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Medical Xpress / Cancer stress protein helps tumors hide from immune system

A protein made by stressed cancer cells helps lung and pancreatic tumors evade the immune system, a new study shows. Led by researchers from NYU Langone Health, the work found that new drugs designed to block the action of ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Most roadless areas in Great Britain are smaller than 1 km², fragmenting wildlife habitats

Britain's landscape is highly fragmented by roads, with researchers from Cardiff University finding that more than 70% of the UK's roadless areas are smaller than 1 km2. The researchers say that more than 60% of roadless ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Eighteen years of mobilizing marginalized students, making science more innovative

The Lamat Institute at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is a cohort-based research program designed to advance astronomy and planetary sciences by mobilizing the talents of students from marginalized backgrounds ...

14 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / People are overconfident about spotting AI faces, study finds

Most people believe they can spot AI-generated faces, but that confidence is out of date, research from UNSW Sydney and the Australian National University (ANU) has demonstrated. With AI-generated faces now almost impossible ...

23 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Medical Xpress / Medicare patients get different stroke care depending on plan, analysis reveals

A first-of-its-kind analysis has revealed significant differences in stroke outcomes and stroke care for patients on government-run traditional Medicare plans versus those on Medicare Advantage, offered by private insurers. ...

13 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Researchers warn ESA loopholes may speed coral loss around Guam

The United States government is rolling back conservation policies in a way that demonstrably risks accelerating already at-risk coral reefs around its island territory, Guam, in the Pacific Ocean. Part of the issue is the ...

14 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Tin isotopes reveal clues to nuclear stability

Separated by an ocean and more than a decade, innovative experiments with 31 tin isotopes having either a surplus or shortage of neutrons show how neutrons influence nuclear stability and element formation. The experiments, ...

15 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / Big data and human height: Scientists develop algorithm to boost biobank data retrieval and analysis

Extracting and analyzing relevant medical information from large-scale databases such as biobanks poses considerable challenges. To exploit such "big data," attempts have focused on large sampling algorithms that model individual ...

23 hours ago in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Evidence suggests chatbot disclaimers may backfire, strengthening emotional bonds

Concerns that chatbot use can cause mental and physical harm have prompted policies that require AI chatbots to deliver regular or constant reminders that they are not human. In an opinion appearing in Trends in Cognitive ...

23 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Treating patients with lifestyle medicine may help reduce clinician burnout

Health care professionals report that treating patients with lifestyle medicine helps to reduce burnout by increasing professional satisfaction, meaning, and a sense of effectiveness at work, according to a new study published ...

14 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Blending hydrogen into gas pipelines could enrich utilities and harm Californians

The people of Orange Cove in Fresno County could soon be an unwilling part of an experiment in dangerous, expensive utility boondoggles. And if California's gas companies get their way, families statewide will be forced to ...

14 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Mass production technology developed for ultra-high color purity perovskite emitters

A research team led by Professor Tae-Woo Lee has developed a technology to mass produce ultra-high color purity perovskite nanocrystals (PeNCs), the core material for next-generation displays, without the need for high temperature, ...

16 hours ago in Nanotechnology