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Mice and Their Bitterness Bias

February 7, 2025

Saliva is an often overlooked but essential part of digestion. It helps with taste, chewing, and breaking down food. The saliva in our mouth comes from three main glands: parotid, submandibular, and sublingual glands. Recently, a study was done on mice to see how removing these glands affects t

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Small but Mighty: How Tiny Carbon Dots Could Improve Ovarian Cancer Care

February 7, 2025

Ovarian cancer presents a serious challenge. It is hard to catch early and even harder to treat. The low survival rates speak volumes about the need for more effective diagnostic and therapeutic tools. This is where a type of new nanomaterial -- carbon dots or CDs -- shows huge promise. Carbon do

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Fighting Cancer with Tiny Lipid Warriors

February 7, 2025

Imagine tiny soldiers, smaller than you can see, fighting cancer. These soldiers are made from lipids, the same stuff that's in your body's cells. They're called solid lipid nanoparticles, or SLNs. These SLNs are a new way to deliver medicine to cancer cells. They do this without the problems that c

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Curcumin's Fight Against Cancer: A Molecular Tale

February 7, 2025

Did you know that there's a compound called curcumin that could help in the fight against cancer? Curcumin is found in turmeric, a spice commonly used in cooking. Scientists are studying how it can be used to target a specific enzyme called Casein Kinase 2 (CK2), which plays a big role in how cells

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Unlocking Lithium: The Quest for Clean Separation

February 7, 2025

Imagine tiny particles of lithium, each with a slightly different atomic weight, zipping around in a chaotic dance. These tiny particles are isotopes: 6Li and 7Li. They're crucial in fields like energy and defense. As nuclear technology advances, the need for these isotopes will only grow. However,

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Luminous Sensors: Mixing Proteins and Rare Earth Elements

February 7, 2025

Imagine combining the best parts of proteins and rare earth elements to create something new and exciting. This is not just science fiction, but a real possibility with the use of protein crystals and lanthanide complexes. Protein crystals are made up of tiny, organized, and super dense functi

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How a Gut Bug Causes Big Trouble

February 7, 2025

Helicobacter pylori is a type of bacteria that lives in the stomach. It's known for causing ulcers and can even trigger cancer. One way it does this is by causing something called "gastric intestinal metaplasia" (GIM). GIM is a big deal because it's a step towards stomach cancer. Scientists fou

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AI's prowess in creating new materials

February 7, 2025

Imagine blending the strength of steel with the lightness of foam. This is not Science Fiction, but the reality created by AI. It started when AI was tasked to help find the best structure for new materials. The usual way to find these materials is experimenting with different structures fo

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Fighting in Captive Ground-Hornbills

February 7, 2025

Southern Ground Hornbills (SGHs) face big trouble with aggression among their fellow birds when living in captivity. Captive breeding can be tricky and unsafe for these birds. Birds from the same species can get aggressive toward each other, especially during the breeding season. It happens a lot w

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Robot's in the making.

February 7, 2025

Chemists took off on a quest. The aim was to change how enzymes work. These enzymes are like tiny machines given sugar as a source of any damage. Dig into enzymes known as pyranose oxidase (POx) and C-glycoside oxidase (CGOx). Part of the oxidoreductase family, these enzymes are the work of FAD.