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Medical Xpress / A radiotheranostic approach designed to combat aggressive cancers

UCLA scientists, together with a team of international collaborators, have identified a promising new treatment strategy that can detect, kill and reprogram aggressive, treatment-resistant tumors like osteosarcomas and glioblastoma.

Oct 8, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / 'Traffic controller' protein that protects DNA discovered, and it may help kill cancer cells

Mayo Clinic researchers have identified a protein that acts like a traffic controller for DNA, preventing damage during cell division—a discovery that could lead to new cancer therapies, according to a study published in ...

Oct 8, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Joint pain or osteoarthritis? Exercise could be the first line of treatment

Stiff knees, aching hips and the slow grind of chronic joint pain are often accepted as an unavoidable part of getting older. But while osteoarthritis is the world's most common joint disease, experts say the way we treat ...

Oct 10, 2025 in Arthritis & Rheumatism
Tech Xplore / Harvesting hydrogen from biomass for energy can provide substantial carbon emissions reduction

Hydrogen fuel provides energy without producing carbon dioxide emissions, which makes it a promising option for decarbonizing the economy. The U.S. is a major producer of hydrogen, contributing around 10% of the global annual ...

Oct 7, 2025 in Business
Phys.org / Synthesized protein from fish blood could prevent food and drugs from freezing

Anyone who has experienced freezer burn knows that ice crystals can be a problem at low temperatures. Ice crystals' jagged edges can do more than just ruin the texture of your ice cream, however. At a microscopic level, they ...

Oct 6, 2025 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Screen time linked to lower academic achievement among elementary students in Ontario, Canada

Higher levels of screen time in early childhood are associated with lower scores in reading and mathematics on Ontario's standardized tests, with each additional hour of daily screen time associated with a 10% drop in the ...

Oct 10, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Tympanostomy tube placement improves hearing for children with cleft palate: Study

For children with cleft palate, tympanostomy tube placement improves hearing outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 25 in the Ear, Nose & Throat Journal.

Oct 10, 2025 in Surgery
Phys.org / How different bird species forage together in the Antarctic

It's a scene fit for a nature documentary: In the frigid ocean surrounding Antarctica, the water boils over as seabirds dive from above and marine animals like seals and whales rise from the depths to all feast on krill.

Oct 8, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Hidden evolution in sperm raises disease risk for children as men age

Harmful genetic changes in sperm become substantially more common as men age because some are actively favored during sperm production, new research has revealed.

Oct 8, 2025 in Genetics
Phys.org / From barks to words: Researchers aim to translate dog sounds with AI

Ever wonder what your dog is trying to say? Well, a University of Texas at Arlington researcher is aiming to turn barks, howls and whimpers of man's best friend into intelligible speech—a kind of Rosetta Stone of woof.

Oct 9, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Antarctic Circumpolar Current flowed three times faster 130,000 years ago, core samples reveal

The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is Earth's largest oceanic current, circling around Antarctica from west to east in alignment with Earth's rotation. This cold ocean current is driven primarily by the westerly wind ...

Oct 7, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Open communication may be the only way of reaching highly polarized audiences

In highly polarized situations, open communication is the only way to get through to people, including those who believe in conspiracy theories, revealed a new study in the British Journal of Political Science.

Oct 6, 2025 in Other Sciences