USC announces new Leonard D. Schaeffer Institute for Public Policy & Government Service

USC, together with Leonard and his late wife Pamela Schaeffer, is launching a new institute with a $59 million gift from the Schaeffers to be anchored in Los Angeles and in the university’s new...

Revvity Signals Software unveils Signals Clinical solution to accelerate critical clinical trial insights and...

Today, Revvity, Inc. announced that its software and informatics division, Revvity Signals, is unveiling the Signals ClinicalTM solution, a software-as-a-service (SaaS), end-to-end clinical data science platform designed to centralize all clinical trial data, providing fast, actionable insights for quicker...

Exscientia Fires CEO for “Inappropriate” Relationships with Two Employees

Exscientia has fired its founder, CEO, and principal executive officer Andrew Hopkins, PhD, and removed him from the company’s board, after it concluded that he engaged in relationships with two employees that the company’s...

Biomarker-directed combination effective in immunotherapy-resistant lung cancer

HOUSTON ― A specific combination of targeted therapy and immunotherapy may better help patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) overcome inherent immune resistance and reinvigorate anti-tumor activity, according to a new study led...

Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Could Be Lessened by Restoring Zinc Signaling

Anyone who has been to a loud concert might know that feeling of ringing ears. And some people may experience temporary or permanent hearing loss, or drastic changes in their perception of sound after...

Researchers uncover new mechanism of action between nutrient adaptation of intestinal stem cells and...

The capacity of intestinal stem cells to maintain cellular balance in the gut decreases upon aging. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered a new mechanism of action between the nutrient adaptation of...

Landmark UN report reveals shocking state of wildlife: the world’s migratory species of animals...

The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report was launched today by the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), a UN biodiversity treaty, at the opening of a...

Anne Ephrussi wins the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2024

11 February 2024 – EMBO and FEBS are delighted to announce that Anne Ephrussi, emerita of EMBL Heidelberg, Germany, is the recipient of this year’s FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award. It celebrates...

Scientists find new way to roll atomically thin nanosheets into scrolls

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have come up with a new way of rolling atomically thin sheets of atoms into “nanoscrolls.” Their unique approach uses transition metal dichalcogenide sheets with a...

LSHTM researchers receive £2m funding to develop novel vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics

Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have been awarded £2m funding through the UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Technology Missions Fund, to develop novel vaccines, diagnostics and therapeutics. The...