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New approach to urology treatment at King’s (opens the original)
Patients are able to return home just hours after their surgery
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Death rates among 25–49-year-olds 42% higher in the North than the South of England, study finds (opens the original)
Death rates among adults aged 25–49 were 42% higher in the North than in the South of England in 2024, compared with 13% higher in 1981, according to research published today in The Lancet Public Health.
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Computer science student takes engineering skills to Neuralink (opens the original)
A computer science class project that took UT San Antonio senior Mateo McKee months to build nearly unraveled because of a one-character mistake. McKee, a computer science major in the College of AI, Cyber and Computing, built a C compiler that translates programming code into instructions a computer processor can…
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IU physicist Matthew Shepherd named Fellow of the American Physical Society (opens the original)
The honor recognizes decades of leadership in efforts to understand how the universe’s fundamental building blocks give rise to matter.
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£1.9m trial will assess treatments for people with moderate psoriasis (opens the original)
Health researchers at Newcastle Hospitals are leading a £1.9m trial, funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research, to compare the most effective treatments for moderate psoriasis. Psoriasis is a long-term skin condition which causes red, thickened and scaly skin. It affects around three percent of…
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2027 Indiana Sustainability and Resilience Conference to explore solutions to climate challenges (opens the original)
Government, business, higher education and nonprofit leaders will gather Feb. 5 to share solutions and strengthen collaboration across the state. The annual conference is hosted by IU's Environmental Resilience Institute.
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Creation of cloud-forming aerosols varies across the Arctic (opens the original)
merimaaj@helsinki.fi Wed, 21/10/2026 - 10:51 As the climate gets warmer, the number of particles that make up clouds in the Arctic may increase or decrease, depending on the specific area. A new study indicates that, instead of considering it as a whole, the…
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New ways to catch a thief (opens the original)
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being investigated by forensic scientists to use as a new tool that may be used to help solve criminal cases which
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When mothers ask for help, we must answer (opens the original)
Women with postpartum psychosis are making repeated pleas for help before receiving a diagnosis, with the first Australian study of their help-seeking experiences finding many contacted
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Khalifa University-Led Team Develops Flexible Device for Lighter, More Responsive Artificial Vision Systems (opens the original)
Brain-Inspired Technology Could Help Wearable Devices and Robots Use Less Power and Remember What They Have Detected When a smartphone recognizes a face, one component captures the image, another stores the information and a processor interprets it. Most electronic vision systems including phone cameras to robots…
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What is idiopathic transverse myelitis, the neurological condition Helen Haines’ alleged attacker has?
Transverse myelitis is a neurological condition caused by inflammation of the spinal cord. Here’s how it affects those with the condition.
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‘Why do I have this cancer?’ At CNIO, breast cancer research gets personal (opens the original)
Research has led to substantial improvements in breast cancer survival in developed countries. Yet breast cancer encompasses many different diseases, and some subtypes remain a major clinical challenge. Further progress calls for an individualised approach. Highly individualised: which genes and lifestyle factors…
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HKUST Unveils Job Survey for Higher Degree Graduates (opens the original)
Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/21/2026 - 15:13 Nearly 99% of the advanced degree recipients of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) had found full-time jobs, were pursuing further studies or had returned to their country of origin by…
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Five CNIO researchers receive grants from ‘la Caixa’ Foundation to develop new strategies to treat cancer (opens the original)
Gonçalo Bernardes, Nabil Djouder, Francisco X. Real and Manuel Valiente, researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have secured five grants from “la Caixa” Foundation under its 2026 biomedical research and innovation funding calls. Three of the projects have received a combined €1.9 million…
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$8 million NIH grant advances USC-based research on environmental health (opens the original)
The funding supports the Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center, a joint effort of USC and UC Irvine that has backed environmental health research for more than three decades.
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Precise measurements from SINTEF revealed a Russian satellite (opens the original)
Researchers at the University of Texas spent months searching for the source of mysterious GPS interference in Europe. Using measurement data from SINTEF, they were able to trace the signals to a Russian satellite and solve what had become an international space mystery.
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Liverpool lecturer awarded Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship (opens the original)
Dr Haopeng Wang, Lecturer in Structural Engineering Materials at the University of Liverpool, has been awarded a prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship to develop an innovative approach to road construction and maintenance. His five-year research programme will explore how prefabricated asphalt…
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Distinguished Scientist: Ruxana Sadikot, MD (opens the original)
Dr. Sadikot is the Margaret R. Larson Chair and Professor of Pulmonary Medicine, and chief of UNMC Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, UNMC College of Medicine.
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Protected: Making Young Students’ Scientific Thinking Visible: Five Design Features That Support Life Science Learning (opens the original)
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