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Blocking a key gene regulator may restore immune responses

Blocking a key gene regulator may restore immune responses

National Taiwan University research team uses single-cell analysis to reveal how exhausted T cells drive immunotherapy resistance and…

Dec 29, 20254 min read
Automatic label checking: The missing step in making reliable medical AI

Automatic label checking: The missing step in making reliable medical AI

Researchers at Osaka Metropolitan University have discovered a practical way to detect and fix common labeling errors in…

Dec 28, 20253 min read
Researchers discover how stomach cancer learns to grow on its own

Researchers discover how stomach cancer learns to grow on its own

Gastric (stomach) cancer remains one of the most common and deadly cancers in East Asia, including Korea.

Dec 26, 20257 min read
Scientists boost cell “powerhouses” to burn more calories 

Scientists boost cell “powerhouses” to burn more calories 

Researchers have developed experimental drugs that encourage the mitochondria in our cells to work a little harder and…

Dec 26, 20253 min read
AI model predicts blood loss in liposuction, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

AI model predicts blood loss in liposuction, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

A newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) model is highly accurate in predicting blood loss in patients undergoing high-volume liposuction, reports a study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical…

Dec 26, 20254 min read
AI overestimates how smart people are, according to HSE economists

AI overestimates how smart people are, according to HSE economists

Scientists at HSE University have found that current AI models, including ChatGPT and Claude, tend to overestimate the…

Dec 26, 20254 min read

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IAEA helps European countries prepare for emerging cattle disease

IAEA helps European countries prepare for emerging cattle disease

ByAmrita TuladharAug 16, 20163 min read

Traditionally common to Africa and Asia, lumpy skin disease emerged in Turkey in 2013 and has since rapidly spread through south-eastern Europe. The disease has been detected to date in six European countries – Greece, Bulgaria, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, Albania and Montenegro – with new cases being reported weekly.

WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

WARF, UW-Madison again rank in top 10 universities for U.S. patents

ByAmrita TuladharAug 14, 20165 min read

An annual report issued last month ranks the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), the private nonprofit foundation that manages intellectual property on behalf of the University of Wisconsin—Madison, as 7th…

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

The LHC MoEDAL experiment publishes its first paper on its search for magnetic monopoles

ByAmrita TuladharAug 10, 20163 min read

In a paper published by the journal JHEP, the MoEDAL experiment at CERN narrows the window of where to search for a hypothetical particle, the magnetic monopole.

Summer school shines

Summer school shines

ByAmrita TuladharAug 9, 20162 min read

Young scientists from all over the world have gathered for their two-week summer school course at ESA’s ESRIN centre for Earth observation in Frascati, Italy.