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Phys.org / Treatment with a mixture of antimicrobial peptides found to impede antibiotic resistance

A common infection-causing bacteria was much less likely to evolve antibiotic resistance when treated with a mixture of antimicrobial peptides rather than a single peptide, making these mixtures a viable strategy for developing ...

Jul 2, 2024 in Biology
Medical Xpress / New cancer treatment slows progression of aggressive neuroendocrine tumors, study finds

A novel approach for early cancer treatment known as radioligand therapy (RLT) has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of advanced neuroendocrine tumor progression and death, according to research led by scientists ...

Jul 2, 2024 in Medical research
Phys.org / The evidence is mounting: Humans were responsible for the extinction of large mammals

The debate has raged for decades: Was it humans or climate change that led to the extinction of many species of large mammals, birds, and reptiles that have disappeared from Earth over the past 50,000 years?

Jul 1, 2024 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, fourth person linked to outbreak

A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the growing outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday.

Phys.org / From space to swamp: AI method classifies mangrove species with unprecedented accuracy

Mangroves are crucial for biodiversity, climate change mitigation, and coastal protection but face threats from climate change and human activities. Traditional monitoring methods fall short in accurately capturing their ...

Jul 3, 2024 in Biology
Phys.org / Neutrons on classically inexplicable paths: Quantum theory prevails in Leggett-Garg inequality test

Is nature really as strange as quantum theory says—or are there simpler explanations? Neutron measurements at TU Wien prove that it doesn't work without the strange properties of quantum theory.

Jul 2, 2024 in Physics
Phys.org / Why cats meow at humans more than each other

This is a story that goes back thousands of years.

Jul 3, 2024 in Biology
Phys.org / Can we make 'citizen science' better?

During a stifling heat wave in August 2021, 80 volunteers from Massachusetts communities along the Mystic River fixed sensors to their car windows and bicycles, traveling along 19 predetermined routes recording ambient temperature ...

Jul 3, 2024 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Microscopy method unlocks 'materials genome,' opening possibilities for next-generation design

A new microscopy method has allowed researchers to detect tiny changes in the atomic-level architecture of crystalline materials—like advanced steels for ship hulls and custom silicon for electronics. The technique could ...

Jul 2, 2024 in Chemistry
Phys.org / To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that ...

Jul 3, 2024 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Team reveals why new tuberculosis vaccine induces a stronger, longer response than the conventional vaccine

Researchers from the Butantan Institute and collaborators are developing a more potent version of the BCG vaccine that protects against tuberculosis. While the conventional immunizer reduced infection by 90% in experiments ...

Tech Xplore / Microsoft to invest 2.2 bn euros in Spain data centers

Microsoft is to invest 2.2 billion euros ($2.4 billion) in a huge data center project in northeastern Spain, regional authorities said Wednesday as the area seeks to establish itself as a cloud storage hotspot.

Jul 3, 2024 in Business