Analysis of cloud-related atmospheric effects could be an important factor in designing future wind farms

The Chandrasekhar limit states that a white dwarf can be no larger than 1.4 solar masses. A new study demonstrates how highly magnetized white dwarfs could overcome that limit, and how such super-Chan...

Scientists in Kenya have documented a case of C. auris completely resistant to all major types of antifungals.

Researchers from Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, have identified a CaN/NFATC3/Id3/E2A/Bmp4 signaling pathway that helps explain how low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) promotes bone re...

A study involving Brazilian researchers analyzed samples from subway stations, hospitals, bank branches, soil, and sewage in 31 countries. The researchers used genetic screening with a tool developed ...

A collaborative research team, including Professor Tatia Lee from the Laboratory of Neuropsychology and Human Neuroscience, Department of Psychology at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), alongside res...

An international collaborative research study led by investigators from the LKS Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) and the University of California San Diego, has found that e...

UK astronomers helped trace the most distant fast radio burst ever found to a small young galaxy billions of light-years away.The discovery gives scientists new clues about what may cause these brief ...

MIT engineers developed lipid nanoparticles that deliver mRNA to program natural killer (NK) cells inside the body. These CAR NK cells could be used to treat T cell cancers or autoimmune disorders cau...

El Niño poses a renewed threat.

A rare examination of an Alzheimer’s patient’s brain revealed that regions cleared of amyloid plaques had remarkably little of the harmful tau buildup associated with memory loss, while neighboring ar...

Strokes are becoming alarmingly common among younger adults, with rates nearly doubling among people ages 20 to 54 over nearly three decades. Researchers found that blocked blood vessels in the brain ...

Popular diabetes and weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have been linked to a slightly increased risk of a rare condition that can cause sudden, potentially permanent vision loss. Although t...

A 47-year study has uncovered a surprising turning point in physical aging: fitness and strength begin declining around age 35, even among people who exercise regularly. Researchers found that this de...

A groundbreaking study suggests that 2.22 million Indigenous Australians lived on the continent before European colonization, far more than previously believed. Researchers estimate that 93% of this p...

A 120-million-year-old fossil forgotten in a museum for nearly a century has revealed a terrifying new dinosaur that may have been more dangerous to humans than a T. rex. The tiger-sized predator also...

A common gut bacterium produces a molecule that slows cholesterol production in the liver. When researchers gave the molecule to mice prone to artery disease, the animals developed roughly half as muc...

A form of lung cancer, which is found in about 10%–15% of Western patients and 40%–50% of Asian patients, is driven by a mutation in the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene. Gefitinib is a go...

Every organ and tissue progressively loses function and integrity as it ages. In fact, researchers have identified "hallmarks of aging" that not only present specific processes impacted by age, but ar...

An experimental cataract lens also can help treat a person's glaucoma, new clinical trial results show. The artificial lenses carry small pads of a widely used glaucoma drug called bimatoprost, which ...

Quantum simulation goes beyond traditional models

When astronauts first travel to Mars, or anywhere else in deep space, they will have to contend with two problems that our planet itself protects us from on its surface - radiation and weightlessness....

Using observations from NASA's Juno spacecraft, an international team led by Shandong University shows that Jupiter's magnetodisk is a rippling structure that rotates with the planet, contrary to what...

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Scientists can't wait to explore the crash site of NASA's first planetary defense mission.

The Bronchiectasis and NTM Association today announced plans for an Externally-Led Patient-Focused Drug Development (EL-PFDD) meeting for non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis (NCFB). This meeting is&nbs...

 Keck Medicine of USC has launched a clinical trial testing the safety and tolerability of a new investigational treatment and its potential effects on preventing cartilage deterioration in peopl...

Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have uncovered a uniquely counterintuitive class of bacterial defenses. More than just a biological curiosity, decoding these complex systems provides a molecular b...

For the first time ever, Northwestern University researchers show how toddlers’ brains respond during natural moments of play with their parent or caregiver using child-friendly electroencephalography...

Menopause has long been thought of as a terminal moment for the female reproductive system, when ovaries stop releasing eggs and presumably call it a day.

A new species of dinosaur – a long-clawed predator the size of a large tiger – has been described from a fossil originally found on the Isle of Wight and now cared for by the Natural History Museum.

Grounding zones, where seawater intrudes under grounded ice and causes melting, are largely absent from ice-sheet models. Adding them improves Thwaites Glacier hindcasts 4-fold and doubles sea-level p...

A a key signalling pathway is activated when cancer cells change shape in response to the chemotherapy drugs taxanes – giving us new clues as to how they work.

Virginia Tech-led study shows that groundwater in the Colorado River Basin is disappearing at accelerating rates, with a newly identified shift — the Upper Basin is now losing groundwater faster than...

The events, the most recent of which occurred 10—20 million years ago, saw the geographical poles shift by up to 0.6 degrees per million years — faster than plate tectonics.

Two unusually long-legged cats have helped scientists uncover the first genetically confirmed cases of Marfan syndrome in domestic felines. Researchers at Cornell University discovered that the brothe...

For decades, scientists have focused on amyloid beta as a major culprit behind Alzheimer’s disease, spending billions of dollars developing treatments that have often delivered disappointing results. ...

Scientists may have solved a long-standing mystery about why the Moon’s two sides are so different, using samples collected from its farside for the first time. Their findings suggest that uneven heat...

Scientists have discovered a protein that may help harmful aging cells hide from the immune system, allowing them to accumulate and fuel age-related health problems. Blocking the protein in mice reduc...

A massive prehistoric snake discovered in India may have rivaled the largest snake ever known. Called Vasuki indicus, the 47-million-year-old giant could have reached up to 50 feet long, making it com...

A newly identified 210-million-year-old dinosaur from Zimbabwe is helping scientists uncover a surprisingly distinct prehistoric ecosystem. The discovery suggests that ancient climate differences may ...

A recent Phase III clinical trial, TRIUMPH-2, evaluated the efficacy and safety of retatrutide, a triple receptor agonist and experimental once-weekly injection being developed to treat obesity and ty...

An analysis of nearly half a million cells from dozens of patients' tumors reveals how cancer cells continuously reshape their genetic makeup over time, enabling them to evade treatment for one of the...

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and collaborating institutions in Texas developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that helps explain how immune cells find their ...

A preclinical study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center has discovered how a protein called ZBTB44 helps prevent excessive immune activity that can cause inflammation in the colon, the ma...

Some people are born with a defect in their genetic material that prevents their immune system from functioning properly. In people with a condition known as GATA2 deficiency, the body does not produc...

Children affected by prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) experience long-lasting cognitive gains after treatment with supplemental choline, an essential nutrient, a new study suggests. The findings point ...

Although more than 100,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list in the U.S., thousands of donated kidneys are discarded each year, often because they're slightly older, with fewer years ...