A Spirit of Confident Feminism at Salon Zürcher
The small New York art fair celebrated its 26th edition with the works of 11 women artists.
The Love and Art of Irene and Peter Stern
The artist couple shared creativity and mutual devotion reflecting a period of light and joy that came after considerable darkness in their early lives.
Your Frieze Art Fair Bingo Card Is Here
It’s art fair season and we’re here to comfort and entertain you during this difficult time of the year with a new, biting edition of our Bingo card series.
May mARKet Update Webinar
This month’s spotlight: market signals seem to be calling the Fed’s strategy into question, are “tough comparisons” blinding investors to…
Automated platform for plasmid production
Researchers have developed PlasmidMaker, a versatile automated platform for plasmid design & construction. These circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism, and have extensive use in basic and applied bi…
Chemists skew the odds to prevent cancer
A theoretical framework shows how to increase the odds of identifying cancer-causing mutations before tumors take hold. Researchers demonstrate that only a few energetically favorable pathways are likely to lead to cancer.
New protein structures to aid rational drug design
In a major advance for rational drug design, chemists have described several protein structures of a crucial player in cellular processes. The advance could bring new ideas for treatments of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, AIDS, cancer and others.
Algorithms empower metalens design
Researchers have developed a new method for designing large-scale metasurfaces that uses techniques of machine intelligence to generate designs automatically. The method will enable new metasurface designs that can make an impact on virtual or augmente…
If you take several medications, ‘polypharmacy’ is a word to know
Taking multiple prescription drugs and supplements can be fraught with risk, a new study suggests — but it’s hard for many people to part with their medications.
First animals developed complex ecosystems before the Cambrian explosion
Early animals formed complex ecological communities more than 550 million years ago, setting the evolutionary stage for the Cambrian explosion, according to a new study.
mRNA vaccines like Pfizer and Moderna fare better against COVID-19 variants of concern
A comparison of four COVID-19 vaccinations shows that messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines — Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna — perform better against the World Health Organization’s variants of concern (VOCs) than viral vector vaccines — AstraZeneca and J&J/Ja…
Concussion symptoms in children may have multiple underlying causes
Different types of brain damage caused by a concussion may lead to similar symptoms in children, according to new research. A new way of studying concussions could help develop future treatments.
Type-I interferon stops immune system ‘going rogue’ during viral infections
Researchers have discovered that Type I interferon (IFN) plays a key role in helping the immune system effectively target viruses, while stopping white blood cells from ‘going rogue’ and attacking the body’s own organs. This opens the way to potential …
Time-restricted eating may lower CVD risk for older breast cancer survivors
Older breast cancer survivors with cardiometabolic risk factors who restricted food intake to eight hours during the weekday, followed by 16 hours of fasting, lowered their risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) after a few weeks, according to a new rese…
May mARKet Update Webinar
This month’s spotlight: market signals seem to be calling the Fed’s strategy into question, are “tough comparisons” blinding investors to…
Statins may provide protection against depression
Statins have been hailed as a wonder drug; the cholesterol-lowering drugs have been prescribed to tens of millions of people since their approval in the late 1980s to prevent heart attack and stroke. But the drugs may yet have additional benefits, some…
Scientists see signs of traumatic brain injury in headbutting muskox
Scientists saw for the first time hallmarks of concussions and other head trauma in the brains of deceased headbutting animals — muskoxen and bighorn sheep. The results may contradict the commonly-held belief that ramming animals do not suffer brain i…
Friendly fungi announce themselves to their hosts
Commensal fungi need to be alive and actively making proteins that stimulate our immune cells to elicit that commensal benefit, according to new findings.
Aerodynamics of perching birds could inform aircraft design
To uncover the mystery behind the differences in motion, a team of researchers studied the aerodynamics of bird perching maneuvers and their implications for aircraft design.