Driving the CAR to fight acute myeloid leukemia
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A well-timed “furrowed face”—a subtle expression we instinctively recognize as “thinking”—can make androids appear less creepy and more relatable to humans.
Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers from Waseda University have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films consisting of alternating layers of highly cross-linked organosiloxane and linear polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Their film is more durable than conventional self-healing PDMS materials, offering superior hardness and greater thermal stability while self-healing at mild temperatures, paving the way for stronger, more reliable, and easier-maintained self-healing materials.
A novel technique to visualize gene-active and gene-repressive DNA regions in living cells, developed by a multi-institutional team based in Japan. The technique reveals the distinct physical properties of chromatin—gene-active euchromatin acts like a liquid, while gene-repressive heterochromatin behaves like a gel—shedding light on their roles in gene expression and DNA replication, with potential implications for understanding genome regulation.
Authoritarian states increasingly use persuasive narratives to shape public opinion in democracies. A new study finds that Japanese voters are broadly susceptible to illiberal narratives from China and Russia, which exert a stronger influence than democratic messaging. Surprisingly, susceptibility was widespread across the population, regardless of political knowledge or beliefs. The findings highlight Japan’s vulnerability to foreign influence operations and underscore the urgent need for countermeasures to protect democratic discourse from manipulative, cognitive warfare.
Osaka Metropolitan University physicists present a case study of the critical phenomena around Argyres-Douglas singularity of N = 2 susy made at (𝐴1, 𝐴4𝑘−1), 𝑘=1,2 realized by one unitary matrix model.