A Kyushu University team showed for the first time that RPS19, long known as an anemia gene, also suppresses cancer by keeping p53 working. The finding hints at repurposing existing MDM2-inhibitor drugs.
Water beads up and rolls off a raincoat, so surely it slips along surfaces that repel it? A Kyushu University and University of Illinois team built a measurement 159 times more sensitive than before and found the opposite: water barely slips at all, regardless of wettability. Here's what that means for desalination and cooling tech.