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Medical Xpress / 'Off the shelf' immunotherapy could get a lift from gene-edited natural killer cells

Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they've been trying to engineer a cell that's effective against solid tumors, which account for the vast majority ...

2 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Researchers expose critical security vulnerability in autonomous drones

University of California, Irvine computer scientists have discovered a critical security vulnerability in autonomous target-tracking drones that could have far-reaching implications for public safety, border security and ...

1 hour ago in Robotics
Phys.org / Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models

Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils. This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon sequestration, regulates global climate and ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / US funding freeze linked to HIV care disruptions in 32 countries, study finds

A new study led by researchers from the CUNY Institute for Implementation Science in Population Health (ISPH) finds that the 2025 freeze on U.S. foreign assistance triggered disruptions to HIV services, medications, labs, ...

1 hour ago in HIV & AIDS
Tech Xplore / Industrial TOPCon solar cells hit 26.66% efficiency record

Crystalline silicon solar cells currently dominate the global photovoltaic industry, with tunnel oxide passivating contact (TOPCon) technology—a type of architecture within this product segment—rapidly gaining market ...

2 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / New michelin star jellyfish discovered in Japanese aquaria

Researchers have reported the discovery of a new species of jellyfish, Malagazzia michelin, marking only the second species of its genus ever found in Japanese waters. Led by Takato Izumi of Fukuyama University, the discovery ...

2 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / ALMA explores giant molecular clouds in nearby galaxy NGC 1387

An international team of astronomers has employed the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to investigate molecular gas in a nearby galaxy known as NGC 1387. Results of the observational campaign, published ...

4 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Ocean carbon blind spot may skew climate forecasts

A new report by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO reveals a critical lack of understanding of how the ocean absorbs and stores carbon. This glaring uncertainty about our planet's largest carbon ...

1 hour ago in Earth
Phys.org / Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines

As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one answer may lie not in fields ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Suppressing dendrite growth for fast cycling of lithium‐metal batteries

As the electric vehicle era enters full scale, demand is increasing for batteries that can travel farther and last longer. Lithium-metal batteries have been attracting attention as a next-generation technology capable of ...

1 hour ago in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Gallbladder cancer could soon be detected in blood

Researchers at Tezpur University in Assam, India, working with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have identified distinct chemical signatures in blood that could help detect gallbladder cancer earlier. ...

2 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Water-based enzyme ink enables one-step printing of wearable biofuel cells

Enzymatic biofuel cells can act as self-powered wearable biosensors by converting chemicals in body fluids into electricity; however, manufacturing challenges have prevented their widespread adoption. Now, researchers from ...