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A Stanford Medicine team has developed a novel antibody-based approach that prepares patients for stem cell transplants without relying on toxic chemotherapy or radiation. Credit: Stock A Phase 1 clinical trial has shown that an antibody developed at Stanford Medicine can prepare patients for stem cell transplantation while avoiding toxic side effects. A phase 1 clinical trial has demonstrated that …

Pulsar B1509-58 and a hand-shaped nebula known as MSH 15-52 – credit, NASA / CXC / Un Hong Kong Zhang et al. via SWNS A coalition of telescopes have allowed astronomers to produce an image of the nebula MSH 15-52 in unprecedented color and detail. Centered in the middle of the nebula is a pulsar, or the rapidly-spinning, extremely dense …

For the first time, scientists have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to study the origins of a bizarre, record-breaking radio signal that flashed past Earth earlier this year. Tracking the bright radio burst to the edge of a galaxy some 130 million light-years from Earth, the researchers used JWST’s infrared eye to identify a powerful explosion of energy …

Stanford scientists have found an unexpectedly simple way to mass-produce tiny brain-like structures in the lab. This breakthrough could transform how researchers study brain development, disorders, and potential treatments. Credit: Shutterstock A food additive made mass production of brain organoids possible. Researchers can now study development and disease at scale. A cross-disciplinary group of Wu Tsai Neuro researchers working with …

There’s a Black Moon on the rise, but if that phrase conjures a similar Creedence Clearwater Revival lyric in your head, relax: This one isn’t bound to take your life.  A so-called Black Moon isn’t an astronomical term, but it is a mysterious nickname that, confusingly, could refer to a couple different lunar scenarios.  The buzz right now centers on …

Antarctica has long been seen as a remote, unchanging environment. Not any more. The ice-covered continent and the surrounding Southern Ocean are undergoing abrupt and alarming changes. Sea ice is shrinking rapidly, the floating glaciers known as ice shelves are melting faster, the ice sheets carpeting the continent are approaching tipping points and vital ocean currents show signs of slowing …

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You know that feeling when everyone tells you something is impossible, so you never even try? That is what happened in chemistry for a hundred years. Students memorized a rule, one called Bredt’s rule, and then everyone obeyed it. Professors taught it. Nobody questioned it. And it was wrong. The team of chemists behind this study didn’t set out to …

Topline Skywatchers will be treated to a rare spectacle on Saturday, Aug. 23, as six planets line up in a pre-dawn parade. Also called a planetary alignment, the display will feature Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Uranus and Neptune. Four of these planets — Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury — will be visible to the naked eye, with Mercury currently relatively …