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Whole Exome Sequencing Predicts Whether Patients Respond to Cancer Immunotherapy

A two-step approach with sequencing of 20,000 genes improves prediction of who benefits from immune checkpoint inhibitors

Gender Bias in Search Algorithms Has Effect on Users, New Study Finds

Gender-neutral internet searches yield results that nonetheless produce male-dominated output--results have an effect on users by promoting gender bias and potentially influencing hiring decisions.

Neuroscientists Find New Factors Behind Better Vision

The size of our primary visual cortex and the amount of brain tissue we have dedicated to processing visual information can predict how well we can see, a new study shows.

Where Do the Ingredients for Your Chocolate, Smartphone and Clothes Come From?

Researchers have written a commentary in Nature about the need for research into global supply chain due diligence policy

Molecule Boosts Fat Burning

Study identifies a new signaling molecule that increases the energy consumption of brown fat cells

Protein Folding in Times of Oxygen Deficiency

Study investigates process by which plants stabilize the shape of protein molecules

Giant Marine Reptiles at 2,800 Meters Above Sea Level

Study by the University of Bonn shows that fossil finds from the High Alps come from three giants of the seas

"Growing End" of Inflammation Discovered

Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Cologne observe how the danger sensor NLRP3 lengthens itself like a thread

Meat Substitutes: Environment Does Not Motivate Consumption

Animal welfare and health aspects, on the other hand, promote the use of meat alternatives

Shedding New Light on Dark Matter

A new analysis by a team of physicists offers an innovative means to predict ‘cosmological signatures’ for models of dark matter.

Cyanobacteria Use the Lotus Effect

Water repellency as the first step to life on land a billion years ago

Rubber Material Holds Key to Long-lasting, Safer EV Batteries

Georgia Tech engineers have solved common problems (slow lithium-ion transport and poor mechanical properties) using rubber electrolytes.

Researchers Develop Methodology for Streamlined Control of Material Deformation

Researchers demonstrate that new physical theories provide precise predictions of the deformations of certain structures, revealing that a flexible mechanical structure is governed by some of the same math as electromagnetic waves and even black holes.

Warmer Summers and Meltwater Lakes are Threatening the Fringes of the World’s Largest Ice Sheet

Antarctic supraglacial lakes have been linked to ice-shelf collapse and acceleration of inland ice flow.

University of Bristol team shows squamates expanded up to 74 million years earlier than thought

Dating the expansion of a group of species when the fossil record is sparse is not a simple task, and can change as methods of analysis become more sophisticated.

Introducing GTGraffiti: The Robot That Paints Like a Human

Graduate students at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built the first graffiti-painting robot system that mimics the fluidity of human movement.

Tiny Limbs and Long Bodies: Coordinating Lizard Locomotion

Using biological experiments, robot models, and a geometric theory of locomotion, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated how and why intermediate lizard species, with their elongated bodies and short limbs, might use their bodies

Coastal Glacier Retreat Linked to Climate Change

Researchers have developed a methodology to determine why coastal glaciers are retreating, and in turn, how much can be attributed to human-caused climate change.

'Sensing System' Spots Struggling Ecosystems

A new "resilience sensing system" can identify ecosystems that are in danger of collapse, research shows.

Energy Researchers Invent Chameleon Metal That Acts Like Many Others

Catalytic converter thefts from cars and trucks have skyrocketed nationwide in recent years.