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Medical Xpress / A gene that keeps intestinal stem cells stable offers insight into how tissues repair themselves
Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, Ph.D., was a postdoctoral scientist at Gladstone Institutes, studying genes. There, he helped discover ...
Medical Xpress / A routine virus can slow breast cancer spread to the lungs, offering hidden protective power
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mostly infects the lungs, nose, throat, and respiratory tract, and can cause illness ranging from mild cold and fever-like symptoms to severe pneumonia and bronchitis. A recent study has ...
Medical Xpress / One of the world's most common knee surgeries does not help and may even be harmful
Partial meniscectomy does not improve patient symptoms or function, reveals a 10-year follow-up of the FIDELITY, a placebo-surgery controlled trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Phys.org / DAMPE satellite reveals cosmic rays share spectral break near 15 teravolts
A century after their discovery, cosmic rays—particles of extreme energy originating from the far reaches of the universe—remain a mystery to scientists. The DAMPE (Dark Matter Particle Explorer) space telescope is tackling ...
Tech Xplore / How to avoid supply chain issues as drone and robot production increases exponentially
Production of drones and autonomous robots is expected to explode by the late 2030s—by up to 10× for commercial drones and 100× for humanoid and quadruped robots. Publishing in Chem Circularity, researchers estimate how this ...
Phys.org / New lithium-plasma engine passes key Mars propulsion test
You're on the fourth human mission to Mars, and you're told the Odyssey spacecraft designed to take you there will be the smoothest ride you'll ever take. It features a newly christened electric propulsion engine which was ...
Medical Xpress / Mothers without a specific fatty acid in the blood more often have children with asthma, study reveals
Shortness of breath, coughing, and respiratory infections. Childhood asthma, also known as asthmatic bronchitis, is one of the most common chronic diseases in children worldwide. But why does the disease develop? Research ...
Phys.org / Laser-plasma accelerators can preserve polarization of Helium-3 ions
Particle accelerators such as those at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva are typically highly complex large-scale devices. In these ring-shaped facilities, which are often several kilometers ...
Medical Xpress / Battery-free skin-conformal wearable system can measure electrocardiogram signals
A research team led by Prof. Jerald Yoo from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Seoul National University (SNU) has developed a skin-conformal wearable health care system, "SkinECG," capable of measuring ...
Medical Xpress / Glioblastoma mapping uncovers four recurring tumor cell communities, revealing treatment targets
Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive type of brain cancer that is known to be very difficult to treat. One reason why this type of cancer is often resistant to available treatments is that it is characterized by a highly diverse ...
Medical Xpress / Patients clam up with medical AI, and that gap could reshape digital diagnosis
It is quite possible that in the near future, people will have to describe their symptoms to an AI before they can get a doctor's appointment. The AI will then decide whether it is an emergency or if treatment can wait, and ...
Phys.org / Measurement of nuclear reactions at record-low energies opens new pathways for astrophysics research
An international research team has achieved an important milestone for astrophysics at GSI/FAIR in Darmstadt: In the CRYRING@ESR storage ring, scientists were able to measure nuclear reactions at extremely low energies for ...