Light-Scattering Instrument Counts Bacteria-Infecting Viruses in About an Hour Without Dyes
Dr. Amanda Carroll-Portillo's team developed a fast way to count bacteria-infecting viruses with a light-scattering instrument, without fluorescent dyes or knowing which bacteria the viruses infect.
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Diet Drinks Match Water for Keeping Weight Off Over Two Years
Professor Joanne Harrold’s two-year trial found that adults in a weight-management programme kept off similar amounts of weight whether they drank diet drinks or water.
Evening Phone Calls After Cataract Surgery Calm and Reassure Patients
Professor Oliver Findl’s team found that patients phoned shortly after cataract surgery were highly satisfied with the call, and that a call on the evening of the operation may reassure them most.
Pandemic Moves to the Countryside Strained Housing in Rural Northeast Towns
Dr. Omur Damla Kuru’s team found that when city dwellers moved to rural Northeast towns during the pandemic, housing could not keep up, prices climbed and lower-income residents bore the heaviest burden.
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Common HIV Drug Linked to Lower Levels of an Untreatable Virus
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Catheter Inside a Catheter Helps Doctors Enter Hard-to-Reach Heart Arteries
- Health & MedicineOctober 29, 2026
Small Study Suggests Meditation May Ease Depression and Poor Sleep in Glaucoma
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Your Immune System Learns and Remembers in Ways That Echo the Brain
- Mind & SocietyOctober 28, 2026
From Training to Openness: How Hands-On Training Changed Social Workers’ Attitudes Toward Forced Migrants
- EnvironmentOctober 16, 2026
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Larger Fat Cells Linked to How the Body Handles Fat After Meals
Professor André Carpentier's team found that, regardless of body fat, people with larger belly fat cells took more fat into the heart after meals and stored more in deep belly fat.
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Enzyme TREX2 causes most mutations in lab-grown cells lacking mismatch repair
Professor Paul Hasty's team found that the enzyme TREX2 drives most spontaneous mutations in lab-grown mouse stem cells and human cancer cells lacking mismatch repair, and removing it cut mutations.
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