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Medical Xpress / How melanoma silences the skin's natural antitumor defense
Cancers actively remodel their surrounding cells and tissues to create a microenvironment that favors their growth, survival and spread. Melanoma, a cancer of the pigment-producing melanocytes of the skin, is one of the most ...
Tech Xplore / Apple faces £2 billion lawsuit in UK over app privacy feature
Apple faces a £2 billion ($2.7 billion) lawsuit brought by UK app developers who on Thursday accused the U.S. tech giant of giving its own advertising services an unfair advantage by imposing tougher privacy rules on third ...
Medical Xpress / Identifying patients at lower risk for kidney transplant rejection
A new risk stratification model developed by Northwestern Medicine scientists may help identify patients at lower risk of kidney transplant rejection, informing more personalized treatment and care strategies with fewer adverse ...
Medical Xpress / AI-assisted approach helps novice users capture heart ultrasound images and identify aortic stenosis
Mayo Clinic researchers tested an approach that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help people without previous ultrasound experience capture heart images and identify patients who may have a common and serious heart valve ...
Phys.org / New enzyme mechanism explains how sulfur-reducing bacteria process elemental sulfur
Sulfur-reducing bacteria of the phylum Desulfobacterota play a crucial role in the global biogeochemical sulfur cycle. Species such as Geobacter sulfurreducens use elemental sulfur as a terminal electron acceptor during anaerobic ...
Medical Xpress / Certain fertility treatments associated with Kawasaki disease risk in children
A large-scale study in Japan led by researchers from the University of Osaka and the Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital found that certain fertility treatments are associated with an increased risk of Kawasaki disease ...
Phys.org / Rare trio of Pacific hurricanes fueled by historic El Niño
A rare trio of hurricanes were churning through the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, which scientists attributed to waters warmed by a historically strong El Niño phenomenon.
Phys.org / Hollow-core fiber platform could help different quantum technologies connect
Quantum technologies promise secure communication networks, powerful forms of computing and new sensing tools. One of the major challenges, however, is that different quantum systems often operate at different wavelengths ...
Phys.org / Heathrow expansion incompatible with UK legal climate targets, major report finds
There is no credible scenario in which expansion at Heathrow can go ahead without blowing a hole in the UK's legally binding climate targets, new modeling published today by the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research ...
Phys.org / Why feeding birds can make you feel better
More than 56 million U.S. adults feed wild birds.
Tech Xplore / Responsible AI must be built in from the start, researchers say
As generative AI becomes more autonomous and deeply integrated into society, researchers need to evaluate who benefits, who may be harmed and how systems can be optimized for social good, according to research from the latest ...
Phys.org / Antarctica is home to microbes found nowhere else on Earth
Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica. But the focus has mainly been on animals, like feathery penguins. CIRES researchers wanted to dig deeper—into the soils—believing tiny organisms ...
