All News
Phys.org / Protecting Indigenous Amazon territories can benefit human health
Protecting Indigenous territories in areas of the Amazon rainforest with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases (including malaria and respiratory conditions) in the surrounding ...
Medical Xpress / Pre-wired ability in 'resting' T cells remembers past viral foes, holding promise for targeted cancer therapies
A team of immunologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has turned what we know about T-cells, one of the most important parts of the body's immune system, on its head, opening the door to next-generation cancer ...
Phys.org / Scientist returns to microbial roots and discovers potential quantum computing advancement
During his Ph.D. at UMass, Nikhil Malvankar was laser-focused on quantum mechanics and the movement of electrons in superconductors. Now a professor at Yale, the native of Mumbai, India, has pivoted toward biology to explain ...
Phys.org / Simulations solve centuries-old cosmic mystery—and discover new class of ancient star systems
For centuries, astronomers have puzzled over the origins of one of the universe's oldest and densest stellar systems, known as globular clusters. Now, a University of Surrey-led study published in Nature has finally solved ...
Phys.org / In quantum sensing, what beats beating noise? Meeting noise halfway
Noise is annoying, whether you're trying to sleep or exploit the laws of quantum physics. Although noise from environmental disturbances will always be with us, a team including scientists at the National Institute of Standards ...
Phys.org / Digging into the origin of lizards: Ancient fossil shows only one of three predicted ancestral traits
A new fossil from Devon reveals what the oldest members of the lizard group looked like, and there are some surprises, according to a research team from the University of Bristol. The study is published today in Nature.
Medical Xpress / AI tools fall short in predicting suicide, study finds
The accuracy of machine learning algorithms for predicting suicidal behavior is too low to be useful for screening or for prioritizing high-risk individuals for interventions, according to a new study published September ...
Phys.org / Switching disease on and off: How a gene switch could help against bacterial infections
Pathogens are becoming more and more resistant to antibiotics. With the goal of developing new therapeutic approaches to treat bacterial infections more effectively in the future, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of ...
Phys.org / 'No rest for the wilted': Climate bioassessment method targets species most at risk from extremes
2024 was the hottest year, within the hottest decade, since we have kept these records. How these consecutive, extreme heat years will impact the survival of species across the globe is an immense and pressing question that ...
Medical Xpress / Female-specific mechanism for energy expenditure discovered in brown adipose tissue
Higher activity of PGC-1α enables brown fat cells in females to achieve thermogenic activity and energy expenditure compared to males, reveals a study conducted in Japan. This research demonstrates that PGC-1α protein promotes ...
Phys.org / Invasive plants are rapidly changing tropic ecosystems across three continents
Invasive species are reshaping ecosystems and local people's relationship with nature in the tropics, a study led by Danish researchers Ninad Avinash Mungi and Jens Christian Svenning from Aarhus University shows. The research ...
Phys.org / Physicists achieve record precision in measuring proton-to-electron mass ratio with H₂⁺
The molecular hydrogen ion H₂⁺ is the simplest molecule. This simplicity makes it a perfect study object for physicists, as its properties—for example, its energy levels—can be calculated precisely. In turn, this ...
