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Medical Xpress / Ancient Arctic adaptations may influence modern disease risk

Over the past 25 years, Greenlanders have experienced a dramatic increase in cardiometabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Scientists have already linked their increased risk of these diseases ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Heat shock protein masks BRCA1 mutations, suggesting a new treatment path

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center identified a new role for heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) in cancer predisposition and treatment resistance.

Nov 20, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Victoria will force home sellers to reveal their reserve price: Will other states follow?

If you've ever tried to buy a home at auction, you know how frustrating it can be to show up thinking you can afford a particular property, only for it to sell for far more than the advertised price.

Nov 21, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Little bettongs' dramatic nut-cracker performance

Native Australian animals range from high-hopping kangaroos to fast-running emus—but clever little bettongs also have a special ability to find and eat the food they love.

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Nanorobots based on reconfigurable DNA origami arrays can work autonomously

Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient paper-folding art of origami. More recently, some of these teams started experimenting with origami ...

Nov 18, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Shark and ray diversity is declining, challenging previous assumptions

A team of international researchers led by the University of Vienna have investigated the development of shark and ray biodiversity over the past 100 million years. Their surprising results show a continuous decline in diversity ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Genome-scale models can predict how the gut microbiome influences health

The gut microbiome is made up of trillions of microbes that play a vital role in keeping us healthy. A disturbance in the balance of these microbes can contribute to a variety of health conditions, such as inflammatory bowel ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / Machine learning beats classical method in predicting cosmic ray radiation near Earth

Cosmic rays are high-energy particles that constantly bombard Earth from space and are influenced by the sun's magnetic activity. When the sun is active, fewer of these particles reach Earth; when the sun is quiet, more are ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Dopamine desensitization in fruit flies shows how repeated actions lose appeal over time

Our brain's reward system processes and reinforces pleasurable experiences, motivating us to seek out and engage in rewarding activities ranging from eating to social interactions to recreational drug use. Dopamine plays ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / New type of DNA damage discovered in our cells' mitochondria

A previously unknown type of DNA damage in the mitochondria, the tiny power plants inside our cells, could shed light on how our bodies sense and respond to stress. The findings of the UC Riverside-led study are published ...

Nov 19, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Chinese telescope captures 155 high-frequency bursts from fast radio burst 20240114A

Using the Tianma Radio Telescope (TMRT), researchers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted 66 simultaneous dual‑frequency (2.25 GHz/8.60 GHz) observations of the ...

Nov 20, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / How a consortium is advancing the diagnostics of rare diseases

The National Institutes of Health established the Genomics Research to Elucidate the Genetics of Rare Diseases (GREGoR) Consortium in 2021 with the goal of finding molecular diagnoses for individuals with rare diseases who ...

Nov 21, 2025 in Genetics