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Hot pants for good health: Scientists try heat therapy to lower blood pressure
The saying goes that you should stay out of the kitchen if you can't take the heat, but new research suggests otherwise—for the sake of your blood pressure.
Nov 7, 2025
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Radiology & Imaging
MRI contrast agent design continues path to safer, more effective diagnostics
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a new class of MRI contrast agents, improving their stability to create a significant advancement in medical imaging technology.
Nov 7, 2025
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Bioengineered bone marrow model successfully used in leukemia research
Scientists at the University of Glasgow have successfully used the first bioengineered bone marrow model to carry out vital cancer research, offering new insights into potential therapies for the disease.
Nov 7, 2025
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Brain-computer interface decodes Mandarin from neural signals in real time
Researchers in Shanghai have reported in a study, recently published in Science Advances, that they've successfully decoded Mandarin Chinese language in real time with the help of a brain-computer interface (BCI) framework, ...
Simple-to-use tech could help former soldiers readjust to civilian life
A newly discharged American military veteran struggles emotionally to quiet memories from the battlefield. He smokes cannabis, increasingly, to fall asleep at night and to get through the day.
Nov 6, 2025
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Researchers identify a new stem cell patch to gently heal damaged hearts
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.
Nov 6, 2025
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Blind volunteers test visual neuroprosthesis that communicates with brain in real time
Blindness profoundly affects people's lives. Around the world, several laboratories, including the Biomedical Neuroengineering Lab at Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), are developing visual prostheses based on ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Q&A: How to spark immune hotspots that attack tumors
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have developed a novel biomaterial-based system that induces the formation of tertiary lymphoid-like structures (TLSs). These immune cell clusters are increasingly linked to improved outcomes ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Microfluidic sensors enable real-time sweat analysis
Eccrine sweat is a water-like fluid secreted by eccrine sweat glands that comprises various kinds of biochemical components such as electrolytes, metabolites, organic molecules, and drugs. The quantitative measurement of ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Transforming cancer treatment with ultrasound
Chemotherapy has long been a cornerstone of cancer treatment, but its effectiveness comes at a cost. The powerful drugs used to kill cancer cells often damage healthy tissues as well, leading to side effects ranging from ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Privacy in the age of the smartwatch
Heart rate. Blood pressure. Sleep measurements. Blood oxygen levels. Once upon a time, these measurements were usually only taken at a hospital or clinic, but with the rapid adoption of smartphones and smartwatches, this ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Adaptive music technologies can enhance exercise engagement and enjoyment
Research led by the University of Jyväskylä has found that personalized interactive music systems—smart technologies that adapt rhythm and tempo to users' movements—can make exercise more enjoyable and help people stay ...
Nov 6, 2025
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Rosemary compound found to support healthy skin regeneration after injury
The social media trend touting rosemary and rosemary extract as part of skincare routines is now backed by science. A compound found in rosemary leaves may significantly improve the healing of skin wounds and reduce scarring, ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Therapeutic brain implants that travel through blood defy the need for surgery
What if clinicians could place tiny electronic chips in the brain that electrically stimulate a precise target, through a simple injection in the arm? This may someday help treat deadly or debilitating brain diseases, while ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Scientists create artificial retina phantom to standardize eye disease diagnosis equipment
The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a retina-mimicking eye phantom that faithfully replicates the structural layers and microvascular network of the human retina. This innovation provides ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Donor kidneys perform better after machine perfusion, 10-year follow-up finds
A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after transplantation, deceased-donor ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Mathematics-based approach improves brain-state detection using fNIRS signals
Researchers have developed a new method that greatly improves the accuracy of brain-state classification with functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS). The brain-imaging technique fNIRS allows researchers to measure ...
Nov 5, 2025
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Stem cells derived from fatty tissue successfully repair spinal fractures in rats
An Osaka Metropolitan University team has used stem cells extracted from adipose, the body's fatty tissue, to treat spine fractures in rats similar to those caused by osteoporosis in humans. These cells offer the advantages ...
Nov 5, 2025
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First, simple memory tool for early recognition of rare types of lymphoma
Trinity researchers, along with UK collaborators, have created a simple but powerful diagnostic tool, which they believe will change a patient's life in the diagnosis of a type of blood cancer that shows up on the skin.
Nov 5, 2025
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Magnetized approach to kidney stone retrieval outperforms standard methods in preclinical study
Stanford University has unveiled a ureteroscopy-compatible device that magnetizes and retrieves kidney stone fragments with a wire, with performance in a pig model beating traditional removal techniques.
Protein-based gel restores dental enamel and could advance tooth repair
Scientists from the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, in collaboration with an international team of researchers, have developed a bio-inspired material ...
Nov 4, 2025
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Hair-thin fiber can control thousands of brain neurons simultaneously
Fiber-optic technology revolutionized the telecommunications industry and may soon do the same for brain research.
Nov 4, 2025
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Drug-delivery patch could help to heal the heart following a heart attack
MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.
Nov 4, 2025
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Photodynamic therapy technique deactivates tumors from within, using clinically approved agents
Researchers at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies in Nanoscience (IMDEA Nanociencia) and the National Center for Biotechnology (CNB-CSIC) have developed an innovative technique to destroy cancer cells by inducing a ...
Nov 4, 2025
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New ultrasound technology can non-invasively measure blood viscosity
For years, doctors have relied on familiar vital signs—heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and oxygen levels—to monitor someone's health. But researchers at the University of Missouri believe one key metric has been ...
Nov 4, 2025
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