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The hidden superconducting state in NbSe₂: Shedding layers and gaining insights

Researchers have discovered an unexpected superconducting transition in extremely thin films of niobium diselenide (NbSe2). Publishing in Nature Communications, they found that when these films become thinner than six atomic layers, superconductivity no longer spreads evenly throughout the material, but instead becomes confined to its surface.

This discovery challenges previous assumptions and could have important implications for understanding and developing advanced quantum technologies.

Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have made a surprising discovery about how superconductivity behaves in extremely thin materials. Superconductors are materials that allow electric current to flow without resistance, which makes them incredibly valuable for technology. Usually, the properties of superconductors change predictably when the materials become thinner; however, this study found something unexpected.

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Effective Components of Collaborative Care for Depression in Primary Care: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis

This meta-analysis using individual patient data assesses which components of collaborative care are most effective in reducing symptoms of depression in primary care.

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A Circuit Linking DNA Repair, Inflammation & Aging is Found

As our bodies grow, cells proliferate to form tissues, and cells frequently have to be repaired or replaced throughout life. But the genome can also become less stable over time, or may pick up mutations that can lead to disease; these and other processes can cause cells to enter a state in which they stop dividing, known as senescence. Senescent cells become more common as we age. There also tends to be more inflammation as we age, but the link between increasing instability in the genome and inflammation is not well understood. Now scientists have reported a direct connection between DNA instability and inflammation in senescent cells. The findings have been reported in Nature Communications.

“In addition to no longer growing and proliferating, the other hallmark of senescent cells is that they have this inflammatory program causing them to secrete inflammatory molecules,” noted senior study author Peter Adams, Ph.D., director and professor of the Cancer Genome and Epigenetics Program at Sanford Burnham Prebys.

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Millions of Brits could be ‘cancer resistant’ and discovery could help find a cure

MILLIONS of people may be “cancer-resistant”, according to experts.

Scientists are being offered up to £20million to work out why some are tumour-proof.

About one in two Brits get cancer but tumours do not develop in everyone who would be expected to get one, such as heavy smokers.

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Nanotechnology could improve odds in treating aggressive breast cancers

University of Queensland researchers are designing nanotechnology they believe could improve how we treat the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

Professor Chengzhong (Michael) Yu and his team are developing novel nanoparticles that could dramatically increase the effectiveness of immunotherapies when treating triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC).

TNBC is aggressive, fast-growing and accounts for 30 per cent of all breast cancer deaths in Australia each year, despite making up only 10 to 15 per cent of new cases.

Professor Yu, from UQ’s Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), said a new solution was needed because TNBC cancer cells lacked the proteins targeted by some of the treatments used against other cancers.

UQ researchers are designing nanotechnology they believe could improve how we treat the most aggressive form of breast cancer.

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