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Age-related decline in lung immune defenses increases the risk of lung damage and serious respiratory infections in the elderly. This may occur for the following cause, according to recent studies. According to study published on November 21 in Nature Medicine that pollution has a cumulative effect on the lungs that weakens human immune defenses.

The last sighting of this bird was in 1882. Then, researchers in Papua New Guinea filmed it. Black-naped Pheasant-pigeons, a rare species of giant ground-dwelling pigeon found only on Fergusson Island, a rocky island in the D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago off eastern Papua New Guinea, have been rediscovered by a team of scientists and environmentalists.

CBS Philadelphia reported on Tuesday that a new robotic technology is helping for one shot approach to treating lung cancer. Survival rates from lung cancer have been on the upswing owing in part to this new technology, according to the American Lung Association's annual report. Current estimates put the five-year survival rate at 25%. Successful cases include that of Kathleen McGinn, whose cancer was detected early and treated with the novel robotic method.

Scientists discover the largest seagrass prairie in the world with the help of tiger sharks. Researchers led by marine scientist Oliver Shipley and published their findings in Nature Communications on November 1. They found that the Bahamas Banks, a group of underwater plateaus around the Bahama archipelago, have seagrasses covering 92,000 square kilometers. Half of Florida might fit into the region. Due to this discovery, the projected seagrass coverage throughout the world has grown by 41%.

Researchers have developed new brain implants that read words from thoughts. People who have lost the capacity to speak or type due to paralysis or another medical condition may communicate with others via the use of a brain implant that translates their thoughts into outward signals. At the annual conference of the Society for Neuroscience on November 13, researchers presented the findings of two trials that "give fresh evidence of the amazing potential" of brain implants for reestablishing lost connection.

Successful fisheries management and conservation efforts have helped bring some species of tuna and billfish back from decades of population reductions. This includes southern bluefin tuna, black marlins, and swordfish. New evidence reveals that populations of other large fish improve, the threat of extinction for sharks grows.

A new development in lithium-sulfur batteries at the University of Michigan has showed that recycled bulletproof vest batteries deliver five times more energy. Since lithium-ion batteries need unethical cobalt mining activities and produce a lot of carbon dioxide (CO2), this new innovation would be a far more powerful and environmentally friendly replacement for them.

Researchers investigated the mechanisms of lung cancer's earliest stages. A new protein discovery could help in the treatment and early detection of lung cancer. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh found that the protein TLR2 regulates several of the body's defensive processes in response to carcinogenic cellular changes. The study's results are published in the journal Cell Reports under the title "Toll-like receptor 2 orchestrates a tumor suppressor response in non-small cell lung cancer."

Initial assessments indicate that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 shakes Italy's Adriatic coast early on Wednesday morning that did not result in any significant property damage or personal injuries. It was felt in Rome, which is on the opposite side of the region from where the earthquake occurred, as well as in the northern provinces of Veneto, Friuli, and Trentino. The earthquake occurred shortly after 7 a.m. (1 a.m. ET).

Using the MACHETE method, scientists can now analyze copy number alterations in cancer genomes. Poorer survival was shown in mouse models of pancreatic cancer and melanoma when researchers used MACHETE to discover that a significant deletion often destroys a cluster of interferon genes. Possible biomarker of immunotherapy success: intact tumor interferons. Francisco "Pancho" Barriga and Kaloyan Tsanov of the Sloan Kettering Institute don't want the name of their new research method to take away from their findings, which give new information about a genetic change that causes about 15% of all cancers and may help doctors find patients who are likely to respond to immunotherapies.

Despite the awkwardness of the transition to maturity, at least our eyes don't protrude from our skulls on stalks longer than our legs. But the eyes of some young fruit flies appear to bulge out of their head. According to Science News, a recent research found that the eye-up metamorphosis in P. tangliangi, one of the stalkier species, only takes approximately 50 minutes. The eyes of a fly are permanently fixed in an outward position, like a selfie stick, because when the thin eyestalks are stretched, they darken and harden.

