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New Blood Test 'can Predict' Breast Cancer Return

An "ultra-sensitive" new blood test can predict if breast cancer will return years before the disease shows up on scans, researchers say.

Cancer Patients Often Do Better With Less Intensive Treatment, Research Shows

Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference.

Google And Harvard Map A Tiny Piece Of The Human Brain With Extreme Precision

In the new study, scientists mapped a cubic millimetre of human brain tissue from the temporal cortex-a nexus that's important for memory, emotions, and sensations.

Scientists Are Working Towards A Unified Theory Of Consciousness

By defining multiple aspects of consciousness, immediate responses versus internal thoughts, it’ll be clearer how to explore and compare results from different experiments. For now, the global neuronal workspace theory mostly focuses on the “inner experience” that leads to consciousness, whereas others try to tackle the “outer experience” what we immediately experience.

A Universal Vaccine Against Any Viral Variant? A New Study Suggests It’s Possible

This powerful defence system could launch a new generation of vaccines.

The Crucial Building Blocks Of Life On Earth Form More Easily In Outer Space

The cold conditions of space are actually more favourable to the formation of peptides.

This AI Just Designed A More Precise CRISPR Gene Editor For Human Cells From Scratch

The result is a CRISPR gene editor with both components-Cas protein and RNA guide- designed by AI. Dubbed OpenCRISPR-1, its gene editing activity was similar to classic CRISPR-Cas9 systems when tested in cultured human kidney cells.

Scientists Find A Surprising Way To Transform A And B Blood Types Into Universal Blood

Compared to previous attempts, the blend of enzymes converted A and B blood types to type O blood with "Remarkably high efficiencies".

Smelting Steel With Sunlight: New Solar Trap Tech Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Heat

Companies like Heliogen, which is backed by Bill Gates, has already developed solar furnace technology designed to generate the high temperatures required in a wide range of industries.

Global Carbon Capture Capacity Quadruples As The Biggest Plant Yet Revs Up In Iceland

The project is aiming to reach megaton scale, removing one million tons a year, by 2030 and gigaton-scale, a billion tons a year by 2050.

AI Can Now Generate Songs. What Does This Mean For Music?

This highlights something sometimes missed about musical expression: AI doesn’t need to experience emotions and life events to successfully express them in music that resonates with people.

AI Is Gathering A Growing Amount Of Training Data Inside Virtual Worlds

"We should think of simulation as an accelerator to what we do in the real world. It can save time and money and help us with a diversity of edge-case scenarios, but ultimately it is a tool to augment datasets collected from real-world data collection,"