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Medical Xpress / Tattoos could be a risk factor for melanoma

An increasing number of Swedes are getting tattoos and Sweden's population is now one of the most tattooed in Europe. At the same time, the incidence of melanoma is increasing. A new epidemiological study from Lund University ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Residents bring innovation and compassion to Zambia through global health rotation

In Lusaka, Zambia, where clinical improvisation is often essential, Mayo Clinic anesthesiologist Kashmira Chawla, M.D., led a group of senior residents from Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education (MCSGME) on a collaborative ...

20 hours ago in Other
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 ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Fighting Crohn's with algae—can it heal the gut?

The first week of December marks Crohn's & Colitis Awareness Week. Since 1990, cases of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have nearly doubled. It has risen fastest among those aged 15–39. IBD is a chronic inflammation of ...

Medical Xpress / Many men may not need long-term hormone therapy for prostate cancer, study suggests

A study co-led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found that most of the benefits of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) for prostate cancer occur within the first 9 to 12 months. Extending ...

22 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / New receiver frontend system achieves 108 Gb/s data rate using PAM-8 signals

High-voltage, higher-order PAM-8 signals are essential to achieve data rates beyond 100 Gb/s, requiring highly linear receivers to maintain excellent signal-to-noise ratios.

23 hours ago in Telecom
Phys.org / In a new documentary, researchers investigate when Greenland was ice-free

Approximately 400,000 years ago, some areas of Greenland that are now covered by a thick layer of ice were exposed to fresh air and sunlight. Today, the Greenland Ice Sheet covers most of the land mass, but the southwestern ...

14 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Student maps where cyclists really go—and why it matters for city planning

A study co-authored by UBC Okanagan Associate Professor Dr. Mahmudur Fatmi and doctoral student Bijoy Saha uses Okanagan travel-diary data to model destination choices across full bike "tours."

23 hours ago in Automotive
Medical Xpress / Research challenges idea that gene PTPN22 boosts production of interferons

A new paper from the University of Kansas overturns the idea that a "risk gene" carried by millions of people worldwide influences production of type 1 interferon, a workhorse of the immune system. The work is published in ...

22 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Bringing AI into the NICU: How algorithms may help infants' eyes, health

When ophthalmologist Emily Cole, MD, steps into the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Children's Hospital Colorado to evaluate an infant's eyes for a disease called retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), it's not uncommon ...

22 hours ago in Ophthalmology
Phys.org / Researchers propose novel BaTiO₃-based catalyst for oxidative coupling of methane

Perovskites—a class of compounds with a unique ABX3 structure and high temperature stability—are promising materials for energy conversion.

23 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Experimental proof shows quantum world is even stranger than previously thought

The quantum world is famously weird—a single particle can be in two places at once, its properties are undefined until they are measured, and the very act of measuring a quantum system changes everything. But according ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Physics