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A New Kind of Magnetism Could Unlock Faster, More Efficient Computers

Researchers have found evidence of altermagnetism in a thin, tunable material, revealing a magnetic state that could enable electronics to leverage electron spin for faster, more energy-efficient devices while avoiding the interference problems of conventional magnets.

Scientists Just Found a New Way to Make Hydrogen from Water

Researchers have developed a light-activated material that efficiently splits water to produce hydrogen without requiring expensive metal catalysts, leveraging unusual sulfur-based chemistry as a potential pathway to more affordable solar fuel generation.

Cancer-Fighting T Cells Burn Out. Scientists May Have Found a Fix

Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have found that blocking a signaling molecule called MEK can prevent cancer-fighting T cells from becoming exhausted, potentially improving the durability of immunotherapy treatments.

Scientists Just Found a Way to Fight Lung Cancer and Muscle Wasting at the Same Time

Researchers have developed a nanoparticle-based mRNA therapy that simultaneously targets lung tumors and cachexia, the severe muscle wasting syndrome that often accompanies cancer, in mouse models.

Scientists Find a Surprising Clue to Why the Universe's Expansion Doesn't Add Up

New simulations suggest that tiny magnetic fields created moments after the Big Bang could have altered hydrogen formation in the early universe, potentially explaining the long-standing mismatch between different measurements of the universe's expansion rate.

Scientists Discover New Form of Magnetism That Could Power Efficient Computing

A team of scientists has observed evidence of altermagnetism, a newly characterized form of magnetism, in a thin and highly tunable material. Unlike conventional magnets that rely on electrical charge, this unusual magnetic state opens a pathway for devices to exploit electron spin—an intrinsic quantum property of electrons—as

Nanoparticle Therapy Shows Promise Against Lung Cancer and Cancer-Related Muscle Wasting

A team of scientists has demonstrated a dual-action approach to treating lung cancer that may also address one of the disease's most debilitating complications. The experimental nanoparticle therapy delivers follistatin mRNA directly to tumors, where it reduced tumor growth in mice while simultaneously counteracting cachexia—a severe wasting

Scientists Identify Key Mechanism Behind T Cell Exhaustion in Cancer Immunotherapy

The Exhaustion Problem in Cancer Treatment Cancer immunotherapy has transformed treatment for many patients, but a persistent challenge remains: the T cells deployed to fight tumors can lose their effectiveness over time. This phenomenon, known as T cell exhaustion, occurs when these immune cells become worn out from prolonged battle

A New Kind of Magnetism Could Unlock Faster, More Efficient Computers

Scientists Just Found a New Way to Make Hydrogen from Water

Cancer-Fighting T Cells Burn Out. Scientists May Have Found a Fix

Scientists Just Found a Way to Fight Lung Cancer and Muscle Wasting at the Same Time

Scientists Find a Surprising Clue to Why the Universe's Expansion Doesn't Add Up

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