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Medical Xpress / Simple blood tests may predict response to lymphoma treatment

Many people with an aggressive blood cancer called diffuse large B cell lymphoma are cured by the current gold standard of treatment: an antibody designed to wipe out cancerous B cells plus a combination of four chemotherapy ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Why do some viruses linger for life? A 900,000-person study maps viral loads

Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the body change over time—and ...

15 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Light-powered biohybrid cardiac interface can synchronize heart tissue contractions

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the power of light to electrically and mechanically control living heart tissue without the use of metal ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / Why some reefs recover faster than others—mathematical model spotlights coral recruitment patterns

Climate-driven disturbances such as marine heat waves are rapidly reducing coral cover and degrading reef ecosystems worldwide. Using a mathematical model, a research team led by Subhendu Chakraborty at the Leibniz Center ...

14 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Could a new type of weight‑loss pill shake up the market? Here's what to know about orforglipron

A new type of daily pill has proven more effective for weight loss and blood sugar control than its currently available counterparts, according to a recent trial. The drug, known as orforglipron, could be a game-changer in ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Frequent social media use could impact child development

Regular social media use across early adolescence is related to worse reading and vocabulary development over time, according to new research from the University of Georgia. The findings are published in the Journal of Research ...

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Medical Xpress / A connection to nature fuels well-being worldwide, according to a study of 38,000 people

When life feels overwhelming, many people instinctively turn to nature. A walk in a park. Sitting by the ocean. Watching a sunset. Is this just a pleasant feeling, or is there something deeper at work?

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Tech Xplore / Mini‑grids can supply electricity, but what about demand? A private DRC project shows how it can work

More than 560 million people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. About 384 million live in countries classified by the World Bank as conflict-affected, where poverty, insecurity and weak institutions make large ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / Using 'imaginative' AI to survey past and future earthquake damage

Researchers have used artificial intelligence to develop a new tool for assessing earthquake damage, a leap that could ultimately help first responders in making critical rescue decisions, suggests a new study. The team's ...

15 hours ago
Phys.org / Radio signals at the edge of extreme stars come from far beyond their surfaces

Pulsars are ultra-dense, rapidly spinning, and highly magnetized remnants of dead stars. They act like cosmic lighthouses, sending out regular pulses of radio waves and sometimes gamma rays in beams that sweep across the ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Significant grade inflation may be occurring in graduate education, according to decades' worth of data

Analysis of two decades of student data at a large U.S. university suggests that grade inflation exists in graduate education. Researcher Vivien Lee and colleagues at the University of Minnesota, U.S., present these findings ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Need to parent differently now that your kid's a teen or tween? Five techniques that actually work

As your child approaches their teenage years, they'll want more independence, their emotions will run higher and you might see more disagreements in your household.

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