Butterfly-inspired smart propulsion could power future robots
Researchers at the University of Stuttgart and the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research have developed miniature ceramic structures that can rapidly roll and...
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Study finds ultra-processed food consumption may significantly raise prostate cancer risk
Ultra-processed foods now provide nearly 60% of the calories consumed by adults in the United States and about 70% of the energy intake of American...
NMR Uncovers Hidden Electrolyte States, Pointing Toward Better Batteries
Liquid battery electrolytes have long been described as if they were simple recipes: a salt dissolved in a solvent, perhaps combined with an additive and...
AI may enable earlier diagnosis and treatment pathways for Crohn’s disease
Scientists have used artificial intelligence, genetic profiling and gut microbiome analysis to investigate how Crohn’s disease progresses from chronic inflammation to intestinal fibrosis, a form...
Genetic switch may enable tomatoes to fruit during cold weather
Every tomato begins as a flower, but producing a ripe fruit requires a precisely timed biological sequence. The male and female reproductive organs must develop...
New Neuropsychiatric Journal Illuminates Brain-Behavior Links in Mental and Neurological Health
Despite extraordinary advances in biomedical science, neuropsychiatric disorders continue to impose one of the largest health burdens on societies worldwide. More than 1 billion people...
Physiologic signatures during extubation readiness trials in neonates over 35 weeks
For premature and medically fragile newborns, removing a breathing tube is not a simple matter of switching off a machine. It is a high-stakes physiological...
Small Brønsted bases activate GTP hydrolysis in KRAS-Q61 mutants
KRAS has long been one of cancer biology’s most stubborn molecular targets. The protein acts as a switch that helps cells interpret growth signals, cycling...
Scientists Discover and Design Potent Cell-Surface Display Elements
Cell surface display has become one of biotechnology’s most useful strategies for controlling what cells present to their surroundings. By placing a protein, peptide or...
Ripple Oscillations Link Neurons Across Regions to Support Distributed Working Memory
A new study has identified a fast, previously underappreciated mechanism that may allow the brain to keep information alive across physically separated regions. Published in...
LINC02709 drives liver cancer spread by boosting stemness and suppressing Kupffer phagocytosis
A newly reported molecular mechanism may help explain why hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common primary liver cancer, can become so difficult to control once it...
Blood thinners associated with slower cognitive decline
A commonly prescribed class of blood-thinning medicines may do more than prevent strokes in people living with both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease. A nationwide...
First 3D Map Reveals Mouse Ovary Counts Its Own Eggs
A Complete 3D Map of the Aging Ovary Reveals That Egg Activation Is Carefully Regulated The mammalian ovary may be far more actively managed than...
OneCell CUT&Tag Maps Chromatin, Transcripts and Surface Markers, Revealing Epigenomic Reprogramming
A new single-cell technology is giving researchers an unusually complete view of how individual cells establish and change their identities. Called OneCell CUT&Tag, the method...
Spain Clarifies Neonatology’s Legal and Training Status
A new publication in the Journal of Perinatology is drawing attention to a question that sits at the intersection of medicine, law and professional training:...