How the Body’s Inflammatory Alarm Goes Awry
A molecular handshake between two immune proteins may explain why familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) erupts into painful inflammation—and could help doctors interpret hundreds of genetic...
NEWS INDEX
Antenna-like cell structure helps turtles sense warmth that determines sex
AMES, Iowa—A tiny, antenna-like structure found on many animal cells may help explain how turtle embryos sense the warmth that determines whether they develop as...
Growth Hormone Helps Childhood Stem Cell Transplant Survivors Grow Taller, Responses Vary
A nationwide Japanese study has found that growth hormone therapy can improve adult height in children who develop growth impairment after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation,...
New brain model reveals how regional chemistry shapes large-scale neural activity
Researchers have developed a computer model of the human cortex that connects molecular-scale chemistry with brain-wide patterns of activity, offering new evidence that differences in...
New tools revive efforts to develop less addictive opioids
Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine have identified a small population of brain cells that may help determine whether opioids become linked to rewarding...
USC Launches Center Investigating Sex Differences in Aging
Women live longer than men in almost every country, yet they are more likely to spend later life with disability, dementia and other chronic conditions....
Dissipation, Not Distance, Enables Entanglement Across Vast Separations
Quantum researchers have demonstrated a striking way to create and preserve entanglement by using the very process normally blamed for destroying it: dissipation. In a...
Biomarker interaction may predict breast cancer spread and treatment benefit
Breast cancer patients with apparently similar clinical profiles can experience dramatically different outcomes: some remain free of distant disease for years, while others develop metastases...
Topological coupler breaks bandwidth tradeoff in broadband coupled resonator waveguides
Coupled resonator optical waveguides, or CROWs, are emerging as powerful building blocks for the next generation of optical communications, photonic computing and quantum technologies. By...
Machine learning transforms routine water quality data into early pathogen health warnings
Researchers have developed a machine learning framework that could help water managers identify viral and bacterial contamination risks before conventional laboratory testing is complete. The...
Winter canola could boost Illinois farm profits and sustainability
A winter crop that could turn the Midwest’s dormant fields into a source of food, fuel and carbon storage is drawing attention from agricultural scientists....
Mosquitoes target specific blood types—and yours may not be among them
Mosquitoes do not appear to share a universal preference for human beings, according to a new study from Florida International University (FIU). Researchers exposed 119...
ORNL and Type One Energy advance fusion fuel cycle with innovative technologies
Oak Ridge Licenses Cryogenic Fusion-Fueling Technologies to Type One Energy In a move that could address one of fusion energy’s most stubborn engineering challenges, the...
Tumor-like tissue environments may reveal clues for curing HIV
A new Northwestern University study suggests that HIV persistence is shaped not only by the infected cells that harbor the virus, but also by the...
Radical Chemistry Selectively Cleaves Strong Bonds While Preserving Weaker Ones
Kanazawa University researchers have developed a light-powered method that selectively breaks strong carbon–hydrogen bonds while leaving weaker carbon–silicon bonds intact—an outcome that challenges a long-standing...