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Medical Xpress / Small team, big impact: Automation helps relieve symptoms to keep cancer patients out of the ER

For many people living with cancer, symptoms such as pain, anxiety or insomnia can quickly spiral into an emergency room visit. Such visits can be financially costly and take an emotional toll on patients and their caregivers.

Dec 3, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Missing transporter protein found: How rice distributes iron to young leaves

Iron (Fe) is an essential micronutrient for the healthy growth of plants, including many staple crops like rice. Its deficiency remains a common agricultural problem that slashes crop yields, as it leads to impaired photosynthesis, ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Essential tremor movement disorder linked to loss of Purkinje brain cells

Essential tremor (ET) is a common movement disorder affecting about 2% of the American population, and more than 20% of those over 90 years old. Despite its prevalence and decades of study, researchers don't know the precise ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Reaching new heights: Acute mountain sickness associated with blood flow changes

Acute mountain sickness (AMS) is common at high altitudes and is often associated with headaches. AMS is theorized to be caused by changes in cerebral blood flow, but this phenomenon is still not well understood. Although ...

Phys.org / Bat 'besties' start to sound alike over time, study finds

Ever suddenly realize you had picked up certain words or ways of speaking from a close friend? It turns out that humans are far from the only animals who copy the sounds of their closest companions—a new study shows that ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles offers hope for glioblastoma treatment

Electrotherapy using injectable nanoparticles delivered directly into the tumor could pave the way for new treatment options for glioblastoma, according to a new study from Lund University in Sweden.

Dec 1, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / A new tunable cell-sorting device with potential biomedical applications

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) hydrogel undergoes significant but precise changes in size between 20°C and 40°C, making it an excellent candidate for use in variable-size deterministic lateral displacement (DLD) array ...

Dec 3, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Noise-proof quantum sensor uses three calcium ions held in place by electric fields

Researchers at the University of Innsbruck have shown that quantum sensors can remain highly accurate even in extremely noisy conditions. It's the first experimental realization of a powerful quantum sensing protocol, outperforming ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Phys.org / Surgeonfish display unique feeding adaptations to remove algae from coral reefs

Globally, coral reefs are under siege by multiple stressors, one of which is herbaceous algae. An overabundance of algae on reefs can lead to regime shifts of reefs from being coral-dominated to algal-dominated.

Dec 2, 2025 in Biology
Dialog / Dislocations without crystals: Burgers vectors discovered in glass

For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without breaking. Their secret lies in tiny, line-like defects called dislocations, which move through ...

Dec 1, 2025 in Physics
Medical Xpress / Cancer-fighting bacterial product 'cocktails' may offer personalized treatment

Bacteria may be the next frontier in cancer treatment, according to a team led by researchers at Penn State that devised a new approach of creating bacteria-derived mixtures—or cocktails—to help fight bladder cancer. ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Light-activated protein triggers cancer cell death by raising alkalinity

One of the hallmarks of cancer cells is their ability to evade apoptosis, or programmed cell death, through changes in protein expression. Inducing apoptosis in cancer cells has become a major focus of novel cancer therapies, ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Oncology & Cancer