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Medical Xpress / Immunity against common virus leveraged against pancreatic cancer
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered a promising new treatment approach for pancreatic cancer, one of the deadliest and most treatment-resistant forms of cancer. The approach leverages the ...
Phys.org / Self-esteem may predict who pursues leadership roles
A recent study has shown that self-esteem plays an important part in determining whether someone wishes to pursue a leadership role. The findings have implications for both organizational success and career development, underscoring, ...
Phys.org / Exposure to burn injuries played key role in shaping human evolution, study suggests
Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme injury, according to new ...
Medical Xpress / Physical pressure on the brain can trigger neurons' self-destruction programming
To think, feel, talk and move, neurons send messages through electrical signals in the brain and spinal cord. This intricate communication network is built of billions of neurons connected by synapses and managed and modified ...
Phys.org / Ultra-clean MXenes deliver 160-fold higher conductivity
An international team of researchers has developed a breakthrough method for producing MXenes—an important family of two-dimensional materials—with unprecedented purity and control. The new "gas–liquid–solid" process ...
Medical Xpress / Adult survivors of childhood cancer may be at higher risk for meningiomas
Certain chemotherapies are associated with an increased long-term risk of subsequent tumors in survivors of childhood cancer, according to a study led by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The findings, published ...
Medical Xpress / Language and consciousness: An essential dialogue at the heart of our mind
Can we be conscious without language? Does language influence our conscious experience? These questions, which are central to understanding the human mind, have been explored by researchers at the University of Liège. Their ...
Medical Xpress / Can a 'love hormone' drug prevent stress anxiety? What rat tests suggest
Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil have demonstrated in rats that a synthetic version of oxytocin can prevent anxiety-related behaviors caused by social stress. The study was published in the journal ...
Medical Xpress / Itaconate identified as a new target for pediatric brain tumors called ependymomas
Ependymomas are tumors that grow in the brain or spinal cord and are the third-most common type of brain tumor in children. This type of cancer affects about 250 children in the United States each year and is most often diagnosed ...
Tech Xplore / Latam-GPT: a Latin American AI to combat US-centric bias
Move over ChatGPT. Chile on Tuesday launched Latam-GPT, an open-source artificial intelligence model for the region, designed to combat bias inherent in a US-centric industry.
Phys.org / The most prevalent disability in classrooms may be fetal alcohol spectrum disorder—and supporting students is vital
As I walk into the classroom as a newly graduated teacher, I see children—each with unique abilities, interests and an eagerness to learn. This Ontario classroom was designed to be inclusive—a space where all students, ...
Medical Xpress / Artistic training reshapes the brain—study reveals enhanced sensitivity to light and warm colors
A University of Jyväskylä dissertation shows that a background in visual arts shapes how the brain processes color. Individuals with training in the visual arts displayed stronger neural responses to bright colors and more ...
