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Medical Xpress / A high-protein diet can defeat cholera infection, according to study

Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in protein, according to a new study from UC Riverside.

Medical Xpress / Stem cell therapy for stroke shows how cells find their way in the brain

Some parts of our bodies bounce back from injury in fairly short order. The outer protective layer of the eye—called the cornea—can heal from minor scratches within a single day. The brain is not one of these fast-healing ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Stem cell engineering progress paves way for next-generation living drugs

For the first time, researchers at the University of British Columbia have demonstrated how to reliably produce an important type of human immune cell—known as helper T cells—from stem cells in a controlled laboratory ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Immunology
Tech Xplore / Detecting 'hidden defects' that degrade semiconductor performance with 1,000X higher sensitivity

Semiconductors are used in devices such as memory chips and solar cells, and within them may exist invisible defects that interfere with electrical flow. A joint research team has developed a new analysis method that can ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Engineering
Phys.org / Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism

Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk sits in her office, eyes fixed on the computer monitor in front of her. "You see it move its eye," says the UC Irvine associate professor of physiology and biophysics, pointing to an image of a ...

Jan 5, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Portable biosensor could enable on-site PFAS detection

A portable biosensor developed at La Trobe University may allow rapid, on-site detection of toxic "forever chemicals" in water, removing the need for samples to be sent to specialist laboratories.

Jan 8, 2026 in Earth
Medical Xpress / Simulating dyslexia: Human model can safely mimic symptoms in neurotypical adults

Dyslexia is a common developmental disorder, affecting around 7% of the global population. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate or fluent reading and spelling, despite average intelligence and adequate schooling. ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / How population bottlenecks shape bacterial cooperation and competition

Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively benefit the group. But sometimes, "cheater" cells in the group may reap the benefits of this cooperation ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Solving quantum computing's longstanding 'no cloning' problem with an encryption workaround

A team of researchers at the University of Waterloo have made a breakthrough in quantum computing that elegantly bypasses the fundamental "no cloning" problem. The research, "Encrypted Qubits can be Cloned," appears in Physical ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Episiotomy linked to increased risk of severe bleeding in women with anemia

Having an episiotomy, a surgical cut to the vagina during childbirth, doubles the risk of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) in women with moderate or severe anemia, according to new research published in The Lancet Global Health.

Jan 8, 2026 in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Medical Xpress / Mapping proteins in African genomes reveals new paths to fight type 2 diabetes

Researchers have conducted the most comprehensive analysis to date linking plasma proteins to genetic variation in individuals from continental Africa. Their study addresses a long-standing gap by studying a population grossly ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Genetics
Phys.org / New evidence for a particle system that 'remembers' its previous quantum states

In the future, quantum computers are anticipated to solve problems once thought unsolvable, from predicting the course of chemical reactions to producing highly reliable weather forecasts. For now, however, they remain extremely ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Physics