Wearable fans may cool workers while cutting office energy consumption
Small wearable fans that direct air at the face and neck may offer nearly the same comfort benefits as conventional desk fans while using less...
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Nationwide Japanese study examines shingles risk among breast cancer survivors
Tsukuba, Japan—Breast cancer survivors may face a substantially higher risk of herpes zoster than women without a history of breast cancer, with the greatest excess...
Bowling-Pin-Shaped Nuclei Recreate Little Big Bang, Revealing the Universe’s Origins
Physicists have recreated a fleeting state of matter believed to have filled the Universe moments after the Big Bang—by colliding atomic nuclei far smaller than...
New guide helps scientists see deeper into bodies using light and sound
Photoacoustic tomography, a medical imaging technology that turns light into sound to reveal what is happening deep inside the body, may be approaching a crucial...
New method synthesizes dialkyl ethers through homolytic heteroatom substitution
For decades, one of chemistry’s most useful molecular linkages has also been one of its most frustrating. Dialkyl ethers—molecules in which an oxygen atom connects...
Correction: Non-native invasive trees abound in neotropical secondary forests, declining over time
A formal author correction linked to a study in Nature Plants is drawing renewed attention to one of the most visible—and potentially misleading—features of tropical...
Programmable Topological Metasurfaces Bridge Trivial and Nontrivial States for Sensing, Communication
A new class of programmable optical surfaces could make the same ultrathin device switch between ordinary and topologically protected behavior, opening a route toward sensors...
PROGRESS trial evaluates droplet digital PCR for sepsis diagnosis and antibiotic use
Sepsis remains one of medicine’s most time-sensitive diagnostic emergencies: a patient’s condition can deteriorate rapidly while clinicians are still trying to determine which microorganism is...
PolyU team develops TRUECAM to improve AI reliability in cancer diagnosis
Cancer diagnosis is entering a new phase in which artificial intelligence does more than identify patterns in tissue. Researchers at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University...
Mouth and gut microbes may help detect gastrointestinal cancers
A simple mouth rinse may carry molecular clues about cancers hidden deep in the digestive system. In a study published in Cell Host & Microbe...
Randomized Trial Compares Lobectomy and Total Thyroidectomy for Indeterminate-Risk Thyroid Cancer
A Randomized Thyroid Surgery Trial Takes Aim at the Patient Choice That Could Shape Future Cancer Care For patients diagnosed with thyroid cancer, one of...
Prostate cancer rewires amino acid metabolism, driving resistance to hormone therapy
Prostate cancer may be exploiting a surprising source of fuel to resist hormone therapy: the breakdown of dietary amino acids. In a preclinical study published...
Brain organoids survive and mature for more than five years
Scientists have kept human brain organoids alive and developing for more than five years, creating the longest-running laboratory model yet of the human brain’s early...
Yangtze River Delta Cities Underestimate Methane Emissions from Natural Gas Use
Natural gas has long been promoted as a cleaner alternative to coal and oil, particularly in China’s rapidly expanding cities. Its combustion produces less particulate...
Largest-Ever Chromosome-Scale Genome Comparison Maps Animal Biodiversity
A human, an octopus, and a coral may appear to belong to entirely different worlds, yet their chromosomes preserve traces of a shared genomic past....