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Medical Xpress / Pulmonary fibrosis traced to key signaling pathway

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease in which healthy lung tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue. While the early events that initiate this change are poorly understood, recent research suggests ...

Medical Xpress / Cuffless blood pressure technologies in wearable devices show promise to transform care

Cuffless devices to measure blood pressure, such as smartwatches, rings, patches and fingertip monitors, show great promise as alternatives to traditional arm-cuff monitors, however, they are not yet proven accurate enough ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Cardiology
Phys.org / Child sexual exploitation, abuse online surges amid rapid tech change: New tool for preventing abuse unveiled

Societal and behavioral shifts, including growing recognition of children displaying harmful sexual behaviors and links to extremism, violence and financial scams are driving child sexual exploitation and abuse online, according ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / New gamified tool helps defend satellite supply chains from cyber threats

As the world's reliance on satellites intensifies, so too does the risk of sophisticated cyberattacks targeting space-based systems and critical infrastructure, with almost 240 cyber hacks targeting the space sector in the ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Computer Sciences
Medical Xpress / In pneumonia's tug-of-war, lung microbiome could tip the balance

Northwestern University scientists have potentially uncovered a previously unknown, hidden player in pneumonia. In a new study, scientists found the lungs' own microbial community, or microbiome, appears to influence how ...

Phys.org / Racing towards great white sharks in Australia

Sensible people might prefer to flee at torpedo speed from a great white shark, but there's one job in Australia that pays you to race toward the predators.

Dec 11, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Genomic study reveals hidden pathways driving Minnesota's zebra mussel spread

A team of scientists at the University of Minnesota has uncovered the routes by which zebra mussels spread through Minnesota lakes, pointing to some surprising bodies of water that were the likely origins for the period of ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Ticked off: Exploring the rise of tick-induced meat allergy and its connection to cardiovascular disease

Mammalian meat allergy (MMA) is one of the few known food allergies caused by an environmental trigger—a tick bite. In simple terms, MMA results in an allergic reaction to red meat, making it difficult or sometimes even ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Cardiology
Phys.org / Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve

In his biography of Elon Musk, historian Walter Isaacson describes a game of Texas Hold "Em poker in which Musk went all in—on every hand.

Dec 10, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Children with cognitive disabilities missing in NDIS data

According to recent figures, about 250,000 children under the age of 15 participate in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). But a new scoping review out of the University of Adelaide has highlighted gaps in literature ...

Dec 11, 2025 in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Real-time imaging captures what happens to cancer cells arriving in the brain

Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death. Brain metastasis is ...

Dec 10, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Peculiar supernova SN 2021ukt transitions from Type IIn to Type Ib

Astronomers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley and elsewhere have performed spectroscopic and photometric study of a peculiar supernova designated SN 2021ukt, which underwent a transition from Type IIn to Type ...

Dec 8, 2025 in Astronomy & Space