A new study demonstrates that a build-up of fat around the waist can cause more…
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Scientists find a way to cure hepatitis C with 6 weeks of treatment
A pilot study found that all patients with acute HCV who were treated with a…
Investigational treatment provides hope for some chronic liver disease sufferers
A new study provides hope for a new treatment in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis,…
Potential first-in-class treatment is well-tolerated in patients with chronic hepatitis B
New data confirms that a novel first-in-class treatment for hepatitis B, called NVR 3-778, is…
Novel polymeric materials from palm oil derivatives
Palm oil is not a polymer; but through chemical reactions it can be converted to…
Artificial leaf? Successful synthesis of ammonia using visible light, water, and atmospheric nitrogen
By using a photoelectrode in which gold nanoparticles are loaded on an oxide semiconductor substrate,…
The ‘I’s’ in Team
A new study examines teams in sports and business and looks at how adding star…
Extreme universe recreated in the lab
Conditions in the vast universe can be quite extreme: Violent collisions scar the surfaces of…
Too much ‘noise’ can affect brain development
Using cutting-edge imaging technology, biologists have determined that uncontrolled fluctuations (known at “noise) in the…
‘Odd couple’ monolayer semiconductors align to advance optoelectronics
Scientists synthesized a stack of atomically thin monolayers of two lattice-mismatched semiconductors and created an…