Study identifies health empowerment profiles among older adults hospitalized after stroke
Stroke recovery may depend on more than the visible damage recorded on a brain scan. A new study in BMC Geriatrics examines how older adults...
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Atomic study shows catalyst supports can enable cleaner syngas production
Methane is one of the most abundant carbon-containing molecules on Earth, yet converting it into useful chemicals remains a formidable catalytic challenge. In reforming reactions,...
Scientists uncover promising target driving treatment resistance in advanced breast cancer
A Houston Methodist-led study has identified a biological signaling pathway that may help explain why some metastatic breast cancers resist trastuzumab deruxtecan, a widely used...
Theoretical physicists uncover discoveries using cloud computing for cutting-edge physics experiment
Researchers have remotely observed the effects of anomalous tunneling in a Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC), marking the first peer-reviewed scientific result produced through Infleqtion’s cloud-based Oqtant...
UC San Diego Health Tops California, Joins National Honor Roll
UC San Diego Health has been named California’s leading hospital system and one of the top 20 health care systems in the United States in...
Smithsonian scientists untangle Hawaiian honeycreeper evolutionary family tree
Smithsonian researchers have reconstructed the most comprehensive evolutionary map yet of Hawaii’s honeycreepers, a spectacular group of birds whose rapid diversification produced more than 60...
Glutamate co-release by inhibitory nigral neurons reverses motor deficits in Parkinson’s mice
A surprising discovery in Parkinson’s disease research is challenging one of the field’s most familiar assumptions: that restoring movement necessarily requires increasing activity in neurons...
Scientists Reveal How Centromeres and Inner Kinetochores Work
A new review in Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology is bringing the hidden architecture of chromosome inheritance into sharper focus, examining how centromeres and inner...
Researchers combine two materials on one photonic chip to generate new frequencies
Modern photonic chips are already capable of performing remarkable optical tasks on surfaces smaller than a fingernail, but a new study suggests that the next...
Gelatin-Stabilized Liquid Metal Enables Conductive Hydrogels for Sensing, Energy Harvesting
Researchers at Fuzhou University have developed a gelatin-stabilized liquid-metal hydrogel that combines stretchable electronics, artificial intelligence and solar-energy conversion in a single soft material. The...
Drug duo targets cancer and senescent cells, extending lifespan in elderly mice
A three-drug combination that exploits a metabolic weakness shared by cancer cells and senescent cells has extended post-treatment survival and improved physical performance in aged...
GSA Responds to Senate Funding Bill Language Affecting Federal Grants
Senate appropriators have reached a bipartisan agreement on a short-term government funding measure that would delay implementation of a proposed rule potentially reshaping how federal...
Keeping Cats Indoors May Not Be the Catastrophe Owners Fear
Moving an outdoor cat indoors may be far less disruptive than many owners fear, according to a new study from researchers in Australia and New...
GBA1 Mutations Showcase Precision Medicine’s Promise for Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a growing body of genetic research is revealing a more complex picture—one...
Study finds AI could enable affordable foot health technology
Plantar pressure mapping, a technology used to reveal how forces move across the underside of the foot, could soon become cheaper, smaller and more accessible...