Tag: Nature Communications
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New Genetic Findings Highlight Sex Differences in Depression Risk
Groundbreaking Find: Women Show Higher Genetic Risk for Major Depression A landmark study conducted by QMIR Berghofer Medical Research Institute and published in Nature Communications has revealed a striking genetic distinction: females carry a significantly higher genetic risk for major depressive disorder than males. The Australian-led research analyzed the DNA of roughly 200,000 people diagnosed…
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Genomic Insights Offer Hope for Tailored Osteosarcoma Therapies
New genomic study highlights epigenetic drivers of osteosarcoma An international team led by Livia Garzia, PhD, Nada Jabado, MD, PhD, and Claudia Kleinman, PhD, has unveiled important epigenetic features in osteosarcoma, offering fresh directions for prognosis and treatment. The findings, published in Nature Communications, illuminate how epigenetic regulation shapes this aggressive bone cancer that primarily…
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New Physics in Metals Manufacturing: Hidden Chemical Patterns
Uncovering a Hidden Layer in Metal Manufacturing For decades, scientists believed that subtle chemical patterns in metal alloys were either too small to matter or easily erased during processing. A collaboration at MIT has upended that assumption by showing that these patterns persist in conventionally manufactured metals and can influence a wide range of material…
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New MRI Findings on Brain Shape Shifts and Dementia Risk
Overview of the study A recent study published in Nature Communications sheds new light on how the aging brain changes beyond the loss of tissue. Rather than focusing solely on how much tissue shrinks in specific regions, researchers analyzed the brain’s overall shape as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The work examined more than…
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Mitomeiosis: Scientists Grow Human Eggs From Skin Cells in Groundbreaking First
What is mitomeiosis and why it matters? A team of US researchers has reported a proof‑of‑concept technique that could, in the long term, help infertile people have biologically related children. The approach, named mitomeiosis, blends two fundamental cell‑division processes to coax skin cells into behaving like reproductive cells — eggs — capable of being fertilised…
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Mitomeiosis: Scientists Create Human Eggs From Skin Cells
Overview: a bold step in reproductive science A team of researchers in the United States has reported a proof-of-concept technique they call mitomeiosis. The approach takes DNA from a skin cell and, through a novel manipulation of cell division, creates a functional human egg that can be fertilised with sperm in the lab. In early…
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Scientists Uncover Carbon’s Key Role in Forming Earth’s Inner Core
Carbon’s Hidden Hand in Earth’s Deep Interior A recent collaborative study by researchers from the University of Oxford, the University of Leeds, and University College London sheds new light on the chemistry that allowed Earth’s inner core to solidify billions of years ago. Published in Nature Communications, the work points to carbon as a critical…
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Carbon Found to Enable Earth’s Inner Core Formation
Carbon: The Hidden Ingredient Behind Earth’s Inner Core A collaborative study by researchers from the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has unveiled a surprising factor in the long-standing question of how Earth’s inner core formed. The team finds that carbon, present in the core, would be essential to the crystallization…
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UMass Team Identifies New Mars Mineral, Hints at Past Life
Discovery of a New Mars Mineral A team of international planetary scientists, including researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has identified a mineral on Mars that researchers are calling ferric hydroxysulfate. The finding, described in Nature Communications, marks a notable advance in the study of Martian mineralogy and its link to the planet’s watery…
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UMass Team Helps Identify Mars Mineral Ferric Hydroxysulfate, Hints at Past Life
UMass Amherst Researchers Help Uncover a New Mars Mineral Scientists from the University of Massachusetts Amherst are part of an international team that has identified a unique mineral on Mars, ferric hydroxysulfate, described in Nature Communications. The discovery, announced after careful analysis of both remote sensing data and rock samples, provides a fresh window into…