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22-Jul-2025

The maths behind early morning awakenings, the effects of evening light and the naps of babies

University of Surrey
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wonder why babies nap on some days but not on others? Or why older people wake up earlier? Mathematical modelling of sleep regulation provides some surprising answers to these and other questions, according to a new study from the University of Surrey.

Journal: npj Biological Timing and Sleep

21-Jul-2025

How AI can enhance early detection of emerging viruses: UNLV study

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Coupling wastewater surveillance and a newly developed AI algorithm can help public health organizations more quickly predict potential outbreaks.

Journal: Nature Communications

21-Jul-2025

New toolkit expands genetic engineering capabilities for plant transformation using Agrobacterium

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

A research team engineered thymidine auxotrophic and recombination-deficient versions of commonly used and underutilized Agrobacterium strains, using single-component CRISPR base-editing systems.

Journal: BioDesign Research

21-Jul-2025

Do these two cancer drugs have what it takes to beat Alzheimer’s?

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at UC San Francisco and Gladstone Institutes have identified cancer drugs that promise to reverse the changes that occur in the brain during Alzheimer’s, potentially slowing or even reversing its symptoms.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging, U.S. National Science Foundation, Dolby Family Ventures

21-Jul-2025

How accurately are racial minorities represented in US cancer registration systems?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study published by Wiley online in CANCER, researchers have assessed how well US race data collection standards and their revisions have captured cancer burdens for various racial groups over the years.

Journal: Cancer

18-Jul-2025

New R package revolutionizes gene set enrichment analysis visualization for biomedical research

FAR Publishing Limited
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at China Pharmaceutical University have developed GseaVis, a user-friendly R package that significantly enhances the visualization of Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) results. This innovative tool addresses longstanding limitations in existing GSEA visualization methods, providing researchers with publication-ready, highly customizable plots that simplify the interpretation of complex genomic data.

Funder: National Key Research and Development Program of China, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Project Program of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Drug Design and Optimization, China Pharmaceutical University

17-Jul-2025

Cracking the code of force-driven chemistry

University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Penn Engineers reveal a new model that describes how mechanical stress fuels chemical reactions and why that could help reshape green manufacturing and lubricant design.

Journal: Physical Review B
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation