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Medical Xpress / Targeted drug outperforms chemotherapy for patients with hard-to-treat lung cancer
The targeted therapy sunvozertinib was more effective than standard platinum-based chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) driven by EGFR exon 20 insertion mutations ...
Phys.org / Fire salamanders reveal hidden turquoise glow when exposed to UV radiation
An international research team has discovered that the fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is biofluorescent. A study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science shows that the salamander reflects turquoise light ...
Medical Xpress / Analysis reveals consumer wearables emerge as the new health care gatekeepers
A News and Perspectives expert analysis on consumer wearable platforms' forays into the clinical health care space. Authored by MedTech expert Blythe Karow, MBA, "Meet the New Health Care Gatekeeper: Your Wearable" lays out ...
Tech Xplore / Physics-aware AI generates more realistic sounds by estimating mass and velocity from video
When people watch a scene in the film "Jurassic Park" where a giant dinosaur walks toward them, they naturally imagine a heavy, rumbling sound, as if the ground were shaking. This is because humans predict sound by considering ...
Phys.org / Rattlesnakes among most vulnerable to fungal disease and parasitic lung infection
Snakes are threatened with extinction in many places around the globe. Disease, often caused by parasites or fungi, is thought to be one of the key factors alongside habitat destruction. Prominent among fungal diseases is ...
Phys.org / Research investigation shows 'bossware' is spying on workers and sharing their data
A new investigation finds that workplace monitoring platforms are systematically sharing personal data about workers and online activity with hundreds of outside data brokers and big tech companies in ways that are not clearly ...
Medical Xpress / Why your wearable health tracker can make you feel anxious
Millions of people use a wearable health and fitness tracker. These devices can be useful for monitoring activity levels, sleep quality, and heart rate. But for some, wearables can have unintended consequences on well-being.
Phys.org / Imaginary-time technique speeds X-ray scattering simulations by 50-fold for extreme matter
Researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) have developed a new procedure, enabling them to speed up elaborate computer simulations that analyze matter under extreme conditions. In particular, this work ...
Medical Xpress / Traffic and industrial pollutants tied to chronic rhinosinusitis risk
Long-term residential exposure to traffic-related and industry-related pollutants is associated with increased chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) risk, according to a study published online May 28 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & ...
Phys.org / From pore chemistry to carbon capture, new COFs push beyond membrane performance limits
Carbon dioxide (CO2) separation is central to technologies ranging from natural gas purification to hydrogen production and carbon management. One widely used approach relies on thin filtering materials called membranes. ...
Phys.org / Single-step 8-9x expansion reveals nanoscale centrioles without electron microscopy
In a study published in ACS Nano, researchers from National Taiwan University report a new expansion microscopy strategy termed high-fold homogeneous expansion microscopy (hiHomoExM), capable of achieving approximately 8–9× ...
Medical Xpress / Team develops open-source framework to accelerate health AI research
A research team led by Columbia University has developed an open-source framework designed to streamline and accelerate artificial intelligence research using health data, addressing longstanding challenges in data standardization, ...
