Young people at risk of addiction have differences in key brain region
Young adults at risk of developing problems with addiction show key differences in an important region of the brain, according to an international team led...
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A quick path to antimalarial resistance
P. falciparum parasites can develop drug resistance by epigenetic changes in clag3 gene expressionCredit: Mira et al, 2019 Resistance to antimalarial drugs is thought to...
World-first program uncovers errors in biomedical research results
New fact-checker ensures scientists cook with the right ingredients Cancer researcher Professor Jennifer Byrne from the University of Sydney is hoping to change this with...
Small ‘microdoses’ of psychedelic drugs could treat depression and anxiety
Lava lamps, tambourines and, of course, psychedelic drugs were hallmarks of the 1960s. Psychedelic drugs can make people euphoric, though users can also become extremely...
WVU researchers pursue blood test for colorectal cancer
Credit: WVU Researchers at the West Virginia University Cancer Institute are evaluating a first-of-its-kind blood test for detecting colorectal cancer. Their findings may help propel...
Dana-Farber opens Center for the Prevention of Progression clinic
First of its kind clinic will focus on precursor conditions in blood cancersCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Thousands of people learn annually - often after a...
Drying without dying: How resurrection plants survive without water
Aquaphotomics sheds light on how plants control their water structure to surviveCredit: Kobe University A small group of plants known as "resurrection plants" can survive...
Light pulses provide a new route to enhance superconductivity
Credit: RIKEN Materials known as Mott insulators are odd things. Under normal electron band theory they ought to conduct electricity, but they do not, due...
NII builds the world’s first round-the-globe high-speed 100 Gbps academic communications network
By upgrading direct international connections of SINET to the United States, Europe and Asia subsequently to upgrading domestic connections towards Society 5.0Credit: © National Institute...
Breast cancer cells rely on pyruvate to expand in new tissues
Most patients who die of breast cancer die of metastasis, the process by which cancer cells spread to other organs of the body. Cancer cells...
‘A gift from the city to itself’
Study creates a blueprint for city marine parksCredit: University of Plymouth Coastal cities are among the fastest growing population centres on the planet and half...
The speedy secrets of mako sharks — ‘cheetahs of the ocean’
Water tunnel experiments at the University of Alabama show how scales help generate super speeds -- work that may inspire designs to reduce drag on...
Turning algae into fuel
University of Utah engineers develop fast method to convert algae to biocrudeCredit: Dan Hixson/University of Utah College of Engineering Biofuel experts have long sought a...
Genomics could better match treatments to pancreatic cancer patients
PITTSBURGH, March 4 - Pancreatic cancer is a grim diagnosis, with a five-year survival rate of less than 9 percent. To improve those odds, researchers...
Giant ‘nerve cell’ science education center lands in London’s East End
Credit: Queen Mary University of London 'Neuron Pod' - a striking 23-metre long and 10-metre high free-standing structure - has opened its doors as an...
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