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Methane-cycling archaea discovered in geothermal springs
In the steaming hot springs of Tengchong, in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province, a team of researchers has uncovered a hidden...
Hidden Fungal Partners Shape Tropical Epiphytic Orchids Across Multiple Scales
In the cloud forests of the southern Ecuadorian Andes, where steep ridges wrap themselves in near-perpetual mist and epiphytic orchids...
Antihypertensive treatment prevents strokes unevenly across 198 countries, analysis shows
Antihypertensive treatment has prevented a substantial and growing share of strokes worldwide over the past three decades, but the benefits...
miR-155-5p reshapes tumors and macrophages across diverse cancers
A tiny molecule that teaches both cancer cells and immune cells to fight is offering a new angle on one...
Mobile app beats lecture in HPV prevention trial using planned behavior theory
Human papillomavirus, the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world, remains a formidable public health challenge despite decades of...
Colistin resistance and mcr genes in four major bacterial pathogens: global meta-analysis
Colistin was supposed to be the last line of defense. When carbapenems failed and every other antibiotic had been exhausted,...
Distinct weaning phenotypes identified in patients failing to wean from ventilation
For the millions of patients who require a breathing tube each year, the moment of liberation from the ventilator is...
Frontal Assessment Battery distinguishes frontotemporal dementia from Alzheimer’s disease
A simple bedside test that has been used for decades to probe the frontal lobes may be less powerful at...
PD-1 immunotherapy before mastectomy linked to higher opioid use
Immunotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of many cancers, and nowhere has its impact been more dramatic than in breast cancers...
Depleting CCR8+ Treg cells restores dendritic cell function against tumors
In a discovery that could reshape how scientists think about cancer immunotherapy, researchers in Japan have uncovered the hidden mechanism...
Stable silver nanoparticles in anionic hydrogel form reusable ecofriendly catalyst
Silver nanoparticles have long been prized by chemists for their remarkable catalytic prowess, but turning that laboratory promise into a...
Constacyclic codes over mixed rings and their quantum error correction uses
A team of Chinese mathematicians has unveiled a comprehensive framework for a special family of error-correcting codes that could expand...
Mixture density networks power data-driven Monte Carlo simulations of energy markets
For decades, quantitative analysts modeling energy markets have faced an uncomfortable trade-off: either use models that are mathematically convenient but...
Philosopher Yuk Hui Rethinks Kant’s Critical Philosophy for the Age of AI
In an era when large language models can draft essays, pass bar exams, and hold conversations that feel startlingly human,...
Two interpretable supervised algorithms reveal feature aggregation in nonlinear systems
Researchers at Politecnico di Milano have unveiled a pair of new machine learning algorithms that shrink massive datasets while keeping...
Quantum Bayesian networks boost reinforcement learning in partially observable settings
Reinforcement learning has powered some of artificial intelligence’s most celebrated achievements, from mastering the ancient game of Go to sharpening...
How microbial communities metabolize inhibitors in winery wastewater
Anaerobic microbial communities harvested from sanitary landfill leachate and mining wastewater may hold the key to treating one of the...
Dimethyl phthalate triggers oxidative stress and inflammation in lung cells
Dimethyl phthalate, a chemical compound found in everything from nail polish and hairspray to insect repellents, textiles and surface coatings,...
MHC class II beta genes analyzed in captive king penguin colony
In a finding that is already making waves among conservation geneticists and penguin enthusiasts alike, researchers in Japan have decoded...
Quantifying crop science: a review of phenotyping, mechanics, and modeling
Crop science is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation, and a new review published in Plant Molecular Biology argues that...