Direct comparison of performance analyses between different diagnostic tests. Credit: Allergy (2024). DOI: 10.1111/all.16341 Researchers at the University of Bern and Bern...
Bursts of exercise boost cognitive function, neuroscientists find
Meta-analysis of the effect of acute exercise on general cognitive task performance. Credit: Communications Psychology (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s44271-024-00124-2 Decades of exercise research...
Providing patients with blood vessel calcification imaging results may improve cardiovascular risk control
Examples of the abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) imaging result letters provided to participants. Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52172-1 In a first-ever...
Five simple questions can help spot exaggerated research claims over sex differences in the brain
Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47261-0 In the last 10 years, some 20,000 or so academic papers have been published on the...
AI has dreamt up a blizzard of new proteins. Do any of them actually work?
Emerging protein-design competitions aim to sift out the functional from the fantastical. But researchers hope that the real prize will...
Siloxane-Enhanced Nanoparticles Chart a New Path in Precision mRNA Medicine
Penn Engineers have discovered a novel means of directing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the revolutionary molecules that delivered the COVID-19 vaccines, to...
Turning brain cells on using the power of light
University of Rochester researchers have demonstrated a noninvasive method using BL-OG, or bioluminescent optogenetics, that harnesses light to activate neurons in the...
In beer yeast, scientists find potential path to starving cancer
University of Virginia Health System image: The unexpected findings could lead to new strategies for making cancer cells more vulnerable...
Experimental cancer drug eliminates bone metastases caused by breast cancer in lab models
The drug, RK-33, also prevented cancer cells in the bone from spreading to other body parts Peer-Reviewed Publication Johns Hopkins...
Certain women may need mammograms before age 40: An expert explains why
Women typically are urged to start receiving regular mammograms at age 40, but some might need to start even sooner,...