Multiple sclerosis: Discovery of a mechanism responsible for chronic inflammation
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease. The defense system that usually protects patients from external aggression turns on its own cells and attacks them...
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Researchers break down DNA of world's largest mammals to discover how whales defy the cancer oddsWhales, which live longer than most mammals on the planet...
Researchers discover the Achilles’ heel of an aggressive brain cancer
Could antihistamine be a potential aid in defeating cancerous cells?Credit: Laakkonen Lab / University of Helsinki Glioblastoma is the most prevalent and also the most...
Computing faster with quasi-particles
Credit: Picture: Ewelina Hankiewicz Majorana particles are very peculiar members of the family of elementary particles. First predicted in 1937 by the Italian physicist Ettore...
Climate change responsible for severe infectious disease in UK frogs
Compelling research reveals fatal spread of Ranavirus will increase if carbon emissions are not reducedCredit: Greg Hitchock Climate change has already increased the spread and...
Study explores the use of robots and artificial intelligence to understand the deep-sea
Credit: University of Plymouth Artificial intelligence (AI) could help scientists shed new light on the variety of species living on the ocean floor, according to...
Unpacking the links: Chronic stress, fertility and the ‘hunger hormone’
Researchers have uncovered a new link between chronic stress and reproductive problems, in a pre-clinical study that shines the spotlight on a hunger-triggering hormone. The...
New method developed to detect and trace homemade bombs
Researchers at King's College London, in collaboration with Northumbria University, have developed a new way of detecting homemade explosives which will help forensic scientists trace...
New analysis predicts top 25 US counties at risk for measles outbreaks
A new analysis co-led by The Johns Hopkins University identified 25 United States counties that are most likely to experience measles outbreaks in 2019. The...
The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology and The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: Whole body MRI may help to detect spread of cancers more quickly
Largest trials of their kind suggest that whole body MRI may be quicker and cheaper than standard imaging for detecting spread of colorectal and non-small...
Serotonin boosts neuronal powerplants protecting against stress
Credit: Vidita A. Vaidya and Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam Mitochondria in neurons are the powerhouses that generate energy to execute cellular functions and regulate neuronal survival under...
Milk expression within 8 hours associated with lactation success for VLBW infants in NICU
(Boston) - A study led by physician researchers at Boston Medical Center has shown that first milk expression within eight hours of giving birth is...
Hope on the horizon for treating stroke
UC Riverside biomedical scientist's decades-long work moves to clinical trialsCredit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A stroke treatment developed by researcher Byron Ford at the...
Gravitational waves leave a detectable mark, physicists say
ITHACA, N.Y. - Gravitational waves, first detected in 2016, offer a new window on the universe, with the potential to tell us about everything from...
Precise temperature measurements with invisible light
Novel infrared thermometer offers dramatically improved performanceCredit: NIST Ordinarily, you won't encounter a radiation thermometer until somebody puts one in your ear at the doctor's...
