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Phys.org / Hair-size microrobots combine three cancer-fighting functions in preclinical animal tests

Imagine a future where cancer treatment affects only the tumor, where eye injections are no longer required and brain surgeries don't result in large incisions or long recovery times. That's the future researchers at Michigan ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Black teachers improve outcomes for all students, but the profession remains largely white

Having Black teachers and other educators of color improves students' classroom experiences, research shows. They often serve as role models, set high academic expectations and teach material that connects to students' lives ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New PET tracer identifies DVT in legs and lungs

A novel PET radiotracer can accurately detect deep vein thrombosis in the legs and reveal whether clots have migrated to the lungs. By enabling whole-body imaging of blood clots in a single scan, the approach may support ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / Q&A: Why are white-Black marriage rates so low?

Americans rarely marry outside of their race or class in a nation where residential segregation is relatively common. It is a dynamic widely viewed as a contributing factor to income inequality and intergenerational social ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Drug nearly doubles survival in advanced pancreatic cancer—how daraxonrasib overcame an 'undruggable' disease

For a long time, the likelihood of surviving pancreatic cancer has been extremely low. For patients who were diagnosed with metastatic pancreatic cancer between 2015 and 2021, about 97% died within five years of their diagnosis.

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Ever seen a cave cricket? Australia now has three new species of these spindly, spider-like creatures

When you picture a cave, you probably think of an environment devoid of life. But for most caves on Earth, this couldn't be further from the truth.

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Infections are major 'health hazard' for people with diabetes

Infections should be considered a "health hazard" in people living with diabetes, with experts warning that current clinical guidelines fail to reflect a substantial but underrecognized burden of illness, hospitalization ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / AI-generated compounds hit specific cell types and outperform conventional screening

The classical drug discovery paradigm begins with a known molecular target: a protein whose modulation is expected to reverse the course of a disease. However, in many pathologies, such a target does not always exist or is ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop world's first AI for objective pain assessment

A research team has developed technology that uses artificial intelligence to analyze electroencephalogram signals triggered by thermal stimuli and objectively classify pain intensity. The study is published in IEEE Transactions ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / First leishmaniasis vaccine enters phase one trial as disease spreads to US

A phase 1 clinical trial testing the safety of a leishmaniasis vaccine is set to begin in the coming months—the first vaccine created to protect against the disfiguring skin disease common in tropical regions of the world ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Africa's climate crisis is a legal crisis too: What are states' duties under human rights law?

A landmark climate case is being heard by the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. The request was brought by the Pan African Lawyers Union and other African civil society organizations. They've asked the court to ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Smart surfaces face zero gravity test in boiling heat experiments

A research team led by Davoud Jafari at the University of Twente, in collaboration with the University of Pisa, has completed a series of parabolic flight experiments to investigate advanced smart surfaces under rapidly changing ...

22 hours ago