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Medical Xpress / You're not too young for bowel cancer

Colorectal or bowel cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers, affecting approximately 1 in 20 Australians.

7 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Daydreaming algorithm helps AI remember what matters

During the day, our brain acquires new memories; at night, during sleep, it consolidates the important ones and eliminates the useless ones. A similar principle has been applied to Hopfield networks, one of the classic models ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How a nicotine reduction policy could reduce smoking disparities and boost productivity

Implementing a federal nicotine reduction strategy may prevent millions of premature deaths, boost productivity and significantly close smoking disparity gaps for individuals with major depression, according to Rutgers Health ...

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Phys.org / Cave reveals influence of Antarctica and El Niño on extreme rainfall in the South of Brazil

A cave in the interior of Paraná state in Brazil contains a "climate archive" that enabled Brazilian researchers to reconstruct the history of extreme rainfall in Brazil's South Region over the past 7,500 years. Their findings ...

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Medical Xpress / Blood-based test can predict risk of developing symptoms of Alzheimer's up to a decade early

A blood test for the biomarker phosphorylated tau 217 (p-tau217) recently received federal clearance, but questions have emerged about the extent to which such tests can accurately predict whether a cognitively healthy individual ...

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Phys.org / Hydrology professor develops simple outdoor flood alarm to save lives

In the aftermath of the devastating July 4, 2025, floods that took 139 lives in Central Texas, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin set out to make a new type of outdoor flood alarm: a low-tech, loud ...

9 hours ago
Phys.org / Astronomers uncover the earliest known signs of galaxy-building in action

Astronomers at Durham University have made a major advance in understanding how galaxies formed and evolved in the early universe. Using powerful new observations, the team discovered the most distant example ever found of ...

22 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop 'SyMerge' technology maximizing AI model synergy

Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) announced that an artificial intelligence research team from the College of Computing and Informatics, consisting of Professor Sung-Eun Hong and researchers Ae-cheon Jeong and Seung-hwan Lee, ...

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Medical Xpress / India's immunization program reduced child mortality but highlights need for coordinating health, education policies

Each year, approximately 700,000 children worldwide die from diseases that vaccines could have prevented, nearly all of them in low- and middle-income countries. New research from University of Notre Dame economist Santosh ...

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Phys.org / Mystery of why some toads survive deadly fungus revealed

The mystery of why some amphibian populations recover following outbreaks of a deadly fungus has been solved in a new study led by University College London (UCL), ZSL and Imperial College London.

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Medical Xpress / Many women still confused about perimenopause

Perimenopause is an underrecognized life stage that is often accompanied by complex and fluctuating symptoms. A new study sought to quantify the prevalence of perimenopause uncertainty and identify its primary causes. It ...

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Medical Xpress / Sri Lanka expands anti-dengue drive as deaths mount

Sri Lanka is intensifying a military-backed drive to contain the spread of mosquito-borne dengue fever, a senior official said Wednesday, as the death toll climbed to 49 since the start of the year.

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