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For metastatic prostate cancer, immunotherapy may have unexpected potential
Credit: Cancer cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2023.10.006 Immunotherapy has proven disappointing as a treatment for prostate cancer, but a new study...
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Artificial intelligence for safer bicycle helmets and better shoe soles
The structure of a metamaterial is encoded in an abstract space. Optimization effectively improves the design towards the desired properties....
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Study shows how hurricane acted as highway to transport microplastics to isolated region of Newfoundland
Dalhousie researchers collected air samples in Newfoundland during Hurricane Larry in 2021 to better understand how microplastics move through the...
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Carbon nanotubes have advanced toward energy and health applications, but misconceptions remain
Textual analysis of titles and abstracts of 1,878 toxicology articles indexed on Scopus between January 2001 and March 2023 reveals...
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Potential signs of life on Mars may be easier to find than first thought
The experiment rose to the edge of space before falling back to Earth, simulating the atmosphere of Mars. Credit: Thales...
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Wildfires can release toxic metal particles from soils, study finds
Frequency of large fires in metal-rich landscapes. Fires of satellite origin over an area greater than 2,023 ha in widespread...
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Patients must get pregnant to treat endometriosis despite lack of evidence, study finds
Credit: BMC Women's Health (2023). DOI: 10.1186/s12905-023-02794-2 Research shows that patients with endometriosis are advised to plan a pregnancy to...
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Genetic ‘protection’ against depression was no match for pandemic stress, study of freshmen finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain Experiencing a historic pandemic while managing the stress of the first year of college sent a...
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Study Shows Large Language Models Can Strategically Deceive Users When Under Pressure
GPT-4 is taking a misaligned step by engaging in insider trading. Credit: Scheurer et al. Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are...
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New plasma instability sheds light on the nature of cosmic rays
Simulation of cosmic rays opposing a background plasma and exciting a plasma instability. The distribution of background particles responding to...
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