Carbon beads help restore healthy gut microbiome and reduce liver disease progression, researchers find

CARBALIVE beads viewed with a scanning electron microscope. Credit: University of Brighton/Yaqrit Innovative carbon beads, invented by researchers at UCL, reduce bad bacteria and inflammation in animal models, which are…

Microscopes reveal a frozen moment in cellular time—a new method records cells as they work

A group of killer T cells surround a cancer cell. When a killer T cell makes contact with a target cell, it attaches and spreads over the cell to neutralize…

Unusually Lightweight Black Hole Candidate Spotted by LIGO

In May 2023, shortly after LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory) turned back on for its fourth run of observations, it detected a gravitational-wave signal from the collision of an object,…

Megathrust earthquakes possible cause of Teōtīhuacān decline

A new study, published in the journal Science Direct, suggests that a series of megathrust earthquakes led to the decline and possible abandonment of Teōtīhuacān. Named by the Nahuatl-speaking Aztecs…

Unlocking Flow: The Neuroscience of Creative Bliss

Summary: A new study involving Philadelphia-area jazz guitarists, has explored the brain processes that enable creative flow. The research reveals that achieving flow requires a solid foundation of expertise, after…

Subcutaneous infusion of levodopa-carbidopa beneficial for Parkinson’s disease

Subcutaneous infusion of ND0612 (a levodopa-carbidopa solution) increases on time without troublesome dyskinesia among patients with Parkinson disease, according to a study published online March 15 in The Lancet Neurology.…

Ticagrelor monotherapy cuts bleeding risk in acute coronary syndrome

Treatment with ticagrelor alone results in a lower rate of clinically relevant bleeding compared with ticagrelor and aspirin among patients with an acute coronary syndrome who had percutaneous coronary intervention…

The experimental demonstration of a verifiable blind quantum computing protocol

Photograph of the photonically networked trapped-ion quantum processor server at the University of Oxford, Credits: David Nadlinger. Quantum computers, systems that process and store information leveraging quantum mechanical phenomena, could…

At-home HPV testing boosts cervical cancer screening participation

Mailed at-home self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increases cervical cancer screening participation in underscreened populations by almost threefold, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the…

US House okays renewal of controversial surveillance program

A part of the US surveillance program known as Section 702 allows intelligence agencies to conduct warrantless electronic monitoring of foreigners outside the United States. The US House of Representatives…