Open-access journal editors resign once alleged pressure to publish mediocre papers
All ten senior editors of the open-access journal Nutrients resigned last month, alleging that the publisher, the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI), pressured them to simply accept manuscripts of mediocre quality and importance. The conflict is acquainted for several industrial open-access publishers: as a result of authors pay fees per revealed article (about $1800 within […]
Physicists, searching the ‘Dark gauge boson,’ can Blast a Diamond with matter
Almost everything is missing. And a team of physicists is attempting to seek out all of it. The universe as we all know it includes a few tenths of the whole stuff that is out there. The rest? Missing. Invisible. Undetectable, except through the results of its gravity on the fraction of stuff that we […]
CRISPR halts Duchenne dystrophy progression in dogs
Summary: Scientists for the primary time have used CRISPR cistron written material to halt the progression of Duchenne dystrophy (DMD) in an exceedingly giant vertebrate, per a brand new study that has a robust indication that a rescue treatment is also within the pipeline. Scientists for the primary time have used CRISPR cistron written material […]
People Who Use Marijuana For Gut Inflammation Might Actually Be on to Something
A new study shows that molecules involved in our bodies’ processing of cannabis, called endocannabinoids, may have the potential to control and prevent intestinal inflammation in mice. While the research does not necessarily extend to humans, it does hint at why some cannabis users find that the drug helps alleviate symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease […]
Cancer drugs may help the liver recover from common painkiller overdoses
In mice given a toxic dose of acetaminophen, an anticancer medication kept liver cells alive Experimental anticancer drugs may help protect against liver damage caused by acetaminophen overdoses. In mice poisoned with the common painkiller, the drugs prevented liver cells from entering a sort of pre-death state known as senescence. The drugs also widened the treatment window: […]
First Study On Physical Properties Of Giant Cancer Cells May Inform New Treatments
Polyploidal cancer cells—cells that have more than two copies of each chromosome—are much larger than most other cancer cells, are resistant to chemotherapy and radiation treatments and are associated with disease relapse. A new study by Brown University researchers is the first to reveal key physical properties of these “giant” cancer cells. The research, published Aug. 9 […]
Passing Star May Have Shaped Early Outer Solar System
A close flyby of a Sun-mass star several billion years ago could explain some unusual features observed in the outer Solar System. “We’ve been looking for years at what flybys can do to other planetary systems never considering that we actually might live right in such a system,” said lead author Dr. Susanne Pfalzner, of the Max-Planck-Institut […]
Scientists Have Just Measured The ‘Speed of Death’ of a Cell And It’s Surprisingly Beautiful
For the first time, scientists have watched death moving through a cell, and measured the speed at which it travels. The signals that trigger apoptosis – a type of cell suicide, also known as programmed cell death (PCD) – cascade through the cell in a wave, at a rate of three micrometres (0.003 millimetres) per […]
Researchers build up World’s Fastest Nanomechanical Rotor
At more than 60 billion revolutions per minute, a nanomechanical rotor developed by Purdue University researcher Tongcang Li and co-authors is more than 100,000 times faster than a high-speed dental drill. Dr. Li and his colleagues from Peking University, Tsinghua University, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter and Sandia National Laboratories synthesized a tiny dumbbell […]
There’s No Clear Link among Brain Cancer and Electromagnetic Fields, Says Largest Study Yet
From mobile phones to microwave ovens, the modern world virtually glows with high-frequency electromagnetic radiation (EMF). Many still reserve judgment on just how safe these kinds of energy waves are, but a sensitive new epidemiological study calls that hesitation into question, finding no reason to believe any brain tumours have been caused by EMF exposure. […]