How T cells combat tuberculosis
La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyScientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.
The city you live in could be making you, your family, and your friends more unconsciously racist.
Leguminous plants have a mechanism (rhizobial symbiosis) to efficiently acquire nitrogen, which is an essential macronutrient for growth, through the nitrogen-fixing bacteria rhizobia.
In a significant leap forward for quantum nanophotonics, a team of European and Israeli physicists, introduces a new type of polaritonic cavities and redefines the limits of light confinement. This pioneering work, detailed in a study published today in Nature Materials, demonstrates an unconventional method to confine photons, overcoming the traditional limitations in nanophotonics.
Scientists can now predict which single-letter changes to the DNA within our genomes will alter genetic instructions and disrupt development, leading to changes such as the growth of extra digits and hearts.
The Circumpolar Current works as a regulator of the planet’s climate. Its origins were thought to have caused the formation of the permanent ice in Antarctica about 34 million years ago.
A new cooling technique that utilizes a single species of trapped ion for both computing and cooling could simplify the use of quantum charge-coupled devices (QCCDs), potentially moving quantum computing closer to practical applications.
Cedars-Sinai clinicians and artificial intelligence experts have developed a new application that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of Apple Vision Pro to support patients’ mental health needs.
A new study in Nature Communications unveils the hidden world of sensory evolution in fruit flies.
To improve bioproducts productivity, researchers have engineered the genome of E. coli to make it immune to viral infections.
An economical process with green hydrogen can be used to extract CO2-free iron from the red mud generated in aluminium production.
Researchers from University of California San Diego have developed a new search tool to that can match microbes to the metabolites they produce with no prior knowledge, an innovation that could transform our understanding of both human health and the environment.
A team of scientists led by Berkeley Lab has developed a new model that incorporates genetic information from microbes.
For years, there has been a long-held belief that acute viral infections like Zika or COVID-19 are directly responsible for neurological damage, but researchers from McMaster University have now discovered that it’s the immune system’s response that is behind it.
Do climate change deniers bend the facts to avoid having to modify their environmentally harmful behavior? Researchers from the University of Bonn and the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) ran an online experiment involving 4,000 US adults, and found no evidence to support this idea.
Some immune cells in our bodies see their ‘killer instinct’ restricted after entering solid tumours, according to new research.
ORNL climate modeling expertise contributed to a project that assessed global emissions of ammonia from croplands now and in a warmer future, while also identifying solutions tuned to local growing conditions.
Climate change poses a threat to yields and food security worldwide, with plant diseases as one of the main risks.
Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have discovered a change in what scientists already knew about global warming dynamics.
Mangroves and saltmarshes sequester large amounts of carbon, mitigating the greenhouse effect.
Plants are continuously evolving new immune receptors to ever-changing pathogens.
Fighting disease-causing bacteria becomes more difficult when antibiotics stop working.
Investigators in the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai wanted to find out which factors influenced susceptibility to COVID-19 infection and disease severity the most. Was it genetics? Or was it home environment, meaning the germs circulating throughout your everyday life?
Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a transmissive thin scintillator using perovskite nanocrystals, designed for real-time tracking and counting of single protons.
Protein molecules lie at the heart of biology. Our typical understanding of proteins states that each type of protein has a specific three-dimensional shape that enables it to perform its function.
In the several decades since sea otters began to recolonize their former habitat in Elkhorn Slough, a salt marsh-dominated coastal estuary in central California, remarkable changes have occurred in the landscape.
Researchers from the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Plastics, University of Oxford, have outlined ambitious targets to help deliver a sustainable and net zero plastic economy.
A new type of E. coli that is both highly infectious and resistant to some antibiotics has been discovered.
Brain function depends on the swift movement of electrical signals along axons, the long extensions of nerve cells that connect billions of brain cells.
Traditional genome editing faced limitations in achieving ultimate precision until now. Prof. Buchholz's team has broken through this barrier by creating what many have sought after: a zinc-finger conditioned recombinase.
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland.
Gliomas de alto grau são tumores cancerígenos que se espalham rapidamente no cérebro ou na medula espinhal.
A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai for January 2024.
Irvine, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 — Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and Los Alamos National Laboratory, publishing in the latest issue of Nature Communications, describe the discovery of a new method that transforms everyday materials like glass into materials scientists can use to make quantum computers.
الأورام الدبقية عالية الدرجة هي أورام سرطانية تنتشر بسرعة في الدماغ أو الحبل النخاعي. في دراسة جديدة أجريت تحت إشراف مايو كلينك، وجد الباحثون أن هوامش أورام الدماغ الغزوية للورم الدبقي عالي الدرجة تحتوي على تغيرات جينية وجزيئية مميزة بيولوجيًا تشير إلى السلوك العدواني وتكرار المرض. وتُظهر النتائج تصورات متعمقة للعلاجات المحتملة التي يمكن أن تحوّل مسار المرض.
Los gliomas de alto grado son tumores cancerígenos que se propagan rápidamente en el cerebro o en la médula espinal.
An international research team reports the discovery of Homo sapiens fossils from the cave site Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany. Directly dated to approximately 45,000 years ago, these fossils are associated with elongated stone points partly shaped on both sides (known as partial bifacial blade points), which are characteristic of the Lincombian-Ranisian-Jerzmanowician (LRJ).
More than half of the world’s population—4.4 billion people—lives in cities, and that proportion will grow to two-thirds by the year 2050, according to the United Nations.
Using a virus-like delivery particle made from DNA, researchers from MIT and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard have created a vaccine that can induce a strong antibody response against SARS-CoV-2.
New research into the marine phosphorus cycle is deepening our understanding of the impact of human activities on ecosystems in coastal seas.
Life has a challenging tempo. Sometimes, it moves faster or slower than we’d like. Nevertheless, we adapt.
Rice University scientists have discovered a first-of-its-kind material, a 3D crystalline metal in which quantum correlations and the geometry of the crystal structure combine to frustrate the movement of electrons and lock them in place.
Scientists have indirect evidence that antimatter falls the same way as matter.
Scientists using Argonne’s Advanced Photon Source have developed a multipurpose nanomaterial to aid in sustainable manufacturing.
From shrinking brain tumors to personalized therapies, our investigators are leading pioneering research, discovering breakthroughs in treatment and promoting equity-driven care.
UC San Diego researchers found that when mice were fed a high-fat diet, mitochondria within their fat cells broke apart and were less able to burn fat, leading to weight gain.
Dr. Jun Woo Choi of the Center for Spintroncs Research at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have announced the results of a collaborative study showing that ultra-low-power memory can be fabricated from quantum materials.
As part of the Ice Memory initiative, researchers analysed ice cores drilled in 2018 and 2020 from the Corbassière glacier at Grand Combin in the canton of Valais. A comparison of the two sets of ice cores published in Nature Geoscience shows: Global warming has made at least this glacier unusable as a climate archive.
‘Lymphatic plexus’ behind the nose drains cerebrospinal fluid from the brain, potentially impacting neurodegenerative conditions.