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Medical Xpress / New pill cuts 'bad' cholesterol by 60%, potentially replacing injections

A new pill from Merck could change how millions of people treat high cholesterol and help prevent heart attacks and strokes without the need for injections.

4 hours ago in Medications
Phys.org / Eco-friendly agriculture practices may be easier than farmers think

Rotating crops, using compost, adding cover crops and flower strips, and reducing tillage are practices that can make farms resilient to climate change and bring environmental benefits, but Cornell researchers have found ...

4 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Gut bacterium may sabotage liver cancer immunotherapy, study suggests

A research team led by the Department of Clinical Oncology, Center of Cancer Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), has identified a critical factor contributing ...

8 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Research shows flavor, color drive premium prices for Texas tomatoes

A new Texas A&M AgriLife Research study shows consumers are willing to pay more for flavorful, vividly colored tomatoes regardless of origin– evidence that sensory traits, not just a "local" label, drive what people value ...

4 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Testosterone in body odor linked to perceptions of social status 

As humans, we are constantly navigating social status, using subconscious strategies to assert either our dominance or prestige.

10 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Robust 'Huber mean' for geometric data protects against noise and outliers

In an era driven by complex data, scientists are increasingly encountering information that doesn't lie neatly on flat, Euclidean surfaces. From 3D medical scans to robot orientations and AI transformations, much of today's ...

8 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Novel 'ink' for light-based 3D printing enables color-changing, conducting polymer structures

A new type of "ink" makes it possible to 3D print electrochemically switchable, conducting polymers using a light-based process. Researchers from the universities of Heidelberg and Stuttgart have succeeded in making so-called ...

Medical Xpress / Collaborations key to unlocking potential of AI in transforming medical education, say experts

Imagine a medical student diagnosing a virtual patient or a junior doctor practicing procedural skills such as drawing blood in a metaverse classroom. These Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered tools aren't science fiction—they ...

4 hours ago in Health informatics
Medical Xpress / During a heart attack, immediate stenting of other arteries isn't always necessary

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other coronary arteries also appear to be narrowed, it is safe to wait and treat those later. This approach ...

8 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Headaches affect almost a third of people worldwide

Do you have regular migraine headaches? If so, you've got a lot of company.

Phys.org / Microbial network restructuring mitigates long-term soil carbon emissions from warming, decade-long study finds

Soils release approximately 40–60 petagrams (Pg) of carbon annually into the atmosphere through microbial metabolism. Climate warming is projected to further enhance soil microbial respiration, intensifying positive carbon–climate ...

8 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Space debris struck a Chinese spacecraft. How the incident could be a wake-up call for international collaboration

China's Shenzhou-20 spacecraft took a hit from a piece of space debris floating through orbit, causing Chinese officials to delay the spacecraft's return from its Tiangong space station in early November 2025.

5 hours ago in Astronomy & Space