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Medical Xpress / Doctors still outperform AI in clinical reasoning, study shows

AI may ace multiple-choice medical exams, but it still stumbles when faced with changing clinical information, according to research in the New England Journal of Medicine.

12 hours ago in Medical research
Phys.org / Nanowire platform reveals elusive astrocytes in their natural state

Scientists have engineered a nanowire platform that mimics brain tissue to study astrocytes, the star-shaped cells critical for brain health, for the first time in their natural state.

12 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Medical Xpress / Focused ultrasound with chemotherapy shows survival benefit for brain cancer patients, clinical trial finds

Patients with the deadliest form of brain cancer, glioblastoma, who received MRI-guided focused ultrasound with standard-of-care chemotherapy had a nearly 40% increase in overall survival in a landmark trial of 34 patients ...

5 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Study highlights gaps in avalanche safety awareness among snowshoers and winter hikers

Researchers from Simon Fraser University are urging snowshoers and winter hikers to get clued up on avalanche safety after a new study found a concerning lack of awareness among those taking part in the sports.

3 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Microbial innovation and engineering design offer fresh solutions for plastic waste

Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo have joined forces to take on a pressing environmental problem by using synthetic biology to turn plastic waste into valuable resources. The multidisciplinary ...

7 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Boeing's troubled capsule won't carry astronauts on next space station flight

Boeing and NASA have agreed to keep astronauts off the company's next Starliner flight and instead perform a trial run with cargo to prove its safety.

8 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / European agricultural greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by 40% without compromising food security, says study

European farmers can reduce agricultural climate emissions by 40% while also reducing pressure on biodiversity and maintaining current levels of food production, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Communications.

8 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Genetic mechanisms promote antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea

Northwestern Medicine scientists have identified previously unknown genetic mechanisms that promote antimicrobial resistance in gonorrhea, findings that may inform the development of more effective treatment strategies, according ...

7 hours ago in Genetics
Phys.org / From tides to precipitation swings, flux plays a crucial, changing role in ecosystems worldwide

Many ecosystems on Earth are affected by pulses of activity: temperature swings between seasons, incoming and outgoing tides, the yearly advent of rainy periods. These variations can play an important role in providing nutrients ...

7 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Volcanic bubbles help foretell the fate of coral in more acidic seas

By 2100, Australian and global coral reef communities will be slow to recover, less complex, and dominated by fleshy algae, as high carbon dioxide changes ocean chemistry.

14 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / DNA shape and rigidity regulate key players of gene expression

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown that DNA inflexibility, or rigidity, inside the nucleosome regulates the positioning of INO80. This highlights that the physical structure and shape ...

6 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Virus battles drug-resistant infections

It's an evolutionary battle, an endless competition for survival, that has spanned millions of years. Within this epic tale for the ages, the skillful characters are mighty, but very, very tiny—they're microscopic. It's ...

3 hours ago in Biology