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Medical Xpress / Tumor 'floor plans' may predict immunotherapy response better than current biomarkers

Spatial transcriptomics is a powerful tool for creating a detailed map of not just how genes are expressed in a piece of tissue, but also where genetic activity takes place in different cells and locations within the tissue. ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Engagement-driven curation can trap culture consumers in 'overfamiliarity,' leading to less long-term satisfaction

Sometimes you can be too good at your job. Take streaming services, like Spotify or Netflix. With engagement as their main goal, their recommendation algorithms typically identify the content a user engaged with most in the ...

Sep 1, 2026
Phys.org / Earlier volcano warnings could mean more false alarms—but they could also save lives

Whakaari/White Island's sudden eruption in December 2019, which killed 22 people and severely injured 25 others, was New Zealand's deadliest volcanic disaster in recent history.

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Plant hormones may offer a way to balance crop yield and disease resistance

Growth or immune response? Higher organisms must constantly balance these two priorities. As in humans, hormones regulate this balance in plants. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered a mechanism ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / The mystery of a well-traveled kissing bug

On an August morning last year, an American couple soon to embark on a European river cruise awoke in a luxury hotel in Lisbon.

Aug 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / A nutrition expert tested AI diet-tracking apps—here's what she found

Accurately tracking what you eat is notoriously difficult. Still, the rapid rise of AI-powered apps that could simplify the process intrigued Sibylle Kranz, a researcher at the University of Virginia School of Education and ...

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Stay sharp after menopause: How aerobic exercise can improve key thinking skills

Regular aerobic exercise—the kind that gets your heart pumping—can improve important thinking skills called executive functions, and the benefits appear especially strong for women after menopause, according to Rutgers researchers.

Sep 1, 2026
Medical Xpress / Evidence often falls short in neuroscience reports of sex-dependent effects, analysis finds

Studies in the behavioral and brain sciences reporting a major sex-dependent effect—that a drug, treatment or other intervention is more effective in one sex than another—are supported by appropriate evidence less than 25% ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Low-power lasers create durable nano-patterns into sulfur-derived polymers

A new way to imprint complex surfaces on low-cost, sustainable polymers could be used in a wide range of industries, including water-repellent coatings, optical devices and data storage disks. The complex nano- and microscale ...

Aug 31, 2026
Phys.org / Human-driven fires have shaped the Amazonian forest for over 10,000 years

New research is dismantling the longstanding myth of the "pristine" Amazon. A reconstruction of 10,000 years of Amazonian pyrogeography, based on 1,361 radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dates across 303 sites—including soil charcoal and ...

Aug 31, 2026
Tech Xplore / Worms navigate narrow paths faster than wide ones. These findings could inform robot design

You might naturally expect a wide, open path to be faster and easier to navigate than a narrow one, just as birds fly freely through the open sky, cars move quickly on empty roads, and a wide hallway seems easier when trying ...

Aug 31, 2026
Medical Xpress / A 'one-two punch' against aggressive breast cancer could offer an alternative to chemotherapy

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) has a frustrating ability to adapt. Although this aggressive form of breast cancer can initially respond well to chemotherapy, cancer cells often find ways to survive, allowing the disease ...

Aug 31, 2026