Cancer cells demand enormous amounts of molecular ‘food’ to survive and grow, and a new study may have identified a…
Social media has remarkably small impact on Americans’ beliefs, research finds
Social media had only a small influence on how much people believed falsehoods about candidates and issues in the last…
Study of female weightlifters crushes stereotype
A new study shows that elite women weightlifters have the same amount, and in some cases more, of the muscle…
Low-dose radiation therapy improves delivery of therapeutic nanoparticles to brain tumors
Radiation therapy may increase the uptake of therapeutic nanoparticles by glioblastomas, raising the possibility of using both growth-factor-targeted and immune-system-based…
Wastewater reveals the levels of antibiotic resistance in a region
A comparison of seven European countries shows that the amount of antibiotic resistance genes in wastewater reflects the prevalence of…
Artificial intelligence can predict premature death, study finds
Computers which are capable of teaching themselves to predict premature death could greatly improve preventative healthcare in the future, a…
‘Druggable’ mechanism of tau protein pathology discovered
Researchers have uncovered a ‘druggable’ mechanism of pathological tau protein aggregation — a significant advance toward finding an effective treatment…
Had enough water? Brain’s thirst centers make a gut check
Until recently, scientists believed that a brain region called the hypothalamus makes us thirsty when it detects a drop in…
The salt-craving neurons
Pass the potato chips, please! New research discovers neural circuits that regulate craving and satiation for salty tastes.
Artificial intelligence can improve X-ray identification of pacemakers in emergencies
Researchers have created new artificial intelligence software that can identify cardiac rhythm devices in x-rays more accurately and quickly than…