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Medical Xpress / Artemisinin resistance is rising in East Africa—leaving anti-malarials at risk of failure

Resistance to the main drug in front-line malaria treatments is becoming more widespread across East Africa, according to new research by Imperial College London. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, maps ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Ribosome-based gene circuit lets cells read six signals and trigger responses

The molecular machinery that normally builds proteins inside cells has now taken on a new role as a "switch." A research team at POSTECH (Pohang University of Science and Technology) has developed a new 'RNA-based smart gene ...

20 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Engineers develop AI tool to design peptides that turn signals on or off

To develop new and better peptides, the short amino acid strings behind medicines like GLP-1 drugs, researchers have used AI to generate candidates and to predict their properties.

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Phys.org / Heavy traffic can turn flower-rich verges into bumblebee traps, study finds

Flower-rich road verges may attract hungry bumblebees, but at the same time, they can be dangerous for the buzzing insects—if traffic is too heavy. The new research from Lund University in Sweden examined the role roadsides ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / A robot that reads bacteria by touch, without staining or chemical labels

Fast identification of bacteria is important in health care, food safety, environmental monitoring and infection control. One of the most common first steps is gram classification, which separates bacteria into gram-positive ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How studying oral inflammatory diseases can help researchers understand other human diseases

A team of researchers from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center, the VCU School of Dentistry and the University of Pennsylvania recently published a study in Nature Communications examining why some oral inflammatory diseases ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Tiny worms reveal backup circuits that keep survival reflexes from failing

A research team led by Professor Chaogu Zheng from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), in collaboration with scientists from Princeton University and Columbia University, has discovered ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Drawing the line: Virtual fences trigger the same cattle behavior as physical ones

Virtual fences could make managing grazing livestock on farms more flexible and more efficient while improving animal welfare. A new study by the University of Göttingen shows that virtual fences trigger behavior in cattle ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / The Vikings were more than bearded marauders, but Scandinavia's national museums continue to project that image

If you visit Scandinavia, you are likely to find yourself at an exhibition about Vikings. There are many to choose from.

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Dialog / Reimagining the furnace: How a new magnetic design could supercharge industrial plasma

Imagine trying to trap a miniature star inside a machine without letting it touch the walls or burn itself out. This is the central, high-stakes challenge of high-temperature plasma engineering.

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Secure glass containers for storing chemical waste through laser welding

As the adoption of electric vehicles continues to grow, so does the need for the safe and permanent storage of battery materials and industrial chemical waste. Certain waste streams require disposal in what are known as Category ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Online therapy lowers depression and anxiety for dementia caregivers after six months

A University of East Anglia project to help caregivers looking after people with dementia has been hailed a success. Researchers created a digital therapy platform for use on mobile devices or computers and tested it with ...

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