A new study showed that SOCS1 regulation of GM-CSF signaling is dose-dependent. The study, which involved generating a novel mouse strain expressing a Halo-tag-SOCS1 fusion protein under control of the endogenous Socs1 promoter, is published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research (JICR).

Researchers from Tel Aviv University used mathematical tools from game theory to show that in certain situations, allowing platforms to retain decision-making power over the collection and commercialization of their users’ data can enhance overall welfare. The study was conducted by Prof. Yaron Yehezkel from the Coller School of Management at Tel Aviv University, in collaboration with Prof. Sarit Markovich from Northwestern University in Illinois.

SNSB and LMU Paleontologists identify a new species of predatory dinosaur from the Cretaceous period in North Africa, around 95 million years old. What makes this discovery so special is that the original fossil from Egypt was completely destroyed 80 years ago, during World War II. For their work, the researchers analyzed previously unknown archival photographs of the dinosaur skeleton from the period before 1944. The findings are published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.

A team at the University of Cordoba analyzed more than 8,000 scientific papers on substance use and adolescence to look for the factors that protect adolescents from using them when they are encouraged to do so by those in their social circles, issuing a call for prevention policies to be updated to include vaping and social media

Painful skin and trouble sleeping are among the problems reported when tapering cortisone cream for atopic eczema. This has been shown by a study headed by the University of Gothenburg. Many users consider the problems to be caused by cortisone dependence.