Cancer cells delete DNA when they go to the dark side, so a team of doctors and engineers targeted the 'backup plans' running critical cell functions
The new approach moves energy efficiently and could reduce energy losses converting light into electricity
The Health Teams Advancing Patient Experience: Strengthening Quality (TAPESTRY) ran at six sites across Ontario from March 2018 to August 2019. (Photo courtesy McMaster University’s Department of Medicine)
In addition to memory problems and other cognitive symptoms, most people with Alzheimer’s disease also suffer from mental health issues.
With the aid of satellite images, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have uncovered unique data on the severe drought that hit Syria between 2007 and 2009
Research at Lund University in Sweden has found a new way to create nano-sized magnetic particles using ultrafast laser light pulses.
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but individuals of normal weight can also develop the disease.
The risk of being exposed to Covid-19 particles increases with shorter physical distance to a patient, higher patient viral load and poor ventilation.
Smokers have a lower risk of developing prostate cancer, but a higher risk of dying from the disease, according to a large population study led by Lund University in Sweden.
A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has investigated a meteorite from Mars using neutron and X-ray tomography.
Flavio Kapczinski, a professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, is the co-principal investigator of an international study that has found that low levels of a certain blood protein may be a trigger for depression.
People with stronger relationships and high levels of trust in their community were more likely to plan to get vaccinated for COVID-19, highlighting the need to boost societal supports to strengthen vaccine efforts.
A 30-year-old genetic mystery has been solved. It has previously been established that touch can trigger stress reactions in plants.
A diet rich in plant-based foods with less red meat can help patients with coronary and peripheral artery disease, a McMaster-led study shows. (Shutterstock photo)
A new study by researchers at Lund University supports the notion that patients with type 2 diabetes patient should be divided into subgroups and given individualised treatment.
McMaster researchers have developed a low-cost COVID-19 test that is portable and easy to use in the field, providing results in less than an hour and making early warning surveillance of infectious diseases more accessible to remote communities. (Shutterstock image)
A stubborn and dangerous rare yeast pathogen known as Lodderomyces elongisporus is behind two outbreaks in a neonatal intensive care unit in Delhi, India.
The ostrich is genetically wired to adapt to rising or falling temperatures
The rare metal terbium has been found in an exoplanet’s atmosphere for the first time.
After many years, a research team led by Lund University in Sweden has sequenced and characterized the entire genome of oats. This opens up for breeding healthier oats with even better nutritional content, and growing oats in a more environmentally sustainable way.