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In the fight against cancer, an important field of research is the search for safe alternatives to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. These treatments attack both cancer cells and healthy cells, exposing patients to serious side effects.A team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Porto in Portugal have just brought an alternative one step closer. They’ve developed materials capable of converting near-infrared light, or NIR, efficiently and safely into heat that can be highly targeted against cancer cells. Their materials are tin oxide (SnOx) nanoflakes, tiny particles that have a thickness of less than 20…

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The face in the photo has become well-known in Sudan. The fighter, with his medium-length hair framing a bearded face, has appeared in numerous videos. Sometimes he smiles, even as he kills unarmed people.This is Abu Lulu. But the photo of him released last Thursday by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the group he purported to represent, showed him with handcuffs on after being arrested.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe arrest is part of RSF’s efforts to distance itself from atrocities committed in the Darfur city of el-Fasher, which its forces took control of on October 26…

The head of Britain’s richest family, Gopichand Hinduja, has died aged 85.Known as GP, Mr Hinduja and his family made their fortune from the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, which operates in 11 sectors including finance, media and entertainment, and oil.It has about 200,000 staff around the world.The family said in a statement: “He will leave a deep hole at the heart of our family.”They added that he would be “remembered for his formidable work”.Mr Hinduja helped transform his father’s modest textile and trading businesses into a global conglomerate and one of India’s largest companies.Mr Hinduja and his family topped the…

My long-term partner of 30 years, Megan Davies, died from lung cancer on 31 October.While I agree that there is much to be done to improve end-of-life care (Editorial, 29 October; Letters, 2 November), in Megan’s case, she was able to stay at home and enjoy many of the things she liked until a final two-day stay in hospital, where she also received good care.This was achieved by a combination of support from family, friends and her local GP, together with targeted assistance from hospice-based palliative care nurses.It was not, of course, perfect and sometimes required chasing up treatment and…

If you were hoping Jennifer Lawrence might be able to tell you who to vote for and why, you’re in for some disappointment. “I don’t really know if I should,” the actor told the New York Times recently when asked about speaking up about the second Trump administration – and she’s not the only one. “I’ve always believed that I’m not here to tell people what to think,” Sydney Sweeney recently told GQ, after a year in which she was the subject of controversy over a jeans ad and a possible Republican voter registration. This marks a shift from Donald…

New Zealand sustained the biggest defeat in their history at the hands of world champions South Africa in the recent Rugby Championship, and also endured a surprise loss to Argentina.That has led some to believe the aura of the mighty All Blacks may be slipping and that this represents Scotland’s best chance to register their first ever victory in the fixture, but Scotland wing Darcy Graham says they remain as formidable as ever.”No, that doesn’t slip at all. We know the challenge that’s coming on Saturday,” said Graham, whose hat-trick in Scotland’s 85-0 demolition of the United States took him…

Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…

Californians headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide on Proposition 50, a ballot measure of national significance that could play a major role in determining which party controls the US House of Representatives after the 2026 midterms.If voters approve the proposal, the state will halt the work of its independent redistricting commission and allow the legislature to redraw congressional districts to carve out five additional Democratic congressional seats. The effort is a direct attempt to neutralize Texas’s partisan gerrymander, undertaken at the request of Donald Trump, to create several new safe Republican districts.Gavin Newsom, the California governor, has said…

The Asian e-commerce company Shein has pledged to cooperate with French prosecutors who have opened an investigation into the sale of childlike sex dolls on its platform.“We will cooperate fully with the judicial authorities,” Shein’s spokesperson in France, Quentin Ruffat, told RMC radio, adding that the company was prepared to share names of those who had bought such dolls.“We will be completely transparent with the authorities. If they ask us to do so, we will comply,” he said.Shein announced on Monday that it would ban sex dolls from sale on its sites after French authorities