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An electronic implant precisely regulated blood sugar in diabetic mice during a six-week test, but it has not been tested in humans. @ETH_en @sciencemagazine medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Tackling diabetes with an electronic implant: How a tiny catalyst lowers blood sugar

Type 2 diabetes is becoming increasingly common worldwide. Unlike type 1 diabetes, it is often linked to obesity, a sedentary lifestyle and excess energy intake over many years. Although insulin...

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A video deepfake detector used 143 times less computing power than existing models, achieving near-perfect accuracy on a test library of 1,000 online videos containing deepfakes. techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

AI deepfakes are getting more realistic. Scientists developed a better way to spot them

Hundreds of the nation's computer scientists gathered for a conference in Denver last fall, and Tuan Tran had a big test for them: Could they tell the difference between the real Brad Pitt and an...

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Invika halted cancer progression in 16 of 27 patients given the optimal dose in an early trial that included cancers resistant to standard immunotherapy. @NIHforHealth @NatureMedicine medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

A precision T-cell therapy stalls treatment-resistant cancers in clinical trial

Early results of the first clinical trial to evaluate the drug invikafusp alfa (invika) in humans indicate that the treatment may be capable of managing cancers that have rebuffed most other interv...

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Psilocybin triggered new brain connections in mice without head twitching, a proxy for hallucinogenic activity—separating structural rewiring from that behavioral signal. @NatureNeuro medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

How psilocybin reshapes brain circuits

A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, reveals how psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in "magic mushrooms," reshapes neural connections in the brain.

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An anode-free lithium coin cell retained 90% capacity after 200 cycles with a silver-based additive that helps stabilize its internal interfaces. @hkust @NatureComms techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

No lithium metal anode to start? Silver-based additive helps stabilize next-generation batteries

A research team at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has developed a dynamic integrated interface engineering strategy that enhances the energy density and stability of...

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Children eating more ultraprocessed foods showed stronger brain responses to appetizing food images—responses linked to greater body fat one year later, though cause and effect remain unproven. @KeckSchool_USC @jamanetworkopen medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Children who eat more ultraprocessed foods show stronger brain responses to appetizing foods

Children who eat more ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) show stronger responses in the brain's reward network when viewing images of appetizing foods—and these brain responses are linked to increases in...

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The world’s first touchscreen built into a garment displays video on a flexible sleeve, with light output and touch response nearly unchanged after 50 detergent washes. @NUSingapore @nature techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

Researchers thread the world's first touchscreen into a garment

Researchers at the National University of Singapore's College of Design and Engineering (CDE) have developed a fiber that functions as pixels and senses touch at the same time, integrating 54 of them...

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Blocking a protein in unstable immune cells reversed immunotherapy-linked inflammation in mice, targeting a fragility also seen in patients with severe side effects. @CellCellPress medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Study identifies key drivers of microbiome-linked cancer immunotherapy side effect

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh uncovered the unstable immune cells that can cause up to 40% of immunotherapy patients to experience serious side effects and showed that diet and microbi...

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BCG-vaccinated mice were about five times more likely to show reduced brain tau deposits—a dementia hallmark—with a possible role for trained immunity still being explored. @ScienceAdvances medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Tuberculosis vaccine's link to reduced dementia risk gains mechanistic support

Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), a vaccine widely used to prevent tuberculosis and treat bladder cancer, may also have properties that reduce the risk for dementia, according to new findings in a...

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AI-assisted detection of PHP flaws pushed some European and U.S. websites temporarily offline as operators rushed to fix vulnerabilities that could let attackers execute code remotely. techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

Some websites go dark as operators address an AI-detected flaw in a web programming language

An AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language led governments and other organizations in Europe and the U.S. to take their websites offline temporarily Wednesday...

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A weaker, slower brain signal may link several schizophrenia symptoms: people with the largest signal differences tended to have worse timing difficulties, more disorganized speech and more severe symptoms. @mcgillu @ScienceAdvances medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Imaging study links several schizophrenia symptoms to a single brain signal

Schizophrenia is often described as a list of separate problems. People may perceive the world differently, act on their surroundings differently or speak in ways that are hard to follow. A new study...

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Adults with obesity lost about 2.2 kg more with fasting plus exercise than with standard care over 12 weeks, but the weight difference was no longer detectable a year after the program. @NatureComms medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Intermittent fasting plus exercise boosts fat loss and fitness in 12-week obesity trial

A research team led by the Joint University Institute for Sport and Health (iMUDS) at the University of Granada, in collaboration with the Granada Institute for Biomedical Research and the Biomedical...

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A hands-free system recreates scents from data sent online, with 14 volunteers identifying individual smells correctly about 73% of the time in lab tests. @ScienceAdvances techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

Something smells different as scientists send aromas over the internet

One day, you may be able to easily smell what you are looking at when browsing online. Sending smells over the internet has long been a dream, and while it may seem far-fetched, researchers have now...

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Needle-free mRNA vaccines protected mice against COVID-19 or flu, with infectious virus below detection limits in lung samples after three doses; larger-animal testing is still needed. @RutgersU @jclinicalinvest medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Lab study shows needle-free mRNA vaccine protects against COVID and flu

A needle-free vaccination method protected mice against the viruses that cause COVID-19 and flu, offering a possible new way to deliver mRNA vaccines while limiting unwanted inflammation.

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Every person carries one to three rare variants linked to serious genetic diseases—but carrying them does not necessarily mean developing those diseases. @uniofexeter medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

'Average' human genome described for first time, with implications for disease risk

A new study has characterized the "average" human genome, providing key information on normal human genetic variation and genetic disease risk. The researchers conclude that everyone—regardless of...

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AI agents invented games on virtual islands without assigned tasks, improvising versions of bowling, basketball and juggling during 30 hours of exploration. @arxiv techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

Strand AI on a desert island, and it starts playing and inventing games

AI agents tend to do things when we give them specific commands, such as analyzing data and answering questions. But what would they do if left to their own devices?

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Rebalancing the body’s GPCR signaling networks could delay several age-related diseases at once—a proposed approach that targets multiple pathways rather than a single receptor. @frontiersin @frontiersin medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Rebalancing the body's cellular communication system could slow aging

Researchers have outlined a plan for slowing aging by targeting one of the body's most important cellular communication systems. In a new paper published in Frontiers in Science, scientists describe...

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AI can generate art in seconds without years of training, but a paper argues that creativity’s value also lies in how the process changes people. techxplore.com/news/2026-10-…

AI creates art in seconds, but creative growth still matters, paper argues

As artificial intelligence becomes capable of producing sophisticated art in seconds, a new paper challenges us to rethink what makes human creativity valuable. The paper argues that while AI can...

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Blocking an immune signal reduced radiation-related lung injury and scarring in mice, suggesting a potential way to protect healthy tissue during treatment. @cityofhope @NatureComms medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

New study identifies immune trigger behind radiation-related lung damage

Researchers at City of Hope have uncovered an immune pathway that may contribute to radiation-related lung damage and have identified a potential strategy to block it. Published in Nature Communica...

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Two molecules already in the body slowed pancreatic cancer cell growth in lab cultures when their levels were increased, pointing to treatment potential—but targeted delivery remains a challenge. @tamu medicalxpress.com/news/2026-…

Pancreatic cancer study highlights body's natural molecules as potential treatment tools

Pancreatic cancer cells are remarkably good at doing one thing: growing. But new Texas A&M research suggests that two tiny molecules already present in the body may help slow them down.

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