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Ultrasound-directed microbubbles could boost immune response against tumors

Sciencedaily.com 

Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated human immune cells with tightly focused ultrasound beams and clinically approved contrast agent microbubbles. When hit with the ultrasound, the bubbles vibrate at extremely high frequency, acting as a push-pull on the walls of the T cell's membranes. This can mimic the T cell's natural response to the presence of an antigen. Читать дальше...

Coyote genes may show urban evolution at work

Sciencedaily.com 

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

This quasar may have helped turn the lights on for the universe

Sciencedaily.com 

Astronomers have detected an intensely brightening and dimming quasar that may help explain how some objects in the early universe grew at a highly accelerated rate. The discovery is the most distant object detected by the NuSTAR X-ray space telescope (which launched in 2012) and stands as one of the most highly 'variable' quasars ever identified.

Upstart Unveils New Sales Tools and Redesigned Auto Financing Platform

PYMNTS.com 

Artificial intelligence (AI) lending marketplace Upstart has introduced enhancements to its auto retail platform. The updates, announced Wednesday (Jan. 15), help car dealers streamline financing and close sales more quickly. “With consumer confidence and vehicle sales on the rise, and the majority of car buyers still preferring to complete their purchase at a dealership, the […]

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Is eating more red meat bad for your brain?

Sciencedaily.com 

People who eat more red meat, especially processed red meat like bacon, sausage and bologna, are more likely to have a higher risk of cognitive decline and dementia when compared to those who eat very little red meat, according to a new study.

How does Tourette syndrome differ by sex?

Sciencedaily.com 

Tourette syndrome is currently diagnosed about three times more frequently in males than in females. A new study finds that female individuals are less likely to be diagnosed with the syndrome, take longer to receive a diagnosis and are older when they are diagnosed than male individuals.

Disrupter in Chief Trump

The Wall Street Journal 

He used to be accused of breaking norms. Now it’s ‘disruption.’ That’s progress.

The Tulip Siddiq corruption row tells you all you need to know about Keir Starmer and co’s view on sleaze

TheSun.co.uk 

YOU may not have heard of Tulip Siddiq until this week.

This proper little madam, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate (natch), has not done much to distinguish herself in Parliament.

Ousted MP Tulip Siddiq represents all that is hypocritical about Labour and Sir Keir StarmerRex Features AFPTulip has now resigned her ­ministerial job, telling Starmer she didn’t want to become ‘a distraction from the work of government’[/caption]

But she is worth examining.

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New York City shutters sprawling migrant tent camp on remote former airfield

The Independent 

New York City has shuttered a sprawling tent complex erected on a remote former airport and announced the closure of other major shelters housing asylum seekers in its latest efforts to shrink an emergency housing built up in response to a surge of migration that’s now receding

Proposal would provide free community college for some in NYS

News10.com 

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)---Affordability was the main theme of Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State Address. Tuition free community college was among her biggest proposals. "You want to change jobs, you can go back to community college on us," said Hochul on Tuesday. SUNY and CUNY community colleges could be free for some students ages 25-55, [...]