcatheter Tricuspid Edge-to-Edge Repair
A minimally invasive repair for a failing heart valve may also help protect the kidneys, according to a new study...
Review Examines Pharmaceutical Contamination in Edible Plants Grown on Waste-Amended Soils
Medicines Are Turning Up in Food Crops Fertilized With Wastewater, Manure and Biosolids As cities search for ways to conserve...
CnQuant Enables High-Resolution Chromosomal Copy Number Profiling for Precision Oncology Clinics
A new open-source software platform could bring high-resolution chromosome analysis closer to routine cancer care, allowing clinicians to inspect tumor...
Modified Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Show Promise for Termite Control
Termite-Killing Nanoparticles Reach 100 Percent Mortality After Blue-Laser Treatment A laboratory study has identified a potentially powerful way to intensify...
Base-Free Au/CuO Catalyst Converts 1,2-Propanediol to Methyl Lactate
A catalyst made from gold and copper oxide could offer a cleaner route to methyl lactate, a versatile chemical used...
Review Examines Organic, Biodegradable Reinforcements in PBS-Based Green Composites
A biodegradable plastic built from the same chemical family used in many everyday polymers could be transformed by an unexpected...