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Medical Xpress / Long-term HIV control: Combination therapy points way to a possible cure

A new study from UC San Francisco shows it may be possible to control HIV without long-term antiviral treatment—an advance that points the way toward a possible cure for a disease that affects 40 million people around the ...

Dec 1, 2025 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / Landscape of KRAS mutations and targeted therapies in colorectal cancer mapped in new study

A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) and Institut Català d'Oncologia (ICO) has studied alterations in the KRAS gene in colorectal cancer by combining genomic analyses with a systematic ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Noise-proof quantum sensor uses three calcium ions held in place by electric fields

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have shown that quantum sensors can remain highly accurate even in extremely noisy conditions. It's the first experimental realization of a powerful quantum sensing protocol, outperforming ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Unexpected pathway for IgA antibody production may help improve vaccines

Scientists led by Stephanie Eisenbarth, MD, Ph.D., the Roy and Elaine Patterson Professor of Medicine and director of the Center for Human Immunobiology, have discovered how critical IgA antibodies are produced through unexpected ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Immunology
Phys.org / Argon ion treatment increases carbon nanowall electrode capacitance fivefold

Researchers from Skoltech, MIPT, and the RAS Institute of Nanotechnology of Microelectronics have achieved a five-fold increase in the capacitance of carbon nanowalls, a material used in the electrodes of supercapacitors. ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / High pressure increases terahertz emission 13-fold in 2D semiconductor GaTe, study reveals

A new study led by the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with their collaborators, has demonstrated that high pressure can significantly enhance and precisely tune terahertz ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Fatty food smells during pregnancy may raise obesity risk in offspring

A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research has found that the smell of fatty foods during pregnancy increases the risk of overweight and obesity in children. The researchers fed pregnant mice a healthy ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Pediatrics
Tech Xplore / Serendipitous observation reveals how airplanes discharge static electricity

An international team of scientists, led by Olaf Scholten, professor of astrophysics at the University of Groningen, has observed radio wave emissions originating from a commercial airliner, most likely caused by the discharge ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Engineering
Phys.org / Expansion of Antarctic bottom water contributed to end of last Ice Age, study finds

Around 12,000 years ago, the last Ice Age ended, global temperatures rose and the early Holocene began, during which time human societies became increasingly settled. A new study published in Nature Geoscience shows the ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Experts propose circular economy to cut waste and pollution from space missions

Every time a rocket is launched, tons of valuable materials are lost, and huge amounts of greenhouse gases and ozone-depleting chemicals are released into the atmosphere. Published in Chem Circularity, sustainability and ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Nature's greatest method actors: The insects that cosplay bumblebees

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example is mimicry, where one species (the mimic) has evolved to resemble another (the model).

Dec 1, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / From pine chips to pharmaceuticals: Lignin upcycled into amides using reusable catalyst

An international research team from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT) has developed a novel, environmentally friendly process for producing high-quality amides from the plant substance lignin—important building ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Chemistry