A Supercharged Atomic Engine
Energy conversion occurs everywhere. Solar panels convert sunlight into electricity, car engines convert chemical energy in gasoline into kinetic energy that accelerates a vehicle, and…
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Destroying Cancer Cells Through Cooling And Warming With A Novel Nanoplatform
Chemotherapy is widely used to treat cancer patients in the clinic. During administration, toxic chemo-drugs travel through the body, killing cancer cells but also affecting…
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DNA Devices For Selective, Individualized Cancer Therapy
While no one wants to receive a cancer diagnosis, a number of treatments are now available, making the likelihood of a favorable outcome better than…
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Big Data To The Rescue Of Malaria – Why Do Some People Get Infected But Not Sick?
In recent years, the study of human immunology has been fostered by the development and rapid advances of high throughput technologies used to profile genetic,…
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Rising Sea Levels In The Venice Lagoon
Sea level change is a high-profile aspect of climate change. During the 21st century, the average global sea level is expected to rise considerably faster…
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Treatment With A New Drug Strengthens The Muscles Of Patients With Pompe Disease
Pompe disease is a rare and potentially fatal metabolic myopathy (prevalence 1 in 20,000). In Pompe disease, the deficiency of lysosomal acid α-glucosidase (GAA) leads…
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Genes Do Not Control The Variability Of Blood Pressure In Twins
Not only does the level of blood pressure reveal something about one’s own health risk, but so do its fluctuations. It has to do with…
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Telomere Length And Hospital Stay In Patients With Schizophrenia
Telomeres consist of tandem repeats of TTAGGG and DNA binding proteins that form a cap to protect chromosomal termini from the loss of genetic material….
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A Smart Stochastic Model For Predicting Soil Moisture Under Changing Climate
Soil sustains life by the virtue of the nutrients and moisture it holds. Predicting the dynamics of soil moisture is of great importance for agricultural…
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A New Mechanism Of Immune Regulation That Limits The Efficacy Of Immunotherapy
Immunotherapy with checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer treatment in the last decade. With the initial FDA approval of CTLA-4 blockade with ipilimumab in 2011 followed…
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Properties Of Point Defects In Nuclear Fuel Crystal Lattice
Nuclear energy has immense potential because uranium and other actinides are the most energy-dense resources available. For instance, only a few grams of uranium dioxide…
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