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Medical Xpress / Regenerating lost lymph nodes with bioengineered tissues

The rising incidence of cancer worldwide has led to an increasing number of surgeries that involve the removal of lymph nodes. Although these procedures play a major role in cancer staging and preventing the spread of malignancies, ...

8 hours ago in Immunology
Phys.org / Conservation may not be enough to sustain water supplies, researchers find

As temperatures rise and water supplies drop, public policy could bolster municipal water provisions under pressure. But one policy prescription—pushing conservation—will likely be insufficient as a standalone fix to ...

9 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Shapeshifting materials could power next generation of soft robots

McGill University engineers have developed new ultra-thin materials that can be programmed to move, fold and reshape themselves, much like animated origami. They open the door to softer, safer and more adaptable robots that ...

8 hours ago in Robotics
Tech Xplore / Off-grid filtration technology can remove over 99% of nanoplastics smaller than 50 nm

Professor Jeong-Min Baik's research group of the SKKU School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering has developed a reusable electrokinetic filtration platform capable of filtering more than 99% of ultrafine nanoplastic ...

9 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Adoption of electric vehicles tied to real-world reductions in air pollution

When California neighborhoods increased their number of zero-emissions vehicles (ZEV) between 2019 and 2023, they also experienced a reduction in air pollution. For every 200 vehicles added, nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) levels ...

9 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Halley's Comet wrongly named: 11th-century English monk predates British astronomer

The British astronomer and mathematician Edmond Halley was not, after all, the first to understand the cycle of the comet that now bears his name. This is shown by research conducted by, among others, Professor Simon Portegies ...

10 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / Stress-testing AI vision systems: Rethinking how adversarial images are generated

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have become a cornerstone of modern AI technology, driving a thriving field of research in image-related tasks. These systems have found applications in medical diagnosis, automated data processing, ...

9 hours ago in Security
Phys.org / The art of custom-intercalating 42 metals into layered titanates

A research team affiliated with UNIST has reported a novel synthesis strategy that enables the direct intercalation of a wide range of metal cations into the interlayer spaces of layered titanate (LT) structures. This approach ...

9 hours ago in Chemistry
Phys.org / Western governors called to Washington as Colorado River impasse drags on

With western states deadlocked in negotiations over how to cut water use along the Colorado River, the Trump administration has called in the governors of seven states to Washington to try to hash out a consensus.

1 hour ago in Earth
Phys.org / Light-controlled switches offer precise regulation of ion channels in living cells

Researchers at Leipzig University and TU Dresden have succeeded in developing biological switches that can selectively turn ion channels on and off using light pulses. Initial applications show that it is possible, for example, ...

10 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / 2D material offers a solution to long-standing obstacle in diamond-based circuits

Beyond their sparkle, diamonds have hidden talents. They shed heat better than any material, tolerate extreme temperatures and radiation, and handle high voltages while wasting almost no electricity—ideal traits for compact, ...

10 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Clinical trial finds 24 minutes of music with auditory beats eases anxiety

A new randomized clinical trial has revealed that just 24 minutes of listening to specially designed music paired with auditory beat stimulation (ABS) can significantly reduce anxiety. The research offers a promising complementary ...

10 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry