How to best protect your skin from the sun this summer

With summer in full swing, an expert dispels sunscreen myths and shares advice for safe, healthy fun in the sun.

Corrie Pikul-Brown • futurity
yesterday ~9 min

MIT engineers develop electrochemical sensors for cheap, disposable diagnostics

Electrodes coated with DNA could enable inexpensive tests with a long shelf-life, which could detect many diseases and be deployed in the doctor’s office or at home.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
yesterday ~6 min


Blood tests can detect cancer 3 years before diagnosis

Early detection of cancer could give patients and caregivers more time for intervention and may lead to better outcomes.

Johns Hopkins University • futurity
June 20, 2025 ~5 min

MIT engineers uncover a surprising reason why tissues are flexible or rigid

Watery fluid between cells plays a major role, offering new insights into how organs and tissues adapt to aging, diabetes, cancer, and more.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
June 20, 2025 ~7 min

Cambridge researchers awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council

Eleven senior researchers at the University of Cambridge have been awarded Advanced Grants from the European Research Council – the highest number of grants

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 17, 2025 ~6 min

What dinosaur fossils could teach us about cancer

Dinosaur fossils aren’t just relics of the past – they’re guides to the future.

Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University • conversation
June 16, 2025 ~7 min

Why don’t bats get cancer?

A study to look at why long-lived bats do not get cancer has broken new ground about the biological defenses that resist the disease.

U. Rochester-URMC • futurity
June 11, 2025 ~5 min

‘AI scientist’ suggests combinations of widely available non-cancer drugs can kill cancer cells

An ‘AI scientist’, working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high

Cambridge University News • cambridge
June 4, 2025 ~5 min


Enhanced breast cancer screening in the UK could detect an extra 3,500 cancers per year, trial shows

Researchers in Cambridge are calling for additional scans to be added to breast screening for women with very dense breasts. This follows a large-scale trial,

Cambridge University News • cambridge
May 21, 2025 ~5 min

What does it mean for Biden’s prostate cancer to be ‘aggressive’? A urologic surgeon explains

Doctors examine a tumor in several different ways to determine whether a cancer is aggressive – and what kinds of treatments, if any, might work best.

Jason P. Joseph, Assistant Professor of Urology, University of Florida • conversation
May 21, 2025 ~8 min

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