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Medical Xpress / Short-circuiting pancreatic cancer: A potential RNA therapy

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is the most lethal form of pancreas cancer. It's also the most common form of the disease. Potential treatments typically target a key mutated oncogene called KRAS. In some cases, PDAC ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Asteroid impact simulation reveals the hidden strength of space rocks

Physicists at the University of Oxford have contributed to a new study which has found that iron-rich asteroids can tolerate far more energy than previously thought without breaking apart—a breakthrough with direct implications ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ultrasonic sensor capable enables cuffless, non-invasive blood pressure measurement

A new technology has been developed that enables cuffless noninvasive blood pressure monitoring by using ultrasonic to track real-time changes in vascular diameter—without the need for a traditional cuff. The technology ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Marine pollutants disrupt cellular energy production in seabirds

Common pollutants are disrupting energy production at the cellular level in wild seabirds, potentially affecting fitness, new research reveals. The study, published in Environment & Health, focused on Scopoli's shearwaters ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Multi-pronged antibodies could boost immune response to cancer

Researchers at the University of Southampton have developed a promising new way to bolster the body's immune system response to cancer.

Jan 8, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Ancient clay cylinders provide first foundation text documenting Nebuchadnezzar II's restoration of the ziggurat of Kish

In 2013, two local Iraqis handed over two inscribed clay cylinders to the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage. Subsequent analysis and translation of the inscriptions published in Iraq revealed them to belong to King ...

Jan 6, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / NASA cancels spacewalk due to medical issue and may bring the crew back early

NASA canceled its first spacewalk of the year and may bring its crew back early from the International Space Station due to an onboard medical issue.

Jan 8, 2026 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Believing that first impressions are fixed may ease social anxiety, study finds

A new study from Bar-Ilan University reveals that people with social anxiety, a common condition marked by fear or discomfort in social situations, may actually feel and perform better when they believe that others' opinions ...

Jan 8, 2026 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Language shapes visual processing in both human brains and AI models, study finds

Neuroscientists have been trying to understand how the brain processes visual information for over a century. The development of computational models inspired by the brain's layered organization, also known as deep neural ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / 60,000-year-old traces of world's oldest arrow poison reveal early advanced hunting techniques

Researchers from South Africa and Sweden have found the oldest traces of arrow poison in the world to date. On 60,000-year-old quartz arrowheads from Umhlatuzana Rock Shelter in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, researchers have ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / A high-protein diet can defeat cholera infection, according to study

Cholera, a severe bacterial infection that causes diarrhea and kills if untreated, can be defeated with a diet high in protein, according to a new study from UC Riverside.

Phys.org / North Pacific winter storm tracks shifting poleward much faster than predicted

Alaska's glaciers are melting at an accelerating pace, losing roughly 60 billion tons of ice each year. About 4,000 kilometers to the south, in California and Nevada, records for heat and dryness are being shattered, creating ...

Jan 7, 2026 in Earth