Stanford-Developed “Decoy Molecules” Can Halt the Spread of Cancer
Stanford cancer team uses the custom molecule sBCMA-Fc V3 to inhibit the development of diffuse large B cell lymphoma and multiple myeloma in mice. Researchers…
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Stanford Neuroscientist: Rejuvenating Aging Brains
Stanford neuroscientist Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, has spent 20 years discovering and investigating various molecules with neuroprotective and neurodegenerative properties. These molecules are found in or…
Seeing Hurricanes – Even Just Through the Media – Can Impact Your Mental Health
UCI-led research ties exposure to hurricanes to worsened mental health A groundbreaking study conducted by experts at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) found a…
Stanford-Developed Millirobot Swims in Your Body and Delivers Medicine to Places That Need It
The tiny robots could bring health care closer to highly precise medicine delivery You probably already know that medications aren’t often designed to target specific…
Stanford Biochemists Successfully Change How the Brain Communicates With Itself
Enzymes are used by biochemists to alter how brain cells interact with one another While you read this sentence, the neurons in your brain are…
40% of Older Adults: Newly Identified Form of Dementia Is Shockingly Common
A recent study indicates the prevalence of brain changes from limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy might be approximately 40% in older adults and as high as…
Stanford Scientists Unlock Mysteries of Plant Growth and Health
The discovery will help develop heat-tolerant crops and improve algal biofuel production Plants, like all other known organisms, utilize DNA to pass on traits. Animal…
Stanford Scientists Discover That Adding a Particular Seafood to Your Diet Can Reverse Signs of Aging
Supplementing your diet with the sea organisms Ascidiacea, also known as sea squirts, reverses some of the main signs of aging, according to a new…
Bringing ‘Dead’ Batteries Back to Life – Researchers Extend Battery Lifetime by 30%
Islands of inactive lithium creep like worms to reconnect with their electrodes, restoring a battery’s capacity and lifespan. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s SLAC…
Extremophytes: “Extreme” Plants Grow Faster in the Face of Stress
When plants are faced with conditions that are too dry, salty, or cold, most of them try to conserve resources. They send out fewer leaves…
Breakthrough in Battery Design: First Realistic Portraits of Squishy Layer That’s Key to Battery Performance
Cryo-EM snapshots of the solid-electrolyte interphase, or SEI, reveal its natural swollen state and offer a new approach to lithium-metal battery design. Lithium metal batteries…
After 15 Years of Research, Scientists Reveal the Fourth Signature of the Superconducting Transitions
The results cap 15 years of detective work aimed at understanding how these materials transition into a superconducting state where they can conduct electricity with…
Bacterial Enzyme Converts CO2 Into Carbon Compounds 20x Faster Than Photosynthesis
Researchers discover that a spot of molecular glue and a timely twist help a bacterial enzyme convert carbon dioxide into carbon compounds 20 times faster…
Stanford’s Futuristic Gravity Telescope Could Image Exoplanets – 1,000x More Powerful Than Current Technology
A futuristic “gravity telescope” technique conceptualized by Stanford astrophysicists could enable astronomical imaging significantly more advanced than any present today. In the time since the…
Electron Motion Tracked in a Quantum State of Matter Using X-Ray Pulses Less Than a Millionth of a Billionth of a Second Long
Less than a millionth of a billionth of a second long, attosecond X-ray pulses allow researchers to peer deep inside molecules and follow electrons as…
Molecular Cage Reveals Near-Atomic Level Details of Cancer Proteins
Sandwiching wiggly proteins between two other layers allows scientists to get the most detailed images yet of a protein that’s key to the spread of…
Stanford Scientists Have Produced the First Complete Picture of an Elusive Quasiparticle
Scientists have taken a significant step in understanding these whirling quasiparticles and putting them to work in future semiconductor technologies. Researchers reported that they have…
Models of Landscape Formation on Saturn’s Moon Titan Reveal an Earth-Like Alien World
A new hypothesis reveals that a global sedimentary cycle driven by seasons could explain the formation of landscapes on Saturn’s moon Titan. The research shows…
