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New Experimental Drug Shrinks Tumors in Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial
NEWS | 24 March 2026
A new immunotherapy drug has demonstrated early promise in a recent prostate cancer clinical trial. Yet many cancers, such as prostate cancer, remain difficult to treat, exposing the need for more effective immunotherapies. This is done by covering the drug in a "mask" that prevents it from engaging both the T-cells and cancer cells. VIR-5500, the drug used in this recent, promising prostate cancer trial, is one of many new masked T-cell engagers. Other masked T-cell engagers have also shown early clinical promise in prostate cancer, and trials have begun in numerous other cancers, including pancreatic, colorectal, and lung cancer.

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Gigantic 'Heat Dome' Baking The Whole US May Be Historic, Scientists Say
NEWS | 24 March 2026
(AP) – After smashing March heat records in 14 states and the U.S. as a whole, the gigantic heat dome that's baked the Southwest is creeping eastward and may end up being one of the most expansive heat waves in American history, meteorologists and weather historians said. "The area of record temperatures is extremely large. It may not be as large as the Dust Bowl heat waves of 1936, but that was a series of heat waves over two months during summer, not a single big event like now, Burt said. Related: World Meteorological Day: Ocean Heat Breaks Record, Scientists WarnOn Friday, a group of international climate scientists called World Weather Attribution determined that the record heat was "virtually impossible" and 800 times more likely because of climate change from the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. The heat dome will move on by late next week, Masters said: "We just have to give it time."

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Sunken Soviet Submarine Is Leaking Radioactive Material in The Ocean
NEWS | 24 March 2026
A sunken Cold War-era nuclear submarine is quietly leaking radioactive material into the deep, dark waters at the bottom of the Norwegian Sea, a survey has determined. The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets sank after an on-board fire in April 1989, carrying not just the nuclear reactor that powered her, but two nuclear torpedoes. While the torpedoes remain sealed, the reactor is degrading, periodically releasing visible plumes of radioactive material into the water, Gwynn and colleagues report in a new paper. However, ongoing annual investigations by the Norwegian government revealed radioactive cesium isotopes in the water around the submarine. However, just a few meters from the submarine, radioactive contamination drops sharply, suggesting that these isotopes are rapidly dissipating.

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How Will Gravity on Mars Affect Humans? A New Study Reveals a Clue.
NEWS | 24 March 2026
It is therefore important to determine how this muscle tissue will fare in the Martian environment. For their experiment, the team studied how lower gravity affected skeletal muscle tissue in 24 mice sent to JAXA's Kibo experimental module. We have centrifuges that can be used to temporarily expose humans to certain gravity levels, but it is not homogeneous nor constant. We used gravity levels that were equally separated to have a better picture of the dose-response of each system to gravity. As such, the two are well-acquainted with the impact that different gravity levels have on musculoskeletal tissues.

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Microbe in Human Gut May Boost Muscle Strength, Study Finds
NEWS | 24 March 2026
A specific microbe found in the human gut appears to be able to boost muscle strength, new research suggests. In a new study, researchers highlight another surprising service that seems to be offered by at least one species of intestinal microbe: improving your muscle strength. "Taken together, our findings provide solid evidence confirming the existence of a gut-muscle axis in which this identified bacterium positively modulates muscle metabolism and muscle strength," Ruiz says. Study subjects underwent extensive measurements of muscle power, including tests designed to assess hand grip, leg, and upper body strength. R. inulinivorans induced a "remarkable increase" in the rodents' forelimb grip strength, boosting this muscle-function proxy by roughly 30 percent above the control group, they report.

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SPONSORED | 24 March 2026
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Magnetic Fluid Injected Into The Heart May Prevent Strokes, Scientists Think
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Tucked inside the heart is a tiny pouch called the left atrial appendage. When the heart beats erratically, blood can pool and sit still in this pouch instead of flowing normally – and still blood tends to clot. Another option is a procedure called left atrial appendage occlusion, in which doctors implant a small device to plug the appendage. Because the material begins as a liquid, it can adapt precisely to the highly irregular shape of each patient's left atrial appendage. For example, the magnetic material can affect MRI heart scans, making parts of the heart harder to see.

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Mysterious Structure on Mars Looks Uncannily Like an Ancient Egyptian Pyramid
NEWS | 24 March 2026
We may not get Shakespeare, but every once in a while, we might see some rocks that look enough like bugs to fool an entomologist. The latest of these fascinating Mars illusions to hit the tabloids is an eye-catching structure, first spotted in 2002, that resembles a three-sided pyramid perched in a wind-scoured valley called Candor Chasma. Since its discovery, other orbiters have also imaged the region, notably the HiRISE camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These are previously buried rock structures that are more durable than the bedrock that once encased them; after erosion brushed the surrounding bedrock away, the knobs were left standing. A mountain called Cerro Tusa in Colombia stands 457 meters above the surrounding terrain, with a base of 1.8 kilometers.

