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Medical Xpress / Automated system enables real-time malignancy grading of prostate tumors

The precise identification of tumor boundaries during radical prostatectomy remains a major clinical challenge. As positive surgical margins occur in 15–40% of prostate cancer cases, the risk of postoperative recurrence ...

18 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Antarctic mountains could boost ocean carbon absorption as ice sheets thin

Research led by polar scientists from Northumbria University has revealed new hope in natural environmental systems found in East Antarctica which could help mitigate the overall rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere over ...

21 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / X-ray technique captures footage of crystals growing in liquid metal

Researchers have successfully grown platinum crystals in liquid metal, using a powerful X-ray technique giving rare insight into how these delicate crystals form and grow.

20 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / How neighborhoods can work to address rise in black bear encounters

UCLA's famed campus Bruin statue doesn't have it all that different from his living, breathing cousins some 30 miles away in the San Gabriel Mountain communities. When encountered on Bruin Walk, people will instinctively ...

12 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Record-setting charge mobility in germanium-silicon material points to energy-saving quantum chips

Most modern semiconductors are fabricated of or on silicon (Si), but as devices get smaller and denser, they dissipate more power and, as a result, are reaching their physical limits. Germanium (Ge)—once used in the first ...

22 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Nontraditional benefits play key role in retaining under-35 government health worker

Younger workers in governmental public health place significantly higher value on nontraditional benefits than their older counterparts, according to a new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Flexible ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / It's a bird, it's a drone, it's both: AI tech monitors turkey behavior

At a time when millions of Americans have turkey on their minds, a team of researchers led by an animal scientist at Penn State has successfully tested a new way for poultry producers to keep their turkeys in sight.

12 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / The gift that keeps on giving: How solar panels on farms can help increase crop yields

Solar farm projects in the Canadian province of Alberta have been put on hold or canceled because of a recent increase in regulations in the province. The new regulations ban solar panels from agricultural land and force ...

12 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Cosmic dust vital for sparking life in space, study suggests

Tiny particles of space dust could be vital for creating the complex molecules needed for life more quickly, scientists say.

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Certain immune cell subtypes drive lupus, study finds

Detailed mapping of CD4⁺ T cells from children with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) has revealed distinct immune cell subsets with likely roles in disease pathogenesis, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine ...

20 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Five key blood proteins may reveal hidden danger of early death

Elevated levels of five proteins in our blood can help predict risk of mortality, a new study from the University of Surrey finds. Scientists believe the proteins (PLAUR, SERPINA3, CRIM1, DDR1 and LTBP2), that play key roles ...

21 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Doctors still outperform AI in clinical reasoning, study shows

AI may ace multiple-choice medical exams, but it still stumbles when faced with changing clinical information, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine.

22 hours ago in Medical research