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Medical Xpress / Experimental brain implants are on the rise. What happens after the trials are over?
In 2024, Elon Musk's Neuralink put its first brain implant into a human amid doubt from scientists and allegations of animal cruelty.
Medical Xpress / Sibling data reveal genetic clusters across 22 autoimmune diseases
Autoimmune diseases arise when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body's own tissues. Researchers have long known that these diseases tend to run in families, but the genetic relationships between different autoimmune ...
Phys.org / Wrinkled carbon nitride challenges flat-sheet model for photocatalyst design
Graphene is flat. But that doesn't mean other 2D materials—particularly those containing more than one element—necessarily share the same structure. In the past, researchers have often simplified these materials by modeling ...
Phys.org / Bats show promise as a form of biological pest control in South African macadamia plantations
Labor-intensive harvesting and complex processing make macadamias among the most expensive nuts in the world. This makes it all the more important to protect the trees from pests.
Phys.org / How hibernating squirrels retain sense of touch in the cold
For most mammals, cold suppresses neural activity and diminishes the sense of touch. But the thirteen-lined ground squirrel can detect touch in conditions as low as 4°C (39°F), about as cold as the inside of a refrigerator, ...
Medical Xpress / Specialized bone marrow transplant replaces immune cells beyond the brain in mice
The immune system is made up of specialized cells and proteins that help defend the body from pathogens and cancer. Most of the time, the immune system performs its job remarkably well. However, in some situations, the immune ...
Phys.org / Capturing localized protein and metabolic information from a single tissue section
Revealing how proteins and end products of biological activity (metabolites) change within specific tissue functional units during development or in response to environmental factors is beneficial for understanding localized ...
Phys.org / Why some Alaskan rock glaciers race downhill while their neighbors barely move
Two massive rock glaciers are creeping down mountain valleys in Alaska's Wrangell–St. Elias National Park. They sit only a few miles apart and formed under the same sky. One moves more than 5 feet (1.5 meters) a year. The ...
Phys.org / As global heating heads to 1.8°C, is it time to consider the 'Voldemort' of climate policy?
The world is set to miss the 1.5°C global warming target, and plans are underway for U.N. climate talks in the Pacific and Turkey.
Phys.org / Hiking canyons can quickly turn deadly when storms hit—what you should know before going in
Hiking a picturesque valley or climbing a craggy gorge are among the most exhilarating experiences in nature. As a geologist, I have hiked and climbed some of the most intense terrain in the world, including in the Andes, ...
Phys.org / Record European fires burn over 500,000 hectares during summer
A record-breaking summer that saw more than 1,000 wildfires has torched some 540,000 hectares (1.3 million acres) of land across the European Union since mid-June, according to official data—an area more than twice the size ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds liposuction reduces lipedema pain more than conservative treatment
A study titled "Liposuction versus conservative therapy for patients with lipoedema: A randomized controlled multi-center clinical trial" published in The Lancet, provides the first large-scale, multicenter evidence base ...
