New method reveals how degenerative diseases affect individual cells
Scientists at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne, and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a computational method that can measure...
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Study Identifies What Drives Household Pesticide Contamination Near Vineyards
A pesticide trail may be hiding in plain sight inside homes located in vineyard regions, not as a visible spill or a sharp chemical odor,...
Six-compound cocktail matures stem cell-derived liver spheroids for improved toxicity prediction
A new study published in Nature Communications reports a six-compound chemical cocktail designed to mature liver spheroids made from human pluripotent stem cells, a development...
Hidden survival strategy emerges for California’s most endangered salmon
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon are facing a hidden survival crisis during the first days of life, when tiny embryos developing inside river gravel encounter...
Stanford study shows molecular glue converts cancer driver into built-in kill switch
A two-headed experimental drug has eradicated aggressive human lymphoma tumors in mice by turning one of cancer’s most important growth-driving proteins against the malignant cells...
CASUS and Microsoft Research Partner to Advance Scientific Discovery
A new artificial intelligence model designed to improve one of quantum chemistry’s most difficult calculations is now available through the CP2K software ecosystem, potentially allowing...
Heart failure patients, caregivers, and clinicians embrace mobile health despite adoption barriers
Heart failure care may be on the verge of a major shift from hospital-centered treatment to a more mobile, home-based model, according to a new...
OSPREY trial broadens neurostimulation treatment options for obstructive sleep apnea
Obstructive sleep apnea, a disorder in which the upper airway repeatedly collapses during sleep, may be entering a new era of treatment. A randomized clinical...
Postglacial Colonization and Isolation Shape Venustaconcha ellipsiformis Population Structure, Informing Conservation
A new range-wide genetic study of the freshwater mussel Venustaconcha ellipsiformis has revealed how ancient glaciers, changing river systems, and limited dispersal have combined to...
Gestational Age Shapes Links Between Group B Strep Genomics and Disease Onset
For decades, Group B Streptococcus has presented doctors with a deceptively simple question: why do some newborns develop a rapidly progressing infection within hours of...
Data Sharing and Public Legitimacy: What’s Wrong and How Can It Improve?
A growing push to share health and research data is running into a problem that cannot be solved by technology alone: people may stop trusting...
Targeted Alpha-Synuclein Degradation Blocks PFF-Induced Aggregation
Parkinson’s disease research has taken a significant step toward a strategy that attacks one of the disorder’s most persistent biological problems: the accumulation of misfolded...
Noah Golowich Wins Hertz Thesis Prize for Explaining AI’s Stable Outcomes
Noah Golowich’s Theory Explains How AI Can Learn Stable Strategies in Games and Unfamiliar Worlds When an artificial intelligence system defeated some of the world’s...
Imaging shows how a tumor-fighting drug causes cellular breakdown
Cancer drugs are designed to attack the molecular machinery that allows tumors to grow, divide, and spread. Yet once a drug enters a living cell,...
Scientists Uncover Fresh Insight Into a Complex Scientific Mystery
Long polymer chains are among the hidden structures that shape the modern world. They give plastics their strength, help biological materials organize themselves, and form...