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Tech Xplore / Want to boost uptake of battery EVs? Subsidize chargers at home and work—not the vehicles

Let's say you want to encourage more drivers to shift to battery-electric vehicles. What's the best way to do it? Globally, billions have been poured into incentives to encourage drivers to switch. The most popular approaches ...

10 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Earlier immunotherapy is spreading in cancer care: Who benefits and what are the risks?

Immunotherapy given before or after surgery is increasingly used across several cancer areas. In an article published in the Journal of Internal Medicine, researchers at Karolinska Institutet present a comprehensive review ...

10 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Hybrid engine could reduce aviation emissions by up to 30%

In the future, regional flights such as Trondheim-Oslo could become much more environmentally friendly with the help of a hybrid aircraft engine. This type of engine combines an electric motor and a combustion engine to drive ...

6 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Study finds sharing purchases sparks more anxiety than buying for yourself

We've all been there—shopping not just for ourselves, but also for someone else. Maybe you know them well and know exactly what they want, but what if you aren't sure? What if it's a group of people? What do you get? Something ...

10 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Optimizing CAR T-cell therapy to tackle solid tumors

In 2024, Professor Sebastian Kobold's research group at LMU University Hospital had already shown that the metabolite prostaglandin E2 can block T cells—the killer cells of the immune system—in the vicinity of a tumor, ...

11 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Bariatric surgery programs face upheaval amid growing GLP-1 use for weight loss

At Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, surgeon Piotr Krecioch has his hands full launching a program offering surgical interventions to treat obesity. One in three Philadelphians are living with obesity, putting ...

10 hours ago in Surgery
Medical Xpress / How bacteria may promote breast cancer

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have discovered how certain pathogenic bacteria in gut and breast tissue can promote breast cancer development and progression by hijacking a key metabolic enzyme known ...

12 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / AI model flags insulin resistance as a risk factor for 12 cancers

Insulin resistance—when the body doesn't properly respond to insulin, a hormone that helps control blood glucose levels—is one of the fundamental causes of diabetes. In addition to diabetes, it is widely known that insulin ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Tech Xplore / Miniaturized radar chip developed for next-generation wireless networks

A miniaturized radar chip, developed by researchers at Science Tokyo, advances Integrated Sensing and Communication for Beyond 5G and 6G systems. Measuring just 0.24 mm2 and consuming only 9.8 mW, the compact, low-power device ...

12 hours ago in Hardware
Medical Xpress / A crisis in the making: Can America afford the elderly?

An increasing number of Americans are living well beyond the average life expectancy. It presents new and complex challenges about how to care for a vulnerable, often ignored demographic that is aging largely on its own.

6 hours ago in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Postpartum depression tied to seven pain-related risk factors

A woman's risk of developing postpartum depression is influenced by several pain-related factors before and after childbirth, including poor pain management, their prenatal mental health and the quality of patient–provider ...

11 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Large-scale cell screening uncovers molecular glues that trigger protein degradation

Cells constantly monitor and recycle their proteins through a tightly regulated waste-disposal system. Proteins that are no longer needed are tagged and broken down by specialized cellular machinery. Recent advances in drug ...

23 hours ago in Chemistry