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Medical Xpress / A new view of intestinal regeneration: What fetal reversion could mean for IBD and cancer

Dynamic switching between revival stem cells and conventional intestinal stem cells enables efficient tissue repair without exhausting the stem cell pool, report researchers from Institute of Science Tokyo. Using organoid ...

Mar 27, 2026
Tech Xplore / Bat-inspired ultrasound helps palm-sized drones navigate fog and smoke

A team led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researcher Nitin J. Sanket has shown that ultrasound sensors and a form of artificial intelligence (AI) can enable palm-sized aerial robots to navigate with limited power ...

Mar 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Yahoo turns to AI-powered answer engine Scout to lead it back to its roots in online search

Internet trailblazer Yahoo is exploring technology's next frontier with Scout, an answer engine powered by artificial intelligence. Scout seems insightful, based on its response to a question posed by The Associated Press ...

Mar 27, 2026
Medical Xpress / Astrocytes in the amygdala may play a key role in anxiety

In a study published in Neuron, Ciaran Murphy-Royal, researcher at the Center de recherche du Center hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), and his team show that astrocyte activity in the brain's fear center, ...

Mar 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Video-based AI gives robots a visual imagination

In a major step toward more adaptable and intuitive machines, Kempner Institute Investigator Yilun Du and his collaborators have unveiled a new kind of artificial intelligence system that lets robots "envision" their actions ...

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / New COVID 'Cicada' variant is spreading—what experts want you to know

Another new COVID variant is starting to spread. Health officials say the variant—known as BA.3.2 or "Cicada"—has been quietly circulating for years but is now being detected more often in the United States and around the ...

Mar 27, 2026
Phys.org / Urban blue tits use discarded cigarette butts to protect their nests, study suggests

Discarded litter not only makes our streets and neighborhoods look untidy, but it can also pose a significant risk to wildlife. However, in a surprising development, a study published in the journal Animal Behaviour reports ...

Mar 23, 2026
Medical Xpress / Designing global flu vaccines? Studies suggest common IGHD deletions may block key antibodies

Inherited variations in antibody genes can affect how we respond to infections and vaccines, show two new studies from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Immunity. The researchers have mapped immune gene variation ...

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Single-cell study reveals how immune memory cells remember threats

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have identified how certain immune cells are molecularly programmed to respond faster when the body encounters a familiar threat, shedding light on immune memory and its links to diseases ...

Mar 26, 2026
Phys.org / Ancient fish used their lungs to hear underwater, scientists reveal

How did ancient fish perceive their environment in the deep sea? An international team led by scientists from the Natural History Museum of Geneva (MHNG) and the University of Geneva (UNIGE) reveals that some coelacanths—fish ...

Mar 26, 2026
Tech Xplore / Holographic storage approach packs more data into the same space by encoding three properties of light

Researchers have developed a holographic data storage approach that stores and retrieves information in three dimensions by combining three properties of light—amplitude, phase and polarization. By allowing more data to be ...

Mar 26, 2026
Medical Xpress / Why some cancer therapies don't work for all patients: A tumor backup survival pathway

Drugs that block enzymes called tyrosine kinases are among the most effective targeted therapies for cancer. However, they typically work for only 40% to 80% of the patients who would be expected to respond to them. In a ...

Mar 26, 2026