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Phys.org / Electrical fingerprint on tiny cell particles could offer new way to spot pancreatic cancer signals

An electrical fingerprint found on tiny particles in the blood may help detect signs of pancreatic cancer that are often overlooked, according to new research from Rice University. The researchers developed a device that ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Coyote density is 9 times higher in Seattle than in Washington's wildlands

Once coyotes get a taste for city living, the call of the wild fades to a whisper. Food is abundant and predators are few. Research indicates that coyotes enjoy the benefits of urban areas enough to put up with all the people, ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Researchers lead statewide effort to reduce cancer risk for firefighters

Inside the hazard simulation lab at Iowa State University, Guowen Song watches a column of engineered smoke curl upward from a controlled burn.

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Study answers long-debated structural question of primate cone photoreceptors

For more than 60 years, scientists have debated a basic structural question about cone photoreceptors, the cells that let vertebrates see color: Are their light-sensing disk membranes closed off inside the cell, or are they ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Keeping elite women's basketball players healthy during international competition

Two UCLA Health doctors, both faculty in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and team physicians for UCLA Athletics and professional sports teams, are accompanying the 2026 ...

11 hours ago
Phys.org / Indonesia rescues six orangutans from fires in a week

Six orangutans, including two nursing infants, have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said Thursday, bringing the total to 15 in a month.

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Phys.org / Global heat stuck on high. Scientists say August was Earth's hottest month they've measured.

Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Niño, according to the European climate ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Anthropic researcher resigns with warning about the dangers of AI development

An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Timing 1080 drops to prevent predators bouncing back

While aerial 1080 drops sharply reduce numbers of rats and stoats, the predators—especially ship rats—can rebound to higher numbers within a few years. Studying 24 years of small-mammal tracking records across New Zealand's ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / A stronger-than-normal El Nino alarms scientists over Galápagos wildlife and forests

The prediction that this season's El Niño phenomenon will be stronger than normal has alarmed the Ecuadorian scientific community, which has warned of its impact on the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands, home to the ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Kill the cookie banner, digital rights groups urge EU

It's time for the European Union to kill those pesky cookie banners seeking users' consent on websites, nearly 20 groups and academics demanded Thursday.

14 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Chinese electric bike imports surge as Africa's EV investments diversify

Africa's imports of electric motorcycles and three-wheelers from China rose sharply in the first half of 2026, an increase that highlights a divide in the continent's transition to electric vehicles.

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