Science

Good fences make good neighbors (with carnivores)

A predator's gotta eat, but sometimes what they eat harms people sharing the landscape, and that often leads to the…

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Scientists discover how to reactivate cancer’s molecular ‘kill switch’

Alternative RNA splicing is like a movie editor cutting and rearranging scenes from the same footage to create different versions…

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Immunotherapy may boost KRAS-targeted therapy in pancreatic cancer

Adding immunotherapy to a new type of inhibitor that targets multiple forms of the cancer-causing gene mutation KRAS kept pancreatic…

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New clue on what is leading to neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and ALS

In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular…

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Smoke from wildland-urban interface fires more deadly than remote wildfires

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires…

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Older adults might be more resistant to bird flu infections than children

Prior exposures to specific types of seasonal influenza viruses promote cross-reactive immunity against the H5N1 avian influenza virus, according to…

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TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in system of two exoplanets

Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super-Earth and…

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Scientists use light to unlock secret of atoms

A team of researchers from the University of Ottawa has made significant strides in understanding the ionization of atoms and…

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‘Microlightning’ in water droplets may have sparked life on Earth

Life may not have begun with a dramatic lightning strike into the ocean but from many smaller "microlightning" exchanges among…

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Researchers develop method to identify dormant cells that carry HIV

Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),…

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