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Medical Xpress / Newly identified immune cell type could hold key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play a critical role in fibrosis, the buildup of scar tissue that can lead to organ failure and disfigurement. ...

4 minutes ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Myeloid mimicry enables kidney tumors to resist immunotherapy and worsen rapidly, study finds

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found that renal medullary carcinoma (RMC) cells use an adaptive mechanism called "myeloid mimicry" to hide from the immune system and promote disease ...

46 minutes ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / New X-ray method captures 3 image-contrast types in a single shot

University of Houston researchers developed a new X-ray imaging method capable of revealing hidden features in a single shot, a breakthrough that could advance cancer detection, disease monitoring, security screening and ...

49 minutes ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Programmable metamaterial can morph into more configurations than there are atoms in the universe

The Wave Engineering for eXtreme and Intelligent maTErials (We-Xite) lab, led by engineering assistant professor Osama R. Bilal, has developed a reconfigurable metamaterial that can control sound waves—bending them, dampening ...

39 minutes ago in Engineering
Phys.org / A 65-year-old linguistics framework challenged by modern research

In a re-evaluation of Hockett's foundational features that have long dominated linguistic theory—concepts like "arbitrariness," "duality of patterning," and "displacement"—an international team of linguists and cognitive ...

18 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Can narrating immigrants' pain and tragedy reduce perceived threat to Muslim immigrants in the US?

US media and politicians often celebrate beautiful stories of immigrants arriving in America, finding a new home, and thriving in the land of opportunity.

38 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Who is to blame when AI goes wrong? Study points to shared responsibility

Artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming an integral part of our everyday lives and with that emerges a pressing question: Who should be held responsible when AI goes wrong? AI lacks consciousness and free will, which makes ...

35 minutes ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / HER2-targeted therapy shows promising results in rare bile duct cancers

Zanidatamab, a bispecific HER2-targeted antibody, delivered clinically meaningful and durable responses for patients with HER2-positive biliary tract cancer (BTC), according to final results from the HERIZON-BTC-01 clinical ...

53 minutes ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Stress and a toxic workplace culture can cause insider cybersecurity threats

While most organizations address cybersecurity issues with technology and surveillance, Emmanuel Anti's research argues that empathy may be a more effective defense. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Vaasa explores ...

22 minutes ago in Security
Phys.org / Media, sentiment, power: Study shows negative media coverage of migrants triggers discriminatory welfare decisions

In recent years, right-wing populist parties have experienced significant political success across nearly all Western democracies. With their increasing political establishment, xenophobic attitudes have become normalized. ...

20 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Puzzling ultraviolet radiation in the birthplaces of stars

Researchers used the MIRI instrument onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to identify the presence of ultraviolet radiation in five young stars in the Ophiuchus region, and to understand its role in the formation ...

1 hour ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Adaptive method helps light-based quantum processors act more like neural networks

Machine learning models called convolutional neural networks (CNNs) power technologies like image recognition and language translation. A quantum counterpart—known as a quantum convolutional neural network (QCNN)—could ...

1 hour ago in Physics