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Researchers Uncover Issue with Genetically Engineered Immune Cells

McGill Study Reveals Distinct Suicidal Thought Patterns

Is Your Pool Water Really Clean?

Mental Health Settings: Last Resort Practices for Safety

Prehabilitation Protocol Reverses Frailty in Heart Failure

Study Reveals Hereditary Cancer Identification on TikTok

Tuna Recall Over Listeria: 7 States Affected

New Study in Nanotechnology: Less Harmful Breast Cancer Therapy

"Human Genome Project: Evolution to 1000 Genomes Success"

Brain's Internal GPS Alters in Familiar Environments

Key Difference Found in Rhabdomyosarcoma Types

Autoantibodies Impact Cancer Immunotherapy Response

Researchers Discover Neurobiotic Sense: Gut-Brain Communication Breakthrough

New Treatment for Schizophrenia: Addressing Cognitive Deficits

Challenges of Space Pregnancy: Mars Mission Concerns

Australians Wake Up to Seasonal Cold Symptoms

Who Covers Upfront Outing Costs: Cinema, Play, Theme Park

Rising Concussion Injuries in Martial Arts: Study

Study: Heavy Drinking Americans Face Higher Liver Disease Risk

Stay Cool and Hydrated: Summer Dangers to Avoid

Predicting Breastfeeding Challenges for Expectant Mothers

Breakthrough Study Reveals Brain's Memory Sorting Code

Lithium Treatment for Bipolar Disorder: Dosage Risks

Study Reveals Women's Lethal Acts Linked to Provocation

Sarah Forgie Reflects on Finding Joy Amid Pandemic Burnout

Beware: Dangers of Chlorine Dioxide Marketing

Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome: Risk After Surgery

Global Health Concern: Air Pollution's Impact on Immune Responses

Study Reveals Link Between mRNA Vaccines and Menstrual Changes

Beetroot Juice Linked to Lower Blood Pressure

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Atom Temperature Measurement Disproves Decades-Old Theory

DNA Replication Reveals DNA Three-Way Junctions

Antimatter Breakthrough: Antiproton Qubit Trapped for Minutes

Scientists Uncover Elemental Sulfur in Space

Germany's Blue Carbon Ecosystems: Climate Mitigation & Biodiversity

Kansas Researcher Studies Aquaterra: Submerged Ancient Regions

Summer Heat Impact on Cities: Buildings and Pavement Trap Sun's Warmth

Grandparents: Vital Childcare Support in Family Life

Is Your Pool Water Really Clean?

Universe's Stars: Key to Understanding Galaxies

Legal Efforts Rise Amid Worsening Climate Change

Global Efforts to Address Climate Change at Local Levels

International Research Team Uncovers Key Link in Lithium-Mediated Nitrogen Reduction

Fossil Site in Colombia: Terror Bird and Caiman Encounters

Study Reveals Benefits of Efficient Stoves in Rwanda

Deep Sea Study Shows Global Connectivity of Marine Life

Evolutionary Role of Body Coverings in Warm-Bloodedness

Mouse Survival: Flee or Freeze Dilemma

Understanding Quantum Confinement in Nanoscale Materials

Mosquitoes Cause 600K Deaths in 2023

Researchers Develop Mechanical Adhesive Inspired by Hitchhiking Fish

Mapping Earth's Underground Mycorrhizal Fungal Biodiversity

Scientists Decode Human Genome Regions Across Ancestries

Australian Properties Face Bushfire, Erosion, Flood Risks

Gardeners' Dilemma: Choosing Plants During Water Restrictions

Trump Unveils AI Action Plan: Executive Orders Address Bias

"Djerba: Rich Cultural History and Architectural Sites"

Ghosting Phenomenon: Abandonment Beyond Dating

Political Divide: Young Women Shift Liberal, Men Conservative

175 Countries Meet in Geneva for Final UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Talks

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Five reasons why driverless cars probably won't take over your street any time soon

UK Government Launches Consultation on Driverless Cars

Scientists design sustainable and more resistant asphalt using cigarette butts

Rise in Cigarette Butt Waste: 9 Trillion by 2025

Spain Leads in Recycling Buildings and Materials

The circular economy could make demolition a thing of the past—here's how

The Role of Human Labor in Content Moderation

Hard labor conditions of online moderators directly affect how well the internet is policed—new study

Watermarks offer no defense against deepfakes, study suggests

University of Waterloo Study: AI Image Watermarks Easily Removed

Harvesting Robots: Future Support for Agricultural Businesses

3D laser scanner improves sensing capabilities of harvesting robots

Nature Inspires Advanced Underwater Propulsion

Soft robot mimics ancient cephalopods for efficient, low-noise underwater movement

Decoding Machine Decision-Making in AI World

Q&A with professor of computer science: What happens when AI faces the human problem of uncertainty?

