How Autophagy Maintains Brain Health and Contributes to Disease
The brain depends on an intricate internal recycling system to keep its exceptionally long-lived cells functioning. A new review in Nature Neuroscience examines how macroautophagy,...
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Can Scientists’ Self-Rankings Predict Scientific Impact Beyond Peer Review?
For decades, science has relied on a formal ritual to decide which discoveries deserve attention: experts read manuscripts, assess their quality and novelty, and recommend...
Multi-Resolution Enhancement Improves Full-Spectrum Neural Representations
Artificial intelligence systems are often praised for seeing patterns, but many of them remain surprisingly poor at representing detail across different scales. A new study...
NJU-PKU Team Achieves High-Fidelity Lensless Imaging of Dynamic Scenes in One Shot
Lensless cameras may soon become far more capable of recording moving biological samples, thanks to a new computational imaging framework developed by researchers at Nanjing...
Robot-Assisted Surgery Offers Clinical Benefits Over Laparoscopy in Gastric Cancer
A nationwide study in Japan has found that robotic gastrectomy may provide several measurable advantages over conventional laparoscopic surgery for people undergoing treatment for gastric...
Review examines tryptophan metabolism’s role in female reproduction
Tryptophan, the amino acid best known as a building block for serotonin, may be far more deeply involved in female reproductive health than previously recognized....
Study identifies potential multi-target treatment for chronic ankle instability
Ankle sprains are often treated as temporary injuries, but for many people the consequences persist long after swelling and pain have subsided. As many as...
Candida auris Senses Nutrients to Control Virulence and Shape Host Immunity
Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen responsible for difficult-to-control outbreaks in hospitals worldwide, appears to make a strategic decision before it attacks: it evaluates the...
Universal Flu Vaccine Protects Mice Against Multiple Strains
A vaccine built from genetically engineered baker’s yeast and decorated with a slow-changing influenza protein has protected mice against three influenza strains, according to researchers...
Scientists Transform Plastic Bottles Into Cookies
A cookie made from plastic bottles, corn stalks and engineered yeast may sound like science fiction, but researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale say their...
Yeast-derived universal flu vaccine may one day replace annual shots
A yeast-based vaccine candidate targeting a conserved influenza protein has protected mice against multiple influenza A strains, raising the possibility of a broader and longer-lasting...
Author Correction: Machine Learning Feature Analysis Classifies Fallers with Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most recognizable symptoms—tremor, stiffness and slowed movement—but one of its most dangerous complications can arrive suddenly and without...
How can low- and middle-income countries reduce deaths from gynecologic cancers?
Low- and middle-income countries are carrying the overwhelming share of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, and a new review warns that the survival gap affecting...
How Chromosomes Find Their Matching Partners
For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins and appeared to have no...
Triglyceride-Glucose Index Linked to Elevated Blood Pressure in U.S. Teens
A simple calculation from two routine blood tests is drawing new attention to a question that could affect millions of teenagers: how early can metabolic...