Ultrafast excitations in correlated systems
An international team of researchers from the European XFEL together with colleagues from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, Universities of Berlin and Hamburg, The University of Tokyo, the Japanese National Institute of Advanced...
CAR T Cells Target Senescent Cells, Reduce Age-Related Declines in Mice
Researchers headed by a team at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have developed an anti-aging chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy targeting the senescent cells that accumulate in organisms as they age, and...
C-Path’s TRxA launches 2024 grants to boost next-gen therapeutics
Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) today announced its 2024 global Request for Proposals for its Breakthrough Research and Innovation in Drug Development Grants, also known as BRIDGe. These BRIDGe awards are...
As a carbon offset, cookstove emission credits are greatly overestimated
The fastest growing type of offset on the global carbon market subsidizes the distribution of efficient cookstoves in developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a new study finds that the credits overestimate...
Cas-CLOVER: An Advanced Gene Editing Technology Capable of Meeting Crop Improvement Challenges
This GENcast is the final installment in a 3-part series on Cas-CLOVER, “the proven alternative to CRISPR/Cas9,” sponsored by Demeetra AgBio. Demeetra has built extensive gene editing know-how, complementing its internally developed as well...
Microgravity may make space veggies more prone to bacteria
Lettuce and other leafy green vegetables are part of a healthy, balanced diet -; even for astronauts on a mission. It's been more than three years since the National Aeronautics and Space Administration made...
New sustainable method for creating organic semiconductors
Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a new, more environmentally friendly way to create conductive inks for use in organic electronics such as solar cells, artificial neurons, and soft sensors. The findings, published...
StockWatch: Nvidia Jumps 24% on Recursion, Amgen AI Partnerships
Nvidia (NVDA), the Silicon Valley-based microprocessing giant with a growing presence in the life sciences, has spent the first three weeks of this year continuing its climb into the Wall Street stratosphere, as investors...
Scientists unravel key steps in the road to DNA repair
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have been studying DNA repair by homologous recombination, where the RecA protein repairs breaks in double-stranded DNA by incorporating a dangling single-strand end into intact double...
Vanderbilt chemist Ben Brown awarded $2.375M to develop nonaddictive painkillers with AI
When Ben Brown, research assistant professor of chemistry, thinks about the opioid epidemic, he views the problem on a molecular level. Painkillers used legitimately in medicine, such as oxycodone, are highly addictive, but better understanding...