Possible new weight loss aid for obese youth in the near future. This week, the New England Journal of Medicine published the results of a clinical trial showing that adolescents who received weekly injections of an appetite-suppressing drug lost an average of 14.7% of their starting bodyweight, while those who received a placebo and counseling on diet and exercise gained an average of 2.7%. A total of 201 adolescents (aged 12 to 17) from three medical facilities in the US, Europe, and Mexico participated in the study. Obesity drug helped teens lower their bmi and lose weight.

Injecting the immune system with lab-made antibodies may better prepare it to fight against cat allergies than regular allergy injections alone. Combining asthma medication with allergy shots may be effective in treating cat allergies. Allergy symptoms were also decreased for up to a year after treatment ended, according to recent research. Immunotherapy, or allergy injections, has been used for over a century to alleviate allergy symptoms including itchiness, watery eyes, sneezing, a runny nose, and congestion.

More than 2,400 individuals were ill with malaria in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia, in the first quarter of 2022. Scientists have found invasive Asian mosquito linked to major malaria outbreak in Ethiopia. The research, which was presented on November 1 in Seattle at the annual conference of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, shows that the invading vector is capable of fueling malarial epidemics. The species' ability to thrive in human-dominated areas is cause for concern since it might expose millions more Africans to malaria.

Website traffic is the number of people who go to a website. Visits, which are sometimes called "sessions," are a common way to measure how good an online business is at getting people to come to it.

Wind turbines offer the potential to generate electricity and sequester carbon dioxide simultaneously. Wind turbines, according to computer models, have been shown to pull polluted air from above a city or chimney into their wake. As a result, more carbon dioxide will reach the equipment that can extract it from the air. At a conference of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics on November 21 in Indianapolis, the researchers aim to explain their simulations and a wind tunnel test of a scaled-down system.

Quakes on Mars hint there may be volcanic magma underground. Magma clues found beneath suggest that Mars is not the geologically dead place we always imagined it was. Volcanic activity on Mars is known to have occurred in the past, although not for tens of millions of years. After studying a cluster of more than 20 seismic occurrences on Mars using data from NASA's InSight lander mission, Simon Stähler of ETH Zurich in Switzerland and his coworkers have found what is likely a magma deposit in Cerberus Fossae, an area of fissures produced by fault lines.

The normal treatment for nocturnal terror disorder may be made more effective with the use of memory enhancement techniques. Insomnia-free sleep is a fantasy for many who suffer from chronic nightmares. Neuroscientists have now shown new treatment for debilitating nightmares in a pilot study that they can use a method that, for some people, seems to end disturbing dreams.

An American lady files a lawsuit against l'oréal, alleging that the use of their hair straighteners led to the development of uterine cancer. On Friday, civil rights lawyer Ben Crump and lawyer Diandra "Fu" Debrosse Zimmermann filed a lawsuit in Illinois on behalf of Jenny Mitchell, a 32-year-old woman from Missouri.

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Dove, Nexxus, and other dry shampoos recalled by Uniliver because they may contain benzene, which is known to cause cancer. In a statement released on Friday, the Food and Drug Administration said that the affected products were made before October 2021 and sold in stores across the country. Jenny Mitchell (left), whose cancerous uterus, sued L'Oréal after using the company's products to straighten her hair chemically.

By measuring the electrical fields surrounding swarming honeybees, scientists have determined that insects contribute to electric field in atmosphere. This kind of energy is used by insects to locate food, by spiders to push themselves through the air, and by humans to influence weather patterns. The study's results, which were published in the journal iScience, show that organisms have an effect on the electrical properties of the air around them.

According to recent findings, protons might be stretchier than they should be. However, physicists are split on whether or not this anomaly will remain in future observations and whether or not this means we need to rethink our basic knowledge of the proton's structure. The proton comprises three smaller particles called quarks, which are bound together by even smaller particles called gluons and extremely fleeting "virtual" particles. When an electric or magnetic force acts on a proton, its charged parts move around inside the proton. This causes the proton to change shape or stretch.

The key outcome of the experiment was the no value of colonoscopy screening in lowering cancer mortality over a 10-year period, which sparked a media frenzy. This finding contradicts the widely held idea that universal participation in this screening would effectively eradicate the vast majority of cases of colorectal cancer.