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Irritable bowel syndrome

Simple stool test detects 90% of colorectal cancers

Gut bacteria can reveal colorectal cancer.

Blue and yellow staining represents the DNA inside nuclei

Two tiny targets, one giant leap toward a cancer cure

New protein insights fuel cancer therapy advances.

quantum entanglement

Particles can be measured jointly without bringing them together

A UNIGE team has shown that particles can be measured jointly without bringing them together

In corn snakes, certain lineages have red, yellow or pink colours, and their dorsal spots can merge or form stripes.

A single gene is involved in snake’s skin pattern diversity

One gene defines the many patterns of snake skin.

With its spiral arms and large star-forming disc

The twin of the Milky Way galaxy found in the distant Universe

It offers important insights into how galaxies can form and evolve so rapidly in the early Universe.

In green, the star TOI-512 around which the exoplanet TOI-512 b orbits.

Scientists discover a new Super-Earth: TOI-512 b

New Super-Earth unveiled using cutting-edge space telescopes and spectrographs.

A model of a human brain

ADHD and Dementia: New study finds unexpected neurological link

How ADHD may increase the risk of dementia in later years?

Protofeathers

The development of feathers in chickens

The sonic hedgehog pathway may underlie the evolutionary emergence and diversity of feathers.

The Colli Albani, located beneath this lake 20 km from Rome, has experienced major eruptions, the last one occurring 355,000 years ago

Scientists unravel mystery of Italy’s Colli Albani volcano

Their findings revealed that Colli Albani's magma had significant amounts of trapped water and carbon dioxide.

Human liver anatomy

The timing breakthrough in liver cancer treatment

Transplantation combined with immunotherapy to cure liver cancer.

HD 20794

An international team discovered a super-Earth, could spurs search for life

A super-Earth laboratory for searching life elsewhere in the Universe.

These proteins depend on their partner

Some proteins find their ‘soulmate’ at birth

Study shows how certain proteins form immediately after they are made.

WASP-132 system

Not all Hot Jupiters orbit alone

This discovery overturns our perception of the architecture of planetary systems.

The diversity of jaw and snout scales in different crocodilian species is the result of changes in mechanical parameters.

Crocodile head scales emerge from the mechanics of growing tissues

Biological diversity is not just the result of genes.

two vicinal cysteines in interleukin-38

A new model to explore the epidermal renewal

This study could bring new perspectives for the study of human epidermis.

three red monsters

Three galactic ‘red monsters’ discovered in the early Universe

The formation of stars in the early Universe was far more efficient than previously thought.

NbE binds

Scientists discovered molecules that limit the side effects of opioids

Tiny antibodies to fight the dangerous effects of opioids.

brain tumor

Programming cells help to fight a brain tumor

Glioblastoma is the most common and aggressive brain tumor, with patients surviving less than two years after diagnosis.

WASP-76 b

Iron winds are blowing on the day side of an ultra-hot exoplanet

New insight into the complex climatic dynamics of this distant world.

Targeting leukemia stem cells

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a severe cancer of the blood and bone marrow, often fatal. The disease is driven by leukemic stem cells...

Researcher neurologist doctor

Understanding how the brain interprets other’s gazes

ERP analysis and task impact on the perception timing of gaze direction.

This artist’s impression shows the view from the planet in the TOI-178 system found orbiting furthest from the star. New research by Adrien Leleu and his colleagues with several telescopes, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has revealed that the resonant system boasts six exoplanets and that all but the one closest to the star are locked in a rare rhythm as they move in their orbits.

Researchers finally decipher density difference of sub-Neptunes

UNIBE and PlanetS have shown the existence of two distinct populations of sub-Neptunes.

Image showing Enterobacteriaceae are commensal bacteria of the digestive flora that can be responsible for serious infections.

Critical threat of antibiotic resistance to Sub-Saharan African children

UNIGE and HUG studies reveal alarming antibiotic resistance in enterobacteria.

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