Substance Abuse Strikes One in Four Bipolar I Patients, Massive Study Finds
A sweeping analysis of more than 4,250 adults with major mood disorders has delivered one of the clearest pictures yet of how substance abuse intertwines...
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Gene Behind Chalky Rice Mutant Unlocks High-Resistant-Starch Breeding
Rice feeds more than half of the world’s population, but for people living with type 2 diabetes, ordinary polished rice can be a dietary liability....
Smart Nanoparticles Reprogram Tumour Defenses to Boost Immune Attack on Cancer
Scientists at Adelaide University have unveiled a new mRNA-based strategy that could reshape one of the most stubborn obstacles in cancer treatment: the hostile environment...
Experts Gather in New York to Debate Geoengineering, Clean Energy, and Science Funding
When world leaders, diplomats, and climate specialists descend on New York City for the United Nations General Assembly high-level week and Climate Week NYC, the...
German Research Institutions Secure Unlimited Open Access Publishing with JMIR Through 2028
A significant milestone in the ongoing transformation of scholarly communication was reached this month as JMIR Publications, the Toronto-based independent publisher specializing in digital health...
Soluble receptor variants fine-tune placental blood vessel growth, study finds
The placenta is one of the most remarkable engineering feats of human biology, building an intricate network of fetal blood vessels in a matter of...
Teeth Reveal Four Adaptive Zones Shaping Carnivore Evolution
For more than a century, paleontologists and evolutionary biologists have marveled at the way terrestrial mammalian carnivores keep reinventing the same body plans. Saber-toothed predators...
Scientists Crack the Genetic Transformation Barrier in Tartary Buckwheat
Tartary buckwheat has long been prized as a functional food, packed with bioactive compounds such as rutin and other flavonoids that have drawn intense interest...
Gene Therapy Shows Lasting Two-Year Gains in Infants With Severe Spinal Muscular Atrophy
A single infusion of a gene therapy delivered within the first months of life continues to transform the course of one of the most devastating...
Acid-Treated Biochar Traps Radioactive Cesium in Cement Waste Forms
Radioactive cesium is one of the most stubborn contaminants in the nuclear waste stream. It slips through the concrete vaults meant to hold it, largely...
Deep-Learning Framework Crop-GPA 2.0 Cracks the Shared Genetic Code of Crop Traits Across Species
Every improvement in a crop, whether it is a heavier ear of wheat, a more disease-resistant rice plant, or a maize hybrid that endures drought,...
New polyaniline–alumina nanocomposite enables sensitive diazomethane gas detection
Diazomethane is one of organic chemistry’s most useful and most feared reagents. The simple molecule CH2N2 is a superb methylating agent, capable of converting carboxylic...
Seeing soccer strategy: GAF images and convolutional LSTM predict match tactics
In a development that sits at the unlikely intersection of computer vision, sports analytics and deep learning, researchers have shown that the tactical story of...
TLR4/MYD88 pathway dysregulation drives breast cancer progression in Egyptian women
In a study that could reshape how clinicians think about the inflammatory underpinnings of breast cancer, researchers in Egypt have found that two genes at...
HLA-DRB1 and FCGR2B variants shape immune risk in Pemphigus vulgaris
Pemphigus vulgaris is one of the most feared diseases in dermatology, a rare autoimmune condition in which the body’s own antibodies turn against the glue...
