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Tech Xplore / Can smart cameras improve evacuations? A new approach to smarter crowd mapping

Emergency evacuations during natural disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis increasingly rely on advanced technology to effectively assess real-time crowd movement and points of congestion. Disaster-preparedness involves ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / 'Off the shelf' immunotherapy could get a lift from gene-edited natural killer cells

Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they've been trying to engineer a cell that's effective against solid tumors, which account for the vast majority ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Unlocking the 'urban mine': A path to US mineral sovereignty through e-waste

Inside America's junk drawers sits an untapped fortune, and a national and economic security solution. As the global race for critical minerals intensifies, University of Houston researchers have unveiled a breakthrough supply ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Business
Tech Xplore / Sodium-ion batteries lean heavily on lithium-ion expertise, patent analysis suggests

Researchers from the University of Münster, ETH Zurich, Stanford University, and the Fraunhofer Research Institution for Battery Cell Production (FFB) used AI-supported patent analysis to show how strongly battery technologies ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Lab-grown reservoir cells aim at HIV's last strongholds

A new study has overcome a long-standing challenge: how to isolate and study elusive HIV-infected cells called authentic reservoir clones (ARCs) that evade the immune system, making the disease difficult to cure. Researchers ...

Feb 24, 2026 in HIV & AIDS
Medical Xpress / AI accurately spots medical disorder from privacy-conscious hand images

An AI can accurately diagnose a rare endocrinological condition just by analyzing pictures of the back of the hand and the clenched fist. The privacy-conscious achievement by Kobe University holds promise for establishing ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / Gallbladder cancer could soon be detected in blood

Researchers at Tezpur University in Assam, India, working with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have identified distinct chemical signatures in blood that could help detect gallbladder cancer earlier. ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Scent vs. brand image: What an EEG study reveals about luxury marketing

Sungkyunkwan University announced that a research team has identified, through EEG (electroencephalogram) analysis, the impact of "fragrance" on consumers' emotions, memory, and deep emotional bonds with luxury brands. Going ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Why wealth changes how we think about fair prices

When it comes to the price of financial services such as loans, mortgages, and insurance, the perception of what is "fair" has a lot to do with how wealthy you are. In the study "Seeing Like a Company or a Customer: Selective ...

Feb 27, 2026 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / AI, monkey brains, and the virtue of small thinking illuminate how the brain processes sight

What does it take to make AI that can pass as human? Try massive clusters of supercomputers. To build human-like intelligence, computer scientists think big. However, for neuroscientists who want to understand how real brains ...

Feb 25, 2026 in Health informatics
Phys.org / Ice Age erosion may explain Appalachians' smoother northern peaks

Hike north on the Appalachian Trail and the scenery slowly transforms. Rugged, steep ridgelines in Tennessee and Virginia soften into the broad summits and smooth peaks of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. According to new research ...

Feb 24, 2026 in Earth
Tech Xplore / Mixing generative AI with physics to create personal items that work in the real world

Ever had an idea for something that looked cool, but wouldn't work well in practice? When it comes to designing things like decor and personal accessories, generative artificial intelligence (genAI) models can relate. They ...

Feb 23, 2026 in Engineering