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Medical Xpress / Cracking gastric cancer's metabolic code: Blocking cholesterol pathways slows tumor growth by 65% in mice

A research team from the LKS Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has made a breakthrough in gastric cancer research, revealing how the "second brain"—nerves in the digestive system, also known as ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Interpretable machine learning to accelerate nanocatalyst discovery

A fast and accurate surrogate model screens over 10,000 possible metal-oxide supports for a platinum nanocatalyst to prevent sintering under high temperatures.

Nov 25, 2025 in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Study links America's favorite cooking oil to obesity

Soybean oil, the most widely consumed cooking oil in the United States and a staple of processed foods, contributes to obesity, at least in mice, through a mechanism scientists are now beginning to understand.

Nov 26, 2025 in Health
Medical Xpress / Too sick to socialize: How the brain and immune system promote staying in bed

"I just can't make it tonight. You have fun without me." Across much of the animal kingdom, when infection strikes, social contact shuts down. A new study details how the immune and central nervous systems implement this ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Diabetes linked to higher risk of complications after stent surgery

Patients with diabetes have an increased risk of complications after stent implantation, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Diabetes Care. The study, which includes over 160,000 patients, ...

Nov 27, 2025 in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / Polyphenol-rich diets associated with lower long-term cardiovascular disease risk

People who regularly consume polyphenol-rich foods and drinks, such as tea, coffee, berries, cocoa, nuts, whole grains and olive oil, may have better long-term heart health.

Nov 26, 2025 in Health
Dialog / Voodoo economics: How wildlife trade for ritual use is wiping out Africa's vultures

For some people, the mention of voodoo evokes something like a scene from the James Bond novel "Live and Let Die," featuring occult ceremonies with snakes and animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice was widespread among human ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / How personalized algorithms lead to a distorted view of reality

The same personalized algorithms that deliver online content based on your previous choices on social media sites like YouTube also impair learning, a new study suggests.

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge, research reveals

When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.

Nov 24, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / How to donate your poo to science or medicine for development of probiotics, therapeutics

When most people think about donating body parts to science or medicine, they might think of life-saving donations of organs, tissues or blood. But you can also donate your poo.

Nov 26, 2025 in Health
Phys.org / Unique aquatic plant has three concurrent CO₂-concentrating mechanisms

A new study led by the Wuhan Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (WBG, CAS) has identified a unique trait in the aquatic plant Ottelia alismoides—it can simultaneously employ three distinct CO₂-concentrating ...

Nov 25, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Is the 'hot hand' real? 'Jeopardy!' offers clues

Stanford researchers found that contestants bet bigger on Daily Doubles when they're on a streak—even though their performance barely budges.

Nov 25, 2025 in Other Sciences