Veterans Affairs Study Examines Active Surveillance for Favorable-Risk Prostate Cancer
A major shift in how prostate cancer is managed across the US Department of Veterans Affairs health system has allowed far more veterans with favorable-risk...
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Experts say poorest nations’ health systems are failing smokers
Only 13 low- and middle-income countries provide smokers with the full package of care recommended to help them quit, according to a new review published...
Scientists Reveal Hidden Mechanism Driving RNA Synthesis
For decades, scientists have known that two unusual classes of antibiotics can shut down RNA polymerase, the molecular machine responsible for copying genetic information from...
Random Forest Models Predict Land-Use Changes Along China’s Rongwu Expressway
A new study is putting highways at the center of one of the most consequential questions in modern landscape science: how quickly can a road...
Researchers demonstrate physical device can take over Boeing 737 electronics
Physical access to an aircraft has long been treated primarily as a safety and security concern, but not necessarily as a cybersecurity threat. New research...
Researchers devise method to capture cancer-specific protein interactions
ITHACA, N.Y. — A Cornell University-led research team has developed a chemical strategy for mapping the molecular surroundings of one of cancer biology’s most notorious...
SPIE Invites Real-World Quantum Research for Advanced Quantum Photonics
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA — 13 August 2026 — A new publication is opening its doors to researchers working on one of science’s most closely watched...
Prenatal Dental Scheduling Improves Oral Healthcare During Pregnancy
Pregnancy may soon become an unexpected gateway to better dental care. New research from New York University and NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue suggests that one...
Natural or Synthetic Grafts: Which Is Better for Cranial Duraplasty?
The membrane surrounding the human brain is easy to overlook until it is damaged. Known as the dura mater, this dense layer of connective tissue...
AI-Driven Weather and Climate Information Could Widen Global Inequality
Artificial intelligence is transforming the way societies observe, predict and respond to dangerous weather—but a new analysis warns that the same technology capable of making...
Scientists synthesize diiron subcluster to artificially mature [FeFe]-hydrogenases
A New Chemical Shortcut Could Make One of Nature’s Most Powerful Hydrogen Enzymes Easier to Build Hydrogen-producing enzymes known as -hydrogenases have long fascinated chemists,...
Next-Generation Chips Advance Autonomous Driving Technology
The car is becoming something far more complex than a machine that carries people from one place to another. It is evolving into an intelligent,...
Harmonizing Personalized Cancer Vaccines to Advance Cancer Immunotherapy
Personalized cancer vaccines are moving from an experimental promise toward a more structured form of immunotherapy, but the field still faces a problem that cannot...
Astrocytes Directly Control Brain Circuits That Consolidate Memories
A new study has revealed that astrocytes—long regarded primarily as support cells for neurons—can directly control the brain circuits that help preserve memories during sleep....
Preoperative Chemo-Immunotherapy Outperforms Immunotherapy Alone in Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Head and neck cancers may respond far more dramatically to a preoperative treatment strategy that combines chemotherapy with immunotherapy than to immunotherapy alone, according to...