Men Face Higher Tuberculosis Infection Risk Than Women
Tuberculosis continues to affect men disproportionately around the world, and a new study led by researchers at University College London suggests that the disparity is...
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Microplastics Contaminate Texas Oysters, Triggering Biochemical Stress and Physiological Damage
Microplastic pollution has reached another critical biological threshold along the Texas Gulf Coast, where oysters are showing biochemical stress and tissue damage linked to exposure...
Turning Nanoscale Industrial Waste Fragments into Aqueous Battery Electrolytes
A waste stream once viewed as an expensive environmental liability could become an active ingredient in safer, longer-lasting batteries. Researchers have developed a strategy that...
MHS552 Antibody Selectively Expands Regulatory T Cells in Models and Healthy Participants
A new study published in Nature Communications reports that MHS552, an engineered antibody carrying a modified form of the immune-signaling molecule interleukin-2, selectively expands functional...
Agentic Profiles Could Strengthen AI Governance
Artificial intelligence is moving rapidly from systems that answer questions to agents that can pursue objectives, make decisions and act across digital environments. That shift...
Rice lab unveils rapid method to produce advanced materials
MXenes, a family of atomically thin materials known for combining high electrical conductivity with chemically active surfaces, may soon become far easier to manufacture. Researchers...
US Cancer Surgery Waiting Times: National Trends and Key Predictors
Cancer patients are facing increasingly long waits to begin their initial course of treatment after surgery, according to an Original Investigation scheduled for publication in...
KAIST develops eco-friendly, high-efficiency hydrogen membrane using molecular network filtration
Hydrogen is often described as a clean energy carrier, but producing it at the purity required for fuel cells, industrial reactors, and other technologies is...
Vanillin flavoring in e-cigarettes disrupts human embryonic stem cell development
Vanillin, the compound responsible for vanilla’s characteristic aroma, may interfere with the earliest stages of human development when it is inhaled as part of an...
Climbing stairs may lower the risk of premature death
Taking the stairs may do more than get people from one floor to another: it could substantially reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease and premature...
Glucose-sensing probiotics help regulate blood sugar in mice and monkeys
A new class of living medicine could one day help people with diabetes control blood glucose without injections, implanted devices or continuously adjusted external signals....
Accelerated Epigenetic Aging Linked to Metabolic Syndrome in Hispanic and Latino Adults
A new study is putting a high-tech twist on a long-standing question in health science: does metabolic syndrome accelerate biological aging, or can accelerated biological...
Large-scale admixture mapping in All of Us reveals cross-population trait differences
A new analysis of genetic diversity in the United States is offering researchers a sharper way to investigate why health-related traits differ among populations with...
Phytoplankton Responses to Drought and Flood Across the Yellow River Basin
The Yellow River Basin, one of China’s most important and environmentally pressured river systems, is revealing how profoundly water extremes can reshape the microscopic communities...
Deep Learning Speeds Comprehensive Pathology Assessments Using Three-Dimensional Tissue Data
A new artificial-intelligence system could help pathologists search through three-dimensional tissue specimens without forcing them to inspect every microscopic layer by hand. The framework, called...