Scientists are working to shed new light on an enduring climate mystery 鈥 one that, if solved, could help them make more accurate predictions about the planet鈥檚 future.
Patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are often treated with immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors, which are designed to strengthen the immune system鈥檚 ability to kill cancer cells 鈥 but these drugs do not produce a lasting response in most patients with this cancer type.
Even for patients covered by Medicare, annual out-of-pocket costs for lifesaving cancer treatments taken in pill form have often exceeded $10,000鈥攗ntil recently. Thanks to changes in Medicare Part D introduced by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that took effect in 2025, annual out-of-pocket drug costs for all beneficiaries are now capped at $2,000.
Researchers have developed a method to evaluate and optimize the design of multimode quantum computers. Superconducting quantum processors must be operated at extremely low temperatures, achieved using dilution refrigerators. In multimode computers, these refrigerators must be connected via optical links that shuttle fragile quantum information. This study aids in understanding performance tradeoffs of using a multinode superconducting architecture versus a single-node design or the use of conventional non-quantum connections between nodes.
A study from the University of Iowa's Tippie College of Business finds provenance plays as significant a role in the resale value of digital NFTs as it does collectibles in the real world, as gaming cards once owned by well-known game players are being resold to other players with higher premiums.
Numerous studies conducted by researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report progress for cancers including head and neck cancer, metastatic breast cancer and lung cancer.
Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will present promising results from clinical trials in three minisymposia abstracts at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2025. Findings include a personalized vaccine combination therapy for colorectal cancer, the use of radiotherapy to avoid the toxicities of systemic treatments for kidney cancer, and engineered exosomes to silence mutant KRAS in pancreatic cancer.
A new targeted drug treatment for small cell lung cancer, understanding how obesity drives endometrial cancer, and predicting early-stage melanoma spread are among the research topics being presented by scientists with The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center 鈥 Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting April 25-30 in Chicago.