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Medical Xpress / Pain neurons protect nerve health and offer new therapeutic targets
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism that helps pain sensing nerve cells stay healthy and respond to injury. The findings, published in Nature Communications, may improve understanding ...
Phys.org / From engineered fungal molecules to drug leads, chem-bio hybrid synthesis enables antiparasitic drug discovery
Amebiasis is a parasitic disease caused by the microscopic protozoan Entamoeba histolytica. Infection occurs through the ingestion of cysts from contaminated water or food. Worldwide, approximately 50 million symptomatic ...
Phys.org / X-ray lasers enable the discovery of a critical point in water
Using X-ray lasers, researchers at Stockholm University have been able to determine the existence of a critical point in supercooled water at around -63 °C and 1,000 atmospheres. Ordinary water at higher temperatures and ...
Phys.org / Self-cleaning fabric could eliminate the need for detergent
Detergents may begin their journey by cleaning our clothes, but they end up contaminating the environment, flowing into rivers, ponds, and oceans, where they severely disrupt aquatic animal life. Even after wastewater treatment, ...
Tech Xplore / At 'Davos of energy', AI looks to gas to power its rapid expansion
Natural gas took center stage this week at the world's largest energy conference, as major market players discussed how to power the rise of artificial intelligence.
Tech Xplore / Integrated strategy unlocks 29.76% efficiency for all-perovskite tandem solar cells
Two stacked layers comprise tandem solar cells (TSCs), with each subcell absorbing different wavelengths of sunlight, which makes TSCs more efficient than single-layer solar cells. All-perovskite TSCs hold great promise for ...
Medical Xpress / Second-hand smoke exposure down 96% since Scotland's smoking ban, study shows
Second-hand smoke exposure in Scotland is down 96% since the country's landmark smoke-free legislation came into force on March 26, 2006, new research by the University of Stirling and Public Health Scotland has shown.
Phys.org / Tiny LED design could power next-generation technology
From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing so in a cost-effective and efficient way, however, is often a formidable task. In an article published ...
Medical Xpress / Vitamin D supplements may shift immune responses to gut bacteria in IBD
Vitamin D supplementation may help shape how the immune system responds to gut bacteria in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a Mayo Clinic-led study published in Cell Reports Medicine.
Medical Xpress / Treating disease at birth: How a brief spike in testosterone sets the trajectory for disease that appears decades later
Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) is a rare inherited disease that causes progressive muscle weakness and wasting in men. Patients typically develop early symptoms such as hand tremors in their 30s, but diagnosis ...
Medical Xpress / New tool rates diet misinformation by potential for harm, not just true or false
A new tool that not only identifies diet and nutrition misinformation online but also evaluates the content's risk for potential harm has been developed by a team of UCL researchers. The work has been published in Scientific ...
Phys.org / Unraveling active magma by drilling in the heart of volcanoes
Although volcanic eruptions are spectacular natural events that occur around the world every day, most volcanoes spend the majority of their time not erupting. To accurately forecast volcanic activity, it's important to characterize ...
