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Medical Xpress / Ovarian cancer cells surprise scientists—the body's own defense may be the key to longer survival

A new study sheds light on why some patients with the most aggressive form of ovarian cancer respond better to treatment than others. Tumors positive for a molecule called MHC class II are linked to stronger immune responses ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Afraid of chemistry at school? It's not all the subject's fault

Apart from a few exceptional cases, chemistry is often perceived as difficult, abstract and removed from real life. This affects students' motivation and choices, discouraging them from pursuing academic and professional ...

14 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Smokefree generation law could see English smoking prevalence drop below 5% decades earlier than expected

New research, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that smoking prevalence among 12- to 30-year-olds in England could drop below 5% decades earlier than expected, if the government progressively raises ...

8 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Weather pushes back SpaceX's Crew-12 window, opening door for first ULA launch of year

NASA's plans to get the first human spaceflight of the year off the pad have to hold off until at least Friday because of weather constraints along the flight path needed in case of emergency. That delay, though, opens the ...

16 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / We need to plan for what we fear, not just what we expect

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA)—the statutory agency responsible for planning the Basin's water resources—has just shared the starkest news yet about the Basin's future: the Basin is almost certainly going to ...

4 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Five ways quantum technology could shape everyday life

The unveiling by IBM of two new quantum supercomputers and Denmark's plans to develop "the world's most powerful commercial quantum computer" mark just two of the latest developments in quantum technology's increasingly rapid ...

19 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Anomalous magnetoresistance emerges in antiferromagnetic kagome semimetal

Researchers from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from the Institute of Semiconductors of CAS, revealed anomalous oscillatory magnetoresistance ...

17 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods: So how can it be saved?

More than a year after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the economic aftershocks of the disaster still permeate the lives of the people who survived it. Fewer than a dozen homes in some of the city's hardest-hit neighborhoods ...

16 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Survey finds flashing and cyberflashing drives women to change routes and online habits

Women are being forced to change their behaviors due to the high levels of flashing and cyberflashing they are exposed to, according to new research co-led by the Durham University Law School. Cyberflashing—generally sending ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / UK's crumbling canals threatened with collapse

On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.

10 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Researchers discover L1td1 maintains stem cell pluripotency by degrading totipotency-associated RNAs

A new study has found that L1td1, a protein evolutionarily co-opted from the Long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE1) retrotransposon, functions as a critical "gatekeeper" restricting pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) from ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Study reveals floods are the biggest drivers of plastic pollution in rivers

Plastic pollution has become a major global environmental concern as modern societies rely increasingly on plastic products. Much of this plastic waste eventually reaches the ocean, with rivers acting as the main transport ...

18 hours ago in Earth