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Biochemistry Feb 12, 2024

Your unique smell can provide clues about how healthy you are

Hundreds of chemicals stream from our bodies into the air every second. These chemicals release into the air easily as they have high vapor pressures, meaning they boil and turn into gases at room temperature. They give clues ...

Optics & Photonics Feb 7, 2024

Submonolayer biolasers: Lower gain, higher sensitivity

Designing sensitive and single-use biosensors for early diagnosis remains a major challenge. Scientists in China have invented submonolayer lasers on optical fibers as ultrasensitive and disposable biosensors.

Bio & Medicine Jan 31, 2024

A new way to visualize brain cancer at the nanoscale level

Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have unveiled unprecedentedly detailed images of brain cancer tissue through the use of a new microscopy technology called ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 18, 2024

Team uses magnetized neurons to treat Parkinson's disease symptoms

Electrical deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a well-established method for treating disordered movement in Parkinson's disease. However, implanting electrodes in a person's brain is an invasive and imprecise way to stimulate ...

Bio & Medicine Jan 18, 2024

Nanopores and deep learning aid in disease diagnostics

EPFL scientists have unveiled a method using biological nanopores and deep learning to detect protein modifications, offering new avenues in disease diagnostics.

Optics & Photonics Jan 18, 2024

New tomographic reconstruction algorithm sets world record

Advanced synchrotron tomography is a critical research tool, allowing scientists to explore the intricate structures of objects in extremely high resolution. Because this technique enables researchers to capture dynamics ...

Social Sciences Jan 17, 2024

Why dancers are better workers, according to research

Breakdancing in the break room might not seem like the best way to get ahead at work, but research shows recreational dance can actually improve productivity performance in the workplace.

Molecular & Computational biology Jan 16, 2024

Unraveling the role of supersulfides in regulating mitochondrial function and longevity

Supersulfides are gaining prominence for their occurrence as low-molecular-weight thiols or persulfidated cysteine residues, observed more frequently in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. These compounds, which are characterized ...

Ecology Jan 15, 2024

Fossil holdfasts show kelp far predate animals we see in kelp forests today

The unique underwater kelp forests that line the Pacific Coast support a varied ecosystem that was thought to have evolved along with the kelp over the past 14 million years.

Evolution Jan 13, 2024

Discoveries gleaned from ancient human DNA

Four research articles published in Nature follow the genetic traces and geographical origins of human diseases far back in time. The analyses provide detailed pictures of prehistoric human diversity and migration, while ...

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