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A distinctly British scandal caused by sloppy photo editing has sparked calls for watermarking untouched images. The pleas come after a picture of Princess Kate intensified wild rumours about her whereabouts. Kate’s representatives issued the image this week to subdue gossip about her recent absence from the public eye. Newspapers and websites promptly plastered the snapshot across their pages. But the photo only heightened the speculation. Online sleuths soon spotted clear signs of…

New research reveals that stress promotes cancer metastasis by causing neutrophils to form structures that facilitate the disease’s spread. This finding highlights the importance of incorporating stress reduction into cancer treatment and suggests new avenues for preventing cancer metastasis through targeted therapies.Stress is an unavoidable aspect of life. However, excessive stress can have detrimental effects on our health. Prolonged stress elevates the risk of developing heart disease and experiencing strokes. It may…

The extreme anticyclonic anomaly over Northeast Asia triggered multiple climate disasters over distinct regions in July 2021. Credit: IAP A study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences has revealed the unprecedented nature of an anticyclonic anomaly that occurred over Northeast Asia in July 2021. It not only played a pivotal role in the catastrophic extreme precipitation experienced in Henan Province in central China,…

With a storm lingering again over Los Angeles County, experts warn that even its modest rainfall could elevate the risk for mudslides, debris flows and flooding because the ground is already waterlogged from the monster storms earlier this month.“In normal winters where we haven’t had as much rain, this type of rainfall doesn’t cause that much issue because the ground can still absorb water,” said National Weather Service forecaster Ryan Kittell. But once the ground becomes completely saturated, he said, flooding can…

A concentrated cannabis extract has shown "remarkable" potential to kill off the most dangerous type of skin cancer.It's still early days, but if the results can be replicated in living animal models and then in humans, it could provide a whole new drug avenue for a disease that is currently difficult to treat: melanoma.The cannabis oil in question is known as PHEC-66, and it was developed by MGC Pharmaceuticals in Australia.In October 2023, the company funded a study that found PHEC-66 stopped isolated melanoma cell…

There is no respite from solar storms for Earth. The Sun emitted a powerful X-class solar flare on February 9, reaching its peak at 8:10 a.m. (1310 GMT), resulting in shortwave radio blackouts across regions of South America, Africa, and the Southern Atlantic. Originating from sunspot AR3576, which had previously exhibited an M-class flare and plasma eruption on February 5, this recent solar flare marked a significant event in solar activity. Fortunately, by February 8, the sunspot had moved away as the sun and Earth…

Researchers have created a new method to link genetic variants to coronary artery disease, discovering a connection to a rare vascular disease, which may lead to new treatments. Credit: SciTechDaily.comNew gene mapping technique reveals how genetic alterations in cells lining blood vessels contribute to coronary artery disease, with implications for diagnostic and treatment strategies.Researchers from the Brigham, the Broad Institute, and Stanford Medicine studied how “deleting” individual genes associated with coronary…

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White blood cells are important foot soldiers in the immune system, but their numbers can be cut by health conditions or treatments like chemotherapy. Yale scientists have now discovered a molecule that can be given to quickly boost their numbers back up, to help fight off infections without antibiotics.Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell that are among the first responders to foreign threats like bacteria, viruses or fungi. Unfortunately, their levels can drop in a condition called neutropenia, which can be the…

No matter how important something is, too much of anything is bad for you. Scientists have now put that principle to work to kill cancer, with a new drug that causes calcium to build up and choke the tumor to death.Calcium ions are crucial messengers in biological cells, and play a key role in keeping the energy-producing mitochondria functioning. They travel in and out of cells through channels that open and close with precise triggers to maintain exactly the right balance. If there’s too much calcium, the cell can…