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Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that the motion of unlabeled cells can be used to tell whether they are cancerous or healthy. They observed malignant fibrosarcoma cells and healthy fibroblasts on a dish and found that tracking and analysis of their paths can be used to differentiate them with up to 94% accuracy. Beyond diagnosis, their technique may also shed light on cell motility related functions, like tissue healing.

A University of South Florida-led study looks at how opioid control policies are doing more than just curbing addiction — they’re also linked to a drop in domestic violence. It’s a powerful example of how smart policy can ripple across society in unexpected ways.

Jing Cai, PhD, of the Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author of a paper published in Nature Communications, “Natural language processing models reveal neural dynamics of human conversation.”

In the April 18, 2025 online issue of the American Association for the Advancement of Science journal Science, Utah State University scientist Zachariah Gompert and colleagues report adaptive divergence in cryptic color pattern is underlain by two distinct, complex chromosomal rearrangements, where millions of bases of DNA were flipped backwards and moved from one part of a chromosome to another, independently in populations of stick insects on different mountains.

A new study led by biomedical engineer and neuroscientist Nuttida Rungratsameetaweemana, an assistant professor at Columbia Engineering, shows that the brain’s visual regions play an active role in making sense of information.

Researchers have found that targeting an enzyme called PGM3 can help stop the growth of glioblastoma, the most dangerous type of brain tumor. Researchers with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James and Richard J. Solove Research Institute believe that targeting PGM3 enzyme can reduce tumor growth and eliminate glioblastoma cells.

An international research collaboration led by Rutgers University-New Brunswick scientists that examined microscopic blobs of protein found in human cells has discovered that some morph from an almost honey-like substance to a hard candy-like solid. 

These mysterious droplets, known as biomolecular condensates, solidify when they carry a high proportion of the protein alpha-synuclein, the scientists reported in Science Advances. Clumps of alpha-synuclein are commonly found in the brain cells of people with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disorder.

A study led by Oregon Health & Science University found that low-income adults with diabetes are 25% more likely to experience insurance instability, particularly those with complex medication regimens or complications, as they go in and out of health coverage.

Researchers have developed a new coronagraph that could make it possible to see distant exoplanets obscured by light from their parent stars.