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Bacterial Meningitis Survivors Face Life‑Altering Effects, Expert Says
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Much of the existing research on bacterial meningitis tends to follow a similar pattern, focused on the acute phase when people are hospitalised and receiving treatment. Our new research with people who survived bacterial meningitis is the first of its kind conducted in Aotearoa New Zealand. Ongoing impacts long after acute illnessParticipants emphasised that bacterial meningitis was a long-term illness with far-reaching impacts. Our findings demonstrate that bacterial meningitis is much more than a life-threatening infection. Our recommendations highlight that patients and families need realistic information and responsive support to help them adjust to life after bacterial meningitis.

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Viruses That Jump to Humans Don't Need Special Mutations, Study Finds
NEWS | 24 March 2026
The study also reinforces evidence that the outbreaks examined are consistent with viruses that jumped to us from other animal hosts rather than laboratory escapes. Conventional wisdom has long suggested animal viruses need adaptive mutations before they can infect people and sustain human-to-human transmission. Given the scant evidence, Wertheim and his colleagues decided to investigate. In all the viruses studied, natural selection intensity was normal before the leap to humans, with no detectable evolutionary signal foreshadowing spillover. "From a broad epidemiological standpoint, our findings challenge the idea that pandemic viruses are evolutionarily special before they reach humans," Wertheim says.

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Hot Baths Could Boost Your Running Performance, Study Finds
NEWS | 24 March 2026
When oxygen levels in the air are low, the body responds by producing more red blood cells – the cells responsible for carrying oxygen around the body. Athletes commonly use short periods of heat exposure – typically seven to 14 days – to prepare for competition in hot climates. What we foundAfter five weeks of regular hot baths, our runners had significantly increased their red blood cell volume. This expansion dilutes the red blood cells, temporarily lowering the amount of oxygen carried in the blood. The body senses this change and responds by producing more red blood cells to restore balance.

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The Comb Jelly 'Brain' Is Far More Complex Than We Ever Realized
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Comb jellies – very simple, gelatinous creatures best-known for their hypnotic underwater light shows – first appeared in Earth's oceans around 550 million years ago. But a new study suggests their central sensory organ is far more complex and brain-like than we realized. The newly discovered complexity of their nervous systems suggests brain-like structures have been part of animal life for a very, very long time. While the AO is not like our brain, Ferraioli explains that it's the organ that comb jellies use as a brain. "In other words", Burkhardt adds, "evolution seems to have invented centralized nervous systems more than once."

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Does Vitamin C Really Protect You From The Common Cold?
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Chemically, the vitamin C in supplements is identical to the vitamin C in food. Regular vitamin C supplementation does reduce the duration, and at doses greater than 1,000 mg or more, could reduce the severity of common cold symptoms. For people who have chronic kidney disease, vitamin C can be especially problematic because vitamin C is flushed from the body by the kidneys. Related: A Common Vitamin Could Help Protect Your Lungs From Air PollutionShould you take a vitamin C supplement? The evidence doesn't support claims that vitamin C supplements prevent colds, heart disease or cancer.

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Ancient Fragments Could Be The World's Oldest Known Geometry
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Ancient humans were surprisingly creative, structured, and geometrical in their thinking some 60,000 years ago, according to some intricately engraved ostrich eggshells found across southern Africa. "These signs reveal a surprisingly structured, geometric way of thinking," says Silvia Ferrara, an archaeologist at the University of Bologna and senior author of the study. To decipher the 'geometric grammar' used by the shells' decorators, the researchers analyzed the spatial arrangement of marki(TExier et al. The researchers examined nearly 1,300 lines etched on the shell fragments and concluded that their makers demonstrated a striking level of cognitive organization. But they highlight a crucial progression in the evolution of human thinking, one that laid the foundation for a future full of art and invention.

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Gut Bacteria May Directly Enter The Brain, Study in Mice Reveals
NEWS | 24 March 2026
Now, new research in mice explains how some of that communication might occur: through very small numbers of live bacteria traveling from the gut to the brain via the vagus nerve. The bacteria were found in the brain, whether the gut leakage was prompted by diet or models of disease. When certain gut microbes were transferred to mice, scientists later detected the bacteria in the gut and brain, but nowhere else in the body. However, there are caveats to be aware of, besides the fact that this was a study of mice and not humans. "This may shift the focus of new interventions for brain conditions, with the gut as the new target of the therapy.