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Galectin-1-high monocytes boost functional memory CD8+ T cell generation
When a virus invades the lungs, the immune system mounts a noisy, visible battle: fever, inflammation, floods of white blood...
Anti-swelling biphasic conductive hydrogels enable 3D-printed implantable bioelectronics
Hydrogels have long been considered one of the most promising material platforms for implantable bioelectronics. Soft, water-rich, and chemically similar...
Engineering a kinase-controlled allosteric switch for improved performance
Scientists have unveiled a powerful new strategy for building protein switches that can be turned on and off by cell...
Wireless contactless well plate tracks cardiac organoid and 3D tissue contraction
In a development that could reshape how scientists study the beating heart in the laboratory, researchers have unveiled a wireless,...
Shape-memory polymer nanocoatings redistribute stress in brittle battery cathodes
Stress-induced fracture has long been recognized as one of the primary culprits behind the degradation of positive electrode active materials...
Exciton interactions enable spin control for bright spin LEDs
Spin light-emitting diodes, devices that translate the orientation of an electron’s spin into the polarization of the light they emit,...
Scientists melt diamond at 1 TPa using shock compression experiments
Carbon, the backbone of all known life and one of the most abundant elements in the universe, has just yielded...
ATRX partners with 9-1-1 and CST to protect genome replication and telomeres
Every time a human cell divides, it must copy roughly six billion letters of DNA—a feat accomplished by molecular machines...
Ferricyanide enables peptide hydrazide ligation in neutral water
Chemists have unveiled a simpler, faster way to stitch together the molecular building blocks of proteins, and the trick involves...
QFRS: Standardizing reporting of forecasting, evaluation, and trading claims in quantitative finance
The world of AI-driven financial forecasting has long suffered from a quiet credibility crisis. Machine learning models routinely report dazzling...
A Unified Generative Distribution Framework for Multimodal Learning
In a development that could reshape how machine learning systems handle the messy, heterogeneous data of the real world, researchers...
Graph neural networks automate conjecture discovery in number theory research
Graph neural networks, the deep learning architectures that have transformed everything from molecular design to social network analysis, are now...
Metformin restores mitochondrial quality control in Down syndrome fibroblasts
Mitochondrial dysfunction has long been recognized as a central feature of Down syndrome, but the precise reasons why the cell’s...
Multiomics approach reverses age-related disease susceptibility in oysters
In the world of infectious disease, aging is almost universally a liability. As animals grow older, their immune systems typically...
New R package Geneslator simplifies gene ID conversion and annotation
Every high-throughput sequencing experiment ends in the same place: a very long list of genes, each tagged with an identifier...
Fragmented gut and airway microbes mark preschool wheeze, driven by Moraxella clustering
Recurrent wheezing in preschool children is one of the most common reasons young children visit respiratory clinics, and it is...
Denmark launches national injury cohort with detailed design features
Denmark has launched one of the most comprehensive injury surveillance resources in the world, a nationwide register-based cohort that captures...
Unattended automated blood pressure readings prove accurate in rural Africa
When community health workers in rural Kenya and The Gambia strap on automated blood pressure monitors and walk from home...
Mpox prevention practices and factors among adults in Southern Sarawak, Malaysia
In a region of Malaysian Borneo better known to travelers as the gateway to Borneo’s rainforests and wildlife, researchers have...
Rare aggressive fungal infection strikes healthy patient after trauma
In a striking reminder that “flesh-eating” infections are not always bacterial, clinicians in Chongqing, China have documented a near-fatal case...