Clot buster may stop promising stroke medicine from working properly

Pharmacology - Mar 19
Pharmacology

A clotbusting drug commonly used to treat ischemic stroke interacts negatively with a promising anti-inflammatory treatment (anakinra), underscoring the need to test new stroke therapies alongside existing standard care.

Psychology - Mar 19

Machine learning could help predict how people with depression respond to treatment - new Trinity study

Researchers in Trinity College Dublin have found that a machine learning model could help clinicians predict which people with depression are more likely to improve with digital cognitive behavioural therapy compared to antidepressant medication.

Physics - Mar 19

’Mini earthquakes’ turn tiny chips into radio signal powerhouses

Physics

From GPS satellites to mobile networks, modern technology relies on ultra-precise radio signals. Engineers have long tried to generate them on chips using interactions between light and sound, but the effect was too weak. University of Twente researchers

Health - Mar 19

No increased suicide mortality among cancer patients receiving palliative care

A study by the Medical University of Vienna shows that cancer patients receiving specialised palliative care do not have a higher suicide mortality rate than a comparative group of oncology patients. The findings suggest that interdisciplinary palliative care plays an important role in managing psychosocial and existential stress. The results have recently been published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine.

Health - Mar 19

AI helps to evaluate skin lesions in rare disease more accurately

Health

There is a promising new drug for the rare disease mastocytosis, which is associated with skin lesions, among other things. Researchers at the University of Basel have now been able to use artificial intelligence to quantitatively measure for the first time the extent to which it reduces skin lesions.

Environment - Mar 18

Changes in plant communities follow climate change

Environment

Biological communities in Europe are responding to climate change in markedly different ways, with clear contrasts between ecosystems, according to a new study published in Nature.

Health - Mar 19

New X-ray technique could transform tissue diagnosis

A new X-ray imaging technique could transform how hospitals analyse tissue samples, potentially speeding up diagnoses and improving outcomes for patients, shows a new study led by UCL researchers.

Health - Mar 19

Analysis: Why arthritis in children can threaten eyesight

Recent research shows that immune cells called B cells, previously overlooked, play an important role in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), explain Dr Lizzy Rosser and Dr Beth Jebson (both UCL Division of Medicine) in a new article for The Conversation.

Life Sciences - Mar 19

Rearing conditions influence the immune system of brown trout

Life Sciences

For the first time, researchers at the University of Bern have studied the immune system of brown trout cell by cell and compiled an overview of the gene activity in each cell. The study shows the diversity of the immune system of this ecologically important fish species, which is protected in Switzerland, and demonstrates that rearing conditions can leave measurable traces in the immune cells.

Turning sawdust into fire-resistant materials

Materials Science

What is usually burned to generate energy today could protect houses tomorrow. Researchers at ETH Zurich and Empa have found a way to press sawdust with a mineral binder to create a robust, flame-retardant material. It's even recyclable. 

Colliding Dust and the Sparks of Creation

Materials Science

ISTA scientists explain static electricity in the most abundant solid insulators Two microscopic grains collide and produce a tiny spark.

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