Science

New platform solves key problems in targeted drug delivery

In recent years, cell and gene therapies have shown significant promise for treating cancer, cystic fibrosis, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS…

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Separating out signals recorded at the seafloor

Blame it on plate tectonics. The deep ocean is never preserved, but instead is lost to time as the seafloor…

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Decoding cell fate: Key mechanism in stem cell switch identified

Stem cells can differentiate to replace dead and damaged cells. But how do stem cells decide which type of cell…

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Anti-rheumatic drugs could prevent thyroid disease

Anti-rheumatic drugs used for rheumatoid arthritis might prevent the development of autoimmune thyroid disease, according to a new observational study…

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A new diagnostic tool to identify and treat pathological social withdrawal, Hikikomori

Researchers at Kyushu University have developed a new tool to help clinicians and researchers assess individuals for pathological social withdrawal,…

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Drones enabled the use of defibrillators before ambulance arrival

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have evaluated the possibility of alerting drones equipped with automated external defibrillators (AED) to patients with…

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Telescope Array detects second highest-energy cosmic ray ever

In 1991, the University of Utah Fly's Eye experiment detected the highest-energy cosmic ray ever observed. Later dubbed the Oh-My-God…

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‘Strange metal’ is strangely quiet in noise experiment

True to form, a "strange metal" quantum material proved strangely quiet in recent quantum noise experiments at Rice University. Published…

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Chemists use oxygen, copper ‘scissors’ to make cheaper drug treatments possible

Drugs to treat cancer are often very expensive to produce, resulting in high costs for the patients who need them.…

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Revolutionary breakthrough in the manufacture of photovoltaic cells

The University of Ottawa, together with national and international partners, has achieved a world first by manufacturing the first back-contact…

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