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New cancer treatments are extending lives, but what about the quality of life for those receiving them? Researchers explore the impact of immunotherapy and personalized vaccines on patients with high-risk melanoma.
Read article →Excess body weight may accelerate brain aging, leading to faster declines in memory, concentration, and decision-making skills, especially among people over 65, according to a 24-year study of over 8,200 adults.
Read article →Measuring AI coding costs by tokens can be misleading, as it doesn't account for the value of the software produced. A better metric is cost per merged pull request, which tracks the cost of AI-assisted development against the number of changes that pass review and are merged.
Read article →The agentic web, where AI agents navigate the internet on our behalf, is becoming a reality, transforming the internet and raising questions about the future of human interaction with the web. Meanwhile, cities are making progress in reducing traffic deaths through investments in public transit and safety measures.
Read article →A $48 DIY e-paper display kit allows users to display any content on a screen without requiring any input or interaction, using a preferred software ecosystem.
Read article →MIT researchers develop a new method to create designer materials using nanoparticles by introducing flexible connector molecules that adapt to their environment, enabling the creation of new materials with tailored properties.
Read article →The agentic web, a vision of autonomous software agents navigating the internet, is becoming a reality with tools like Meta's Muse agent and OpenAI's Dots, but raises concerns about control and the future of the human web.
Read article →New genetic evidence reveals that ancient Europeans were more connected than previously thought, with populations exchanging genes across vast distances during the Ice Age.
Read article →Rocket Lab launches its 99th mission, 'The Sea God Surveys', carrying an Earth-observing radar satellite for Japanese company iQPS, marking the 10th launch for the company and the 90th for the Electron rocket.
Read article →A new early warning system to identify deteriorating children in A&E departments is being introduced across England, using a scoring system for vital signs to assess the need for urgent attention.
Read article →MIT researchers Regina Barzilay and Jim Collins win the 2026 Pritzker Prize for AI in Science Research Excellence for their work in AI-enabled antibiotic discovery.
Read article →A long, water-ice cloud on Mars, known as the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud, has been imaged in detail by the European Space Agency's Mars Express spacecraft. The cloud forms only during spring and summer mornings near the volcano Arsia Mons and can extend over 1500 kilometers.
Read article →MIT engineers develop a safer, more efficient vaccination system for farmed fish using water-resistant microneedles that can deliver vaccines and decompose on the fish's skin.
Read article →NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have discovered 27 ancient, distant objects that have preserved their surface characteristics and sizes for billions of years, challenging existing theories of planet formation.
Read article →A new early warning system is being introduced in hospital emergency departments in England to help identify sick children who are deteriorating quickly, reducing the risk of 'corridor care'.
Read article →Blocking a protein involved in pancreatic cancer's nutrient acquisition and immune suppression slowed tumor growth in mouse experiments, offering a potential therapeutic opportunity.
Read article →MIT researchers develop nanoparticles to deliver cancer vaccines tailored to each patient, improving targeted immune responses in mice with melanoma and colorectal tumors.
Read article →Historians reveal why people in Victorian-era portraits appeared pale, and it's not just because of sunscreen.
Read article →Researchers discover that applying mechanical strain to magnetic crystals can alter their behavior and electrical signals, offering a potential control method for future spintronics.
Read article →A 4.1-billion-year-old Martian meteorite, Teghaza 001, offers a rare glimpse into Mars' watery past, providing evidence of ancient magma and water-related processes.
Read article →Researchers use AI to test the integrity of scientific publishing by generating fake papers and submitting them to IEEE, highlighting the ongoing challenge of verifying the accuracy of AI-generated content in academic research.
Read article →Eating peanuts daily may improve brain health and memory in older adults by enhancing insulin responsiveness in brain regions linked to memory, according to a new study.
Read article →Scientists created a miniature universe in a lab using 24,000 atoms, which developed its own internal measure of time based on entropy exchange between observed and unobserved regions.
Read article →A common pesticide has been linked to a 2.5 times higher risk of Parkinson's disease, with researchers identifying a possible explanation for how it damages brain cells and a promising way to protect them.
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