Bioiontronics Promises New Advances in Bioelectronic Devices
A new wave of technology is aiming to let machines “talk” to living systems using the language of ions and biomolecules. Known as bioiontronics, the...
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Willingness to Pay for Quality-Adjusted Life Years Among Older Adults in Iran
A new study from Iran is putting a spotlight on how older adults weigh health gains in everyday economic terms, using the Quality-Adjusted Life Year...
Postmarketing VigiBase analysis links GLP-1 therapies to neuropsychiatric adverse events
Viral Science News — A new post-marketing analysis has mined the World Health Organization’s VigiBase database to quantify neuropsychiatric adverse event reports linked to GLP-1–based...
Core2Edge Glioblastoma Model Tracks Infiltration and Transcriptional Heterogeneity
Viral Science News—A team reports a new fully human ex vivo platform designed to model how glioblastoma infiltrates the brain from a tumor core outward...
DNA Damage Response Pathways Inform New Cancer Immunotherapy Strategies
The DNA damage response (DDR) and the immune system may look like separate defense networks, but new research underscores how tightly they can cooperate to...
Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Histology-Linked Growth Patterns in Colorectal Liver Metastases
A new study is turning the microscopic “how it grows” question in colorectal cancer liver metastases into a measurable molecular signature. Published in British Journal...
Algorithms Generate Foundry-Ready Photonic Circuits Beyond Human Intuition
Photonic microchips promise dramatically faster information processing by steering and manipulating light on chip-scale platforms. Unlike conventional electronic routing, these devices guide light through micrometer-wide...
Review Finds Stable Circular RNAs as Noninvasive Biomarkers for Cancer Detection
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are gaining momentum as viral-worthy candidates in the liquid biopsy revolution. Unlike linear RNAs, circRNAs form covalently closed loops that resist exonuclease...
Xi’an Jiaotong Achieves Low-Cost Roll-to-Roll 3D Nanobowl Light-Trapping Films
Clean-energy momentum is driving an intense effort to squeeze more electricity from the sunlight that reaches solar panels. One promising route is front-surface light management:...
Blood Test for Tuberculosis Could Cut Spread of Global Infectious Killer
A study presented at ADLM 2026 in Anaheim, California reports that a blood test could identify active tuberculosis (TB) with high accuracy across a spectrum...
New Imaging Reveals Plant Tissues in Greater Detail
Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad, have introduced a new fluorescent approach to visualize xylem,...
Innate immune recovery lags nutrition after severe acute malnutrition in children
Viral science news—Children recovering from complicated severe acute malnutrition may appear to “bounce back” nutritionally, but a new study suggests their innate immune defenses recover...
Cigarette Smoke Exposure Alters Gut Microbiome and Damages Short-Chain Fatty Acid Metabolism in Rats
Cigarette smoke is best known for damaging the lungs, triggering inflammatory cascades that can impair breathing and accelerate disease. But mounting evidence suggests that smoke...
Temporal Changes in Hyaluronan Levels in Preterm Human Breast Milk
Preterm infants arrive with unique vulnerabilities, and the first nourishment they receive is more than calories—it’s a time-sensitive biological instruction manual. In a new study,...
Wang Set to Receive NSF CAREER Award
Xuan Wang, an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at George Mason University’s College of Engineering and Computing, has received NSF funding for a...