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Medical Xpress / You should wear sunscreen even if you have darker skin. Here's why
People with darker skin still need to wear sunscreen—for more reasons than one.
Medical Xpress / Long-term remission of advanced liver cancer in 46% of patients achieved with combination therapy
An interdisciplinary research team has demonstrated a durable and lasting response to a novel treatment—combined locoregional therapy and immunotherapy (LRT-IO)—for advanced liver cancer patients. The study marks the ...
Medical Xpress / Sierra Leone reports more than 3,000 mpox cases, 14 deaths
The number of cases of mpox registered in Sierra Leone since the beginning of the year has hit 3,011, with 14 dead of the disease, according to new government data.
Phys.org / Research reveals missed opportunities to save George Floyd's life
The murder of George Floyd could have been avoided if police had responded to the concerns of bystanders, reveals research led by Lancaster University.
Medical Xpress / Working women are too often left to deal with endometriosis alone. But big changes could be coming
Endometriosis is a long-term and invisible gynecological condition that affects around 1.5 million women in the UK alone. It's known for its unpredictable and debilitating symptoms, like chronic pelvic pain, heavy periods ...
Medical Xpress / Early prediction of preterm birth in cell-free RNA could reshape prevention strategies
Children born before 37 weeks of gestation have a considerably increased risk of dying before they reach the age of five. Predicting the risk of preterm birth (PTB) and hence implementing preventive strategies is complicated ...
Phys.org / From peasant fodder to posh fare: How snails and oysters became luxury foods
Oysters and escargot are recognized as luxury foods around the world—but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein.
Phys.org / Detecting the primordial black holes that could be today's dark matter
Besides particles like sterile neutrinos, axions and weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs), a leading candidate for the cold dark matter of the universe are primordial black holes—black holes created from extremely ...
Phys.org / Do photons wear out? An astrophysicist explains light's ability to travel vast cosmic distances without losing energy
My telescope, set up for astrophotography in my light-polluted San Diego backyard, was pointed at a galaxy unfathomably far from Earth. My wife, Cristina, walked up just as the first space photo streamed to my tablet. It ...
Phys.org / Infrared contact lenses allow people to see in the dark, even with their eyes closed
Neuroscientists and materials scientists have created contact lenses that enable infrared vision in both humans and mice by converting infrared light into visible light. Unlike infrared night vision goggles, the contact lenses, ...
Phys.org / The new, farthest galaxy has been found by JWST, only 280 million years after the Big Bang
The JWST has done it again. The powerful space telescope has already revealed the presence of bright galaxies only several hundred million years after the Big Bang. Now, it's sensed light from a galaxy only 280 million years ...
Dialog / Could black holes be growing inside stars—silently and forever?
When people think of black holes, they imagine something dramatic: a star exploding in space, collapsing in on itself, and forming a cosmic monster that eats everything around it. But what if black holes didn't always begin ...
