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Medical Xpress / New mouse model of virus-driven liver cancer may boost diagnosis and treatments

Liver cancer is one of the world's deadliest cancers, and most cases are linked to chronic viral hepatitis. Yet scientists have lacked an animal model that faithfully recapitulates how the disease unfolds in people, from ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / Longer wildfire seasons pose an increasing threat for species under climate change

Wildfires are becoming more frequent and are ravaging new parts of the world due to global warming. A study led by researchers from the University of Gothenburg shows that this change is increasing the vulnerability of thousands ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / A secret odorant code patches a problematic relationship between pollinators and flowers

A plant uses a rare scent to guide its pollinator to male flowers first and to female flowers later, finds a study led by Kobe University. The work, appearing in Current Biology, uncovers a precise chemical system that not ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / AI is reengineering drug discovery by speeding up testing and scanning petabytes of data

In December, The Conversation hosted a webinar on AI's revolutionary role in drug discovery and development. Science and technology editor Eric Smalley interviewed Jeffrey Skolnick, eminent scholar in computational systems ...

Apr 7, 2026
Phys.org / Spring cold snaps harm nesting tree swallows, but some show resilience

Warming temperatures from climate change cause tree swallows to nest up to two weeks earlier than they did in the 1970s, but early spring cold snaps can hinder nestlings' growth and survival, according to a new study that ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / Planting trees to remove carbon can harm the environment or protect it: Study highlights trade‑offs

Global efforts to limit climate change require deep cuts to carbon emissions. However, global emissions are still growing. Currently, we emit roughly 42 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use and land ...

Apr 7, 2026
Medical Xpress / A natural molecule present in the human body protects against the flu

A research team led by the Fisabio Foundation has demonstrated that dermcidin, an antimicrobial peptide produced constitutively by the human body, also exhibits antiviral activity against the influenza virus. The study also ...

Apr 5, 2026
Phys.org / Stopping algae blooms with bacteria-busting buoys

Algae blooms make a pond's surface shine in mesmerizing green hues. But if the microorganisms responsible are cyanobacteria, they can also release toxins that harm humans and wildlife alike. A team reporting in ACS ES&T Water ...

Apr 5, 2026
Medical Xpress / Researchers predict coronary heart disease in diabetes subgroup

A growing body of research shows that diabetes can be stratified into five different subgroups. Researchers at Lund University have now investigated whether a person's genetic predisposition to different diabetes subgroups ...

Apr 7, 2026
Phys.org / Schrödinger's carbon: The hidden uncertainty in every net-zero plan

Billions of tons of carbon dioxide are being classified as "dealt with" in global climate plans before anyone can know whether that is true. UT Researcher Rosalie Arendt has given a name to this problem in a new Correspondence ...

Apr 7, 2026
Tech Xplore / Memristor chip combines security and compute-in-memory for edge devices

A cross-institutional research team has developed Co-Located Authentication and Processing (CLAP), a privacy-preserving system that overcomes the trade-off between security and performance in edge computing devices. The study, ...

Apr 6, 2026
Phys.org / 'We are living with disinformation. We are not going to eradicate it,' global expert argues

Disinformation communicated by and on behalf of foreign powers is now part and parcel of digital statecraft in the information age, an expert from Cardiff University has said.

Apr 7, 2026