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Medical Xpress / Saliva and plasma at the core of cancer detection and treatment

Saliva and plasma could be crucial in detecting recurrences or relapses of head and neck cancers, negating the need for a painful and invasive biopsy.

Dec 5, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / AI brain scan model identifies stroke, brain tumors and aneurysms

A new AI model could help radiologists identify brain abnormalities in MRI scans for all conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis and brain tumors.

Dec 5, 2025 in Radiology & Imaging
Medical Xpress / Adults who want children favor older-looking partners (but not for their money), study suggests

Participants in a study who self-reported a stronger desire to have children showed a weaker preference for younger faces compared to those with a weaker desire to have children, according to a study by Jingheng Li and colleagues ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Terrestrial biodiversity grows with tree cover in agricultural landscapes

Farmers plant or preserve riparian buffers for various reasons, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion, or maintaining hunting habitat. Now, a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign underscores ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Alternative solvent helps produce environmentally-friendly tin perovskite solar cells

Perovskite solar cells are widely regarded as the next generation photovoltaic technology. However, they are not yet stable enough in the long term for widespread commercial use. One reason for this is migrating ions, which ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Extracellular vesicles: Key to halting aging?

Researchers at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) are a step closer to finding the fountain of youth.

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Meta partners with news outlets to expand AI content

Meta announced Friday it will integrate content from major news organizations into its artificial intelligence assistant to provide Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp users with real-time information.

Dec 5, 2025 in Internet
Phys.org / Italy to open Europe's first marine sanctuary for dolphins

The Mediterranean's first sanctuary for dolphins that have lived in captivity will open off Italy next year, as demand for re-homing rises with the closure of marine parks across Europe.

Dec 5, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Should lynx and wolves be reintroduced to Britain and Ireland? Young people have mixed feelings

There are many things people have love-hate relationships with in Britain and Ireland, from Brussels sprouts to cricket or sea swimming. Another item can now be added to this list: the reintroduction of lynx and wolves to ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Guided learning helps previously 'untrainable' neural networks learn effectively

Even networks long considered "untrainable" can learn effectively with a bit of a helping hand. Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have shown that a brief period of alignment ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Dollar stores may increase food deserts in under-resourced U.S. cities

A new study from University of Florida food economists has found that building dollar stores may create food deserts in specific city environments, while having no impact on grocery access when they enter other areas.

Dec 5, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / CRISPR-based platform shines a brighter light on the link between cells and disease

For years, Yale researchers David Breslow and Mustafa Khokha have worked together with a similar challenge in their sights—trying to capture the interplay between certain genes and the pediatric developmental disorders ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology