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Drug combination restores ability of leading treatment to signal for death of blood cancer cells
Despite the promise of new medications that promote cancer cell death in people with acute myeloid…
A more precise model of the Earth's ionosphere
The ionosphere — the region of geospace spanning from 60 to 1000 kilometers above the Earth…
Better superconductors with palladium
A new age of superconductors may be about to beginn: In the 1980s, many superconducting materials…
Effects of brain stimulation amenable to conditioning
Conditioning that once worked with Pavlov’s dog does also work with an artificially induced change in…
Significant variation in anatomy of human guts
New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with…
Transforming highways for high-speed travel and energy transport
Researchers developed a proof of concept for a superconducting highway that could transport vehicles and electricity,…
Cryo-imaging lifts the lid on fuel cell catalyst layers
Thanks to a novel combination of cryogenic transmission electron tomography and deep learning, EPFL researchers have…
Arterial stiffness may cause metabolic syndrome in adolescents via an increase in fasting insulin and LDL cholesterol
Arterial stiffness may be a novel risk factor for metabolic syndrome in teens. Click…
Making better measurements of the composition of galaxies
A study using data from telescopes on Earth and in the sky resolves a problem plaguing…