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Phys.org / A freely available tool to document wartime destruction

Researchers have developed a method to detect the destruction of buildings using freely available satellite radar imagery. Daniel Racek and colleagues' algorithm analyzes publicly available Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar ...

2 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Pixel tracking can significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites

Researchers find that tracking pixels—small pieces of embedded code that can transmit user data to third parties—significantly increase data breach risk on hospital websites.

2 hours ago in Security
Phys.org / Inequalities exist in even the most egalitarian societies, anthropologists find

There is no such thing as a society where everyone is equal. That is the key message of new research that challenges the romantic ideal of a perfectly egalitarian human society.

21 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / While scientists race to study spread of measles in US, Kennedy unravels hard-won gains

The United States is poised to lose its measles-free status next year. If that happens, the country will enter an era in which outbreaks are common again.

Phys.org / A new nuclear 'island' where magic numbers break down

For decades, nuclear physicists believed that "Islands of Inversion"—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure suddenly break down—were found mostly in neutron-rich isotopes. In these unusual pockets of the ...

20 hours ago in Physics
Medical Xpress / Parenting styles play a key role in shaping teen mental health

Mental health is a global crisis, with more than 1 billion people affected by mental health conditions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Young people are particularly affected, with suicide as the third leading ...

22 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Next-gen CAR-T cell therapy shows early promise in patients with refractory B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Safety and efficacy data from a phase 1 multicenter study evaluating rapcabtagene autoleucel, an investigational next-generation CD19-directed CAR-T cell therapy that is manufactured in 48 hours using the T-Charge platform, ...

5 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify CD40 as potential biomarker for a type of nodal T cell lymphoma

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have characterized the complex microenvironment in angioimmunoblastic T cell lymphoma (AITL), a type of nodal T cell lymphoma, and identified overexpression ...

5 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Record-breaking cosmic explosion challenges astronomers' understanding of gamma-ray bursts

Astronomers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have helped uncover new clues about the longest-lasting cosmic explosion ever observed, a gamma-ray burst that lasted nearly seven hours. The event, known as ...

22 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Among psychologists, AI use is up, but so are concerns

More than half of psychologists experimented with artificial intelligence tools in their practices in the past year, but almost all cite concerns about how the technology may affect their patients and society, according to ...

5 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Home-based monitoring could transform care for patients receiving T-cell redirecting therapies

Patients who receive T-cell redirecting therapies are typically hospitalized for several days after treatment to watch for side effects. Now new research by Fox Chase Cancer Center physicians shows that these patients can ...

5 hours ago in Immunology
Phys.org / New study charts how cartel violence increases risks for migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border

As the U.S. government turns its attention to drug cartels in Mexico, new research from the University of California, Davis, suggests that violent competition among criminal organizations increases the risks migrants face ...

5 hours ago in Other Sciences