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Two occupants of a hot air balloon were rescued after it struck a cellphone tower in Longview, Texas, on Saturday and was left dangling precipitously some 920 feet up. Both occupants are conscious and ...

A small tweak to mitochondrial energy production led to big gains in health and longevity. Mice engineered to boost a protein that helps mitochondria work more efficiently lived longer and showed ...

Novartis has settled a lawsuit by the estate of Henrietta Lacks that alleged the pharmaceutical giant unjustly profited off her cells, which were taken from her tumor without her knowledge in 1951 and ...

Tiny crystal “seeds” could solve a hidden flaw in perovskite solar cells—unlocking high efficiency at larger scales. Traditional perovskite solar cells (PSCs) are built with the electron transport ...

Weight loss is notoriously hard to maintain. Within a few years most people regain the pounds they initially lose, whether through dieting, exercise, surgery or weight-loss medications such as the ...

A proof-of-concept study opens up an avenue for treating solid tumours that express low levels of a target antigen. Immune cells engineered to detect extremely low levels of a target antigen have ...

Most people download TikTok for fun. For Juan Uribe, it was a decision made out of desperation − and love. "I'm posting this because I need your help to save my son," Uribe said in his first video, ...

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have created a new molecule which carries DNA into biological cells, to treat or vaccinate against illnesses. Many existing options rely on molecules ...

Obstetrician Jeanne Conry has long paid attention to the “1,300-day window”— the months before conception through a child’s second birthday. Studies show nutrition and lifestyle during this period can ...

Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes ...

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