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Medical Xpress / 16 years of brain scans reveal the cerebellum's crucial role in human language

The cerebellum, often called the little brain, plays a much bigger role in language processing than once believed. Located at the base of the brain, the cerebellum has long been thought to be mainly responsible for motor ...

19 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Novel laser therapy device generates promising results in prostate cancer clinical trial

Because treatment of the whole prostate can lead to long-term side effects in patients with prostate cancer, interest in minimally invasive, focal treatment options has been growing for certain patients. A clinical trial ...

2 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / How native and non-native plants affect endangered plant species in cities

Research in the Journal of Applied Ecology has identified threats to endangered plants in an urban area, generating information that can be used to guide effective conservation strategies across major cities. Investigators ...

2 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Antibody-producing immune cells can help shape cancer immunotherapy

Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified an important immune response that helps explain why some cancer patients benefit from immunotherapy while others do not.

10 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify genetic blueprint of mania in bipolar disorder

For the first time, researchers at King's College London and the University of Florence have identified the specific genetic blueprint of mania, the defining feature of bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is one of the most ...

10 hours ago in Genetics
Phys.org / People are swayed by AI-generated videos even when they know they're fake, study shows

Generative deep learning models are artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can create texts, images, audio files, and videos for specific purposes, following instructions provided by human users. Over the past few years, ...

22 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Sleeping without pillows may lower harmful high internal eye pressure in people with glaucoma

Sleeping without pillows may help lower high internal eye pressure, the build-up of which causes optic nerve damage and glaucoma—the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide—in people with the condition, suggests ...

11 hours ago in Ophthalmology
Medical Xpress / Lab-grown organoids reveal how glioblastoma outsmarts treatment

UCLA scientists have developed advanced miniature 3D tumor organoid models that make it possible to study glioblastoma tumors in a setting that closely mirrors the human brain, shedding light on how the aggressive cancer ...

11 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Scientists develop technique to identify malfunctions in our genetic code

An international team of researchers including scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) have developed a way to reveal the smallest of malfunctions in the biochemical machinery that makes proteins in our bodies. ...

12 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Computational method clarifies gene–drug links for precision cancer treatment

A paper published in Biology Methods and Protocols, indicates that a new computational method may help researchers identify effective precision treatments for cancer more quickly and efficiently. The paper is titled "SOLVE: ...

5 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Climate change made Australian heat wave 5 times more likely

Human-induced climate change made the intense early January heat wave in Australia five times more likely, according to a new analysis by World Weather Attribution.

6 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Foundation AI models trained on physics, not words, are driving scientific discovery

While popular AI models such as ChatGPT are trained on language or photographs, new models created by researchers from the Polymathic AI collaboration are trained using real scientific datasets. The models are already using ...

14 hours ago in Computer Sciences