Institute Unveils Datavzrd: Simplifying Complex Data

South Korean Team Develops Breakthrough Lithium-Metal Battery Tech

New open-source tool makes complex data understandable

New transfer printing method creates safer, longer-lasting lithium-metal batteries

Reinventing cement by harnessing volcanic chemistry to create more sustainable building materials

The Power of Spectrum in Wireless Communication

Roman Author Pliny the Elder: Dust Turning to Stone

Metal-free supercapacitor stack delivers 200 volts from just 3.8 cm³

Researchers build tiny tech that could power faster, smarter 6G wireless

New Method for Compact Energy Storage Devices Developed

Researchers develop new method to boost industrial robot dynamics modeling efficiency

Chinese Academy of Sciences Enhances Industrial Robot Dynamics

AI boom leads to record costs on US grid and calls for new plants

Record $16.1 Billion Spent on U.S. Power Grid Upgrades

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Saturday, 28 September 2019

Android 10 Go edition will bring speed, security gains

Google is bringing out its updated Android 10 version of Android Go. Google said, "we launched Android (Go edition) in 2018—a platform tailored for smartphones with 1.5GB of memory or less." Now Google has announced Android 10 (Go Edition), the version of Android built specifically for entry-level devices with 1.5GB RAM or less.

Three more elephants killed in Sri Lanka, bringing toll to seven

Wildlife officials found three more dead wild elephants in central Sri Lanka Saturday, raising the number believed to have been poisoned by angry villagers to seven.

Ovarian cancer: more women benefit from maintenance combined targeted therapy

New data presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain, show the benefit of a more intensive maintenance regimen for ovarian cancer with the PARP inhibitor olaparib added to bevacizumab, in an all-comers population, with and without a BRCA mutation. According to late breaking results of the PAOLA-1/ENGOT-ov25 trial, this approach extends progression free survival in patients with advanced ovarian cancer.

Two immunotherapy drug combination offers chemotherapy-free option for advanced NSCLC

New data have shown that first-line treatment with a combination of two immunotherapy drugs improves overall survival in a subset of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) compared to chemotherapy.

Front-line osimertinib improves overall survival in EGFR-mutation positive NSCLC

First-line osimertinib significantly lengthens overall survival compared to older generation EGFR-TKIs in patients with Ex19del/L858R EGFR mutated advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to late breaking results of the FLAURA trial presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.

New treatment improves survival in women newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer

An international study demonstrates that administering niraparib after conventional chemotherapy treatment in patients newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer, improves their progression-free survival, and reduces their risk of relapse or death from this disease. The Primary Investigator of this study is Dr. Antonio González Martín from Clinica Universidad de Navarra (Spain) and president of the Spanish Ovarian Cancer Research Group (GEICO). The New England Journal of Medicine, the world-leading medical journal, published the research in its online last issue.

PARP inhibitor plus chemotherapy improves progression-free survival for advanced ovarian cancer patients

Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported study results showing that initial treatment with the PARP inhibitor veliparib in combination with chemotherapy significantly increased progression-free survival (PFS) for patients with newly diagnosed, metastatic high-grade serous ovarian cancer, according to the results of the VELIA trial.

Liquid biopsy has prognostic role in colorectal cancer and potential for guiding therapy

Liquid biopsy is likely to play an increasing role in identifying patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) who are likely to relapse after surgery, and has potential for optimising treatment for individual patients, according to new research presented at the ESMO Congress 2019.

His heart stopped. But his golf cart kept going

On a sunny April day in 2018, Bill Doss pushed through his exhaustion and met his buddies for their regular round of golf. As he headed to the final tee, he was rounding a turn in his cart and his world went black.

Cases of legionnaires' disease tied to NC state fair rise to 25

(HealthDay)—The number of cases of Legionnaires' disease tied to the North Carolina Mountain State fair has risen to 25, with one death, according to the state division of public health.

Swiss chocolatier Callebaut all-in on cacao

Swiss chocolatier Barry Callebaut on Friday unveiled a new formulation that packs in the parts of the cacao fruit it used to toss away, taking aim at younger generations.

Going underground in Slovenia ... to prepare for outer space

In Slovenia's dramatically beautiful Karst region, six astronauts have been put through their paces for future missions—not in a flashy futuristic space centre but deep underground in the area's network of cold, dark and muddy caves.

Giant telescope project in Hawaii delayed by protests

Anger is brewing on the Big Island of Hawaii over plans to build a giant telescope on a dormant volcano that is highly sacred to the region's native population.

Keep calm and vape on: UK embraces e-cigarettes, US cautious

While the U.S. scrambles to crack down on vaping, Britain has embraced electronic cigarettes as a powerful tool to help smokers kick the habit.

New blood test capable of detecting multiple types of cancer

A new blood test in development has shown ability to screen for numerous types of cancer with a high degree of accuracy, a trial of the test shows. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators will present the results of the multi-center trial during a session today at the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2019 Congress.

Combination immunotherapy drugs herald new hope for melanoma patients with long term survival rates

A combination of two immunotherapy drugs, ipilimumab and nivolumab, has stopped or reversed the progression of advanced melanoma for five years or more in one in two patients, according to a study led by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.

One in two patients with metastatic melanoma alive after five years with combination immunotherapy

One in two patients with metastatic melanoma is alive with combination immunotherapy, according to late breaking results of the CheckMate 067 trial presented at the ESMO Congress 2019 in Barcelona, Spain.