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Medical Xpress / Largest study shows cardiac screening in young people identifies hidden heart risk and saves lives

New research led by City St George's, University of London has found that routine heart screening in young people can identify potentially life-threatening cardiac conditions and save lives, and that repeat checks are essential ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Cardiology
Phys.org / Why do female caribou have antlers? Arctic study points to nutrition

Biologists have long wondered why caribou are the only deer in the world in which females—like males—have antlers. A study of shed antlers collected from calving grounds in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge provides ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Clues in the bloodstream reveal the role androgen receptor alterations play in metastatic prostate cancer

A new study using serial liquid biopsies to track how metastatic prostate cancer evolves under treatment pressure showed that androgen receptor (AR) alterations consistently emerged and were linked to poorer outcomes across ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / New lab technique can reverse chemical process linked with Alzheimer's disease

An Oregon State University scientist and a team of undergraduate students have uncovered real-time insights into a chemical process linked with Alzheimer's disease, paving the way toward better drug designs. The researchers ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Chemistry
Phys.org / Enzymes work as 'Maxwell's demon' by using memory stored as motion

Living cells are sustained by countless chemical reactions that must be carefully regulated to maintain internal order and function. Enzymes play a central role in this process, accelerating reactions that would otherwise ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Chemistry
Medical Xpress / New GLP-1 pill orforglipron outperforms oral semaglutide in yearlong diabetes trial

A novel GLP-1 receptor agonist (RA) pill called orforglipron leads to a larger reduction in blood sugar levels after a year than the current available oral GLP-1 RA (semaglutide), finds a phase 3 randomized controlled trial ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Overweight & Obesity
Phys.org / Celebrity dolphin of Venice doesn't need special protection—except from humans

Bottlenose dolphins usually live in small to medium-sized groups in coastal and open-sea waters, but every once in a while, a dolphin might leave its pod behind, flock to coastal areas and approach human settlements. While ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Paradigm shift in immune checkpoint biology

A research team led by Professor Ki-Young Lee at the College of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, has uncovered a previously unrecognized tumor-intrinsic role of the immune checkpoint molecule PD-L1, providing new mechanistic ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Global greening: Study shows Earth's green wave is shifting northeast

A team of scientists led by the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research (UFZ), and Leipzig University has developed a new method to track Earth's greenness—a ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Earth
Phys.org / Why do microbes team up? A new model explains nutrient sharing in fluctuating environments

Depending on others for something you need may feel like a risky proposition—and perhaps a human one. It is actually a survival strategy found in the microbial world, and far more frequently than one might expect. Discovering ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Biology
Phys.org / Sunray-like ripples emerge on a frozen reaction front

Researchers in Belgium have unveiled a striking chemical reaction in which ripples along a frozen reaction front resemble the rays of a shining star. Publishing their results in Physical Review Letters, Anne De Wit and colleagues ...

Feb 22, 2026 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Starving cancer: The effects of nutrient deprivation on synovial sarcoma

Synovial sarcoma is an aggressive malignant tumor that primarily affects the limbs of teenagers and young adults. While it can be cured if completely removed by surgery, recurrence or metastasis, the spread of cancer to organs ...

Feb 26, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer