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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Oct-2026 03:16 ET (21-Oct-2026 07:16 GMT/UTC)

A new, precision surgical approach to diagnosing and treating early-stage lung cancer

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

UCLA Health's thoracic surgery, interventional pulmonology and pathology teams have adopted a novel, streamlined approach that combines diagnosis, staging, localization and treatment into a single operating room session under one anesthetic event.

For 25 years, California program has helped uninsured men get prostate cancer treatment

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences

As the program marks its 25th anniversary, Dr. Litwin reflects on its origins, how the needs of patients have evolved, and why its mission remains as important as ever.

How do you get middle schoolers to eat more fruit? Give them smoothies.

University of Maine

A three-year study led by researchers found that offering frozen fruit smoothies during lunch increased the amount of fruit students selected and consumed while sharply reducing waste. The work also showed something broader: Asking adolescents what they want — and involving them in designing a solution — can change their food choices.

For your health — what to know about dementia — and ways to prevent it

Washington University in St. Louis Division of Public Health Sciences

Dementia touches many lives — in many different ways. And most of us likely have some firsthand experience with it, whether it’s with an aging family member or friend or neighbor. Over 6 million people in the U.S. have some type of dementia, and these numbers are expected to accelerate in the coming years as the population gets older. There are steps, though, that we can take to boost our brain health and help lower the risk of developing dementia. A recent international report estimated that close to half of cases could be prevented or delayed — and mostly from changes many of us can make.

New engineering undergrad degree blends multiple areas

University of Texas at Dallas

The University of Texas at Dallas is introducing a new bachelor’s degree in materials science and engineering, giving students the opportunity to build expertise across disciplines and specialize in areas such as microelectronics and energy.

Skin cancer survivors invited to help evaluate new follow-up phone app

University of Stirling

Researchers behind an app designed to support people after skin cancer treatment are inviting former early-stage melanoma patients to take part in its final evaluation tests.

Funder: Cancer Research UK

Two million nautical miles in the service of research

Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

On 26 August 2026, the Polarstern achieved an impressive milestone: the German research icebreaker has covered a full two million nautical miles since it entered service on 9 December 1982. Of course, the ship’s crew of around 40 people is always on board, ensuring reliable operations at all times. Up to 55 researchers, working in international teams, investigate processes ranging from the seabed through the water column and all the way through to sea ice and up to the atmosphere.

Evidence of bone-crushing dogs at Ashfall Fossil Beds reveal new questions

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Thirty-five years on — well, 12 million technically — Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park continues to offer up important glimpses of prehistoric life in Nebraska. Consider, for example, Borophaginae, known commonly as bone-crushing dogs. In recent years, researchers have found footprints believed to be from these carnivores amid the ash at the site and tooth marks that seem to match the dogs’ teeth in the bones of rhinos, horses and camels that died in the ash.

Reborn to be wild

University of Maryland

Once on the brink of extinction, the scimitar-horned oryx is making a comeback in the savannahs of Africa—and University of Maryland scientists are waiting to see if this new generation of animals still remembers its wild instincts.

Spintronics: A new twist on how light controls magnetism

Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University

The manipulation of a ferromagnet’s magnetization by circularly polarized light is traditionally explained by an effective magnetic field aligned with the light wavevector. Researchers at AIMR studying cobalt-platinum alloy films found a substantial, previously unreported torque that this picture cannot account for—one driven instead by electrons’ orbital angular momentum, coupled to magnetization through spin-orbit interaction.

Journal: Physical Review Letters

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