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Queen's University: 3D-printed capsule gives researchers a clearer look at glioblastoma
A global-first innovation, developed by a research team at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC ) and Queen's University, is changing the way scientists will be able to study glioblastoma, the most aggressive form of brain cancer. Neurosurgeon scientists and assistant professors Dr. James Purzner and Dr. Teresa Purzner, along with Queen's Translational Medicine PhD candidate Kaytlin Andrews, have designed and patented a 3D-printed surgical biopsy capsule – a container used t
Nov 12, 2025
McGill University: The Surprising Brain Exercise That Reverses Aging
A clinical trial led by McGill University has become the first in humans to demonstrate that online brain training can strengthen the brain networks involved in learning and memory. In the study, older adults who used the game-like app BrainHQ for 10 weeks showed improved cholinergic function, a chemical system in the brain that tends to decline with age and plays a central role in attention, memory, and decision-making. "The training restored cholinergic health to levels typ
Nov 8, 2025
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: New nanoparticles stimulate the immune system to attack ovarian tumors
Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body's immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising approach to treating many types of cancer. However, it doesn't work well for some tumors, including ovarian cancer. To elicit a better response, MIT researchers have designed new nanoparticles that can deliver an immune-stimulating molecule called IL-12 directly to ovarian tumors. When given along with immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors, IL-12 helps the
Oct 31, 2025
University of Chicago: New model shows how treating diabetes early makes a difference
Could slightly elevated blood sugar levels lead to serious health problems in the future? A single patient's question sparked nearly a decade of research leading to the development of a landmark model that could shape how clinicians and researchers understand and manage diabetes across the US. When she was a fellow in clinic, Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS, Professor of Medicine and Chief of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago, had a patient—an experienced nurse
Oct 30, 2025
University of California Los Angeles: How bacteria sense surfaces to form films
The bacterium known as Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an unwelcome visitor in the human body. Serious infections can result when a bunch of these bugs settle together on a surface to form a biofilm — a community of microbes like the slime on spoiled food, but in this case residing inside a person. The grouped-up bacteria attack the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis and conditions that require the use of ventilators, such as severe COVID-19. Worse still, the World Health Organ
Oct 28, 2025
Johns Hopkins University: AI-Powered Diabetes Prevention Program Shows Similar Benefits to Those Led by People
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health report that an AI-powered lifestyle intervention app for prediabetes reduced the risk of diabetes similarly to traditional, human-led programs in adults. Funded by the National Institutes of Health and published in JAMA Oct. 27, the study is believed to be the first phase III randomized controlled clinical trial to demonstrate that an AI-powered diabetes prevention program (DPP ) a
Oct 27, 2025
University of Pennsylvania: Tumor-on-a-chip offers insight into cancer-fighting cells in immunotherapy
Penn engineers and collaborators have developed a transparent, micro-engineered device that houses a living, vascularized model of human lung cancer—a "tumor on a chip"—and show that the diabetes drug vildagliptin helps more CAR T cells break through the tumor's defenses and attack it effectively. For a little over two decades, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR ) T cell therapy has emerged as a powerful new way to treat cancer. By extracting patients' T cells, re-engineering th
Oct 23, 2025
University of California Berkeley: New Data Release from CUORE Features a "Noise-Canceling" Algorithm
With the largest dataset of its kind, the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events has put new limits on neutrinoless double beta decay – an extremely rare and sought-after process tied to one of the biggest mysteries in physics. The coldest cubic meter in the universe is the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events, or CUORE. This chilly nuclear physics experiment looks for tiny fluctuations in temperature from a never-before-seen process called "neutrinole
Oct 16, 2025
Yale University: Bridging Biology and AI: Yale and Google's Collaborative Breakthrough in Single-Cell RNA Analysis
Google and Yale researchers have developed a more "advanced and capable" AI model for analyzing single-cell RNA data using large language models that is expected to "lead to new insights and potential biological discoveries." "This announcement marks a milestone for AI in science," Google announced. On social media and in comments, scientists and developers applauded the model—which Google released Oct. 15—as the much-needed bridge to make single-cell data accessible, or inte
Oct 15, 2025
Harvard University: Harvard Researchers Develop First Ever Continuously Operating Quantum Computer
A team of Harvard physicists built the first-ever quantum computing machine that can operate continuously without restarting, achieving a major breakthrough in a field that could revolutionize everything from medical research to finance. For years, most quantum computers could only run for milliseconds, and even advanced machines that could run longer would operate for just around 13 seconds. But the Harvard team was able to run their system for more than two hours last month
Oct 2, 2025
Princeton University: Princeton's AI reveals what fusion sensors can't see
A powerful new AI tool called Diag2Diag is revolutionizing fusion research by filling in missing plasma data with synthetic yet highly detailed information. Developed by Princeton scientists and international collaborators, this system uses sensor input to predict readings other diagnostics can't capture, especially in the crucial plasma edge region where stability determines performance. By reducing reliance on bulky hardware, it promises to make future fusion reactors more
Oct 1, 2025
Purdue University: Purdue researchers achieve breakthrough in quantum sensing with 2D material
A team of researchers at Purdue University has made a major breakthrough that could lead to incredibly small and precise sensors - ones...
Jul 28, 2025
UC Davis: UC Davis Health receives $3.6 million grant from NIH to improve eye gene therapy
The UC Davis Department of Ophthalmology has received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Eye Institute to explore a new...
Jul 22, 2025
Rice University: Goodbye plastic? Scientists create new supermaterial that outperforms metals and glass
Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have developed an innovative, scalable approach to engineer bacterial cellulose...
Jul 22, 2025
University of Wisconsin–Madison: A new kidney - free of daily meds
Thanks to a cutting-edge clinical trial at UW–Madison, transplant patients are returning to a healthy life without anti-rejection drugs....
Jul 21, 2025
Georgia Institute of Technology: Georgia Tech to Build $20M National AI Supercomputer
The National Science Foundation has awarded Georgia Tech and its partners $20 million to build a powerful new supercomputer that will use...
Jul 15, 2025
University of Southern California: Discovering New Materials: AI Can Simulate Billions of Atoms Simultaneously
Imagine the concrete in our homes and bridges not only withstanding the ravages of time and natural disasters like the intense heat of...
Jul 14, 2025
Michigan State University: MSU researchers use nanomedicine and artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases — a biology first
Researchers from Michigan State University and their partners have found new biological clues that could help doctors detect prostate...
Jul 14, 2025
Rutgers University: Scientists Discover Class of Crystals With Properties That May Prove Revolutionary
“Intercrystals” pave the way for greener electronics and quantum technologies Rutgers University-New Brunswick researchers have...
May 21, 2025
WashU: Study sheds light on how inherited cancer mutations drive tumor growth
Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A...
Apr 16, 2025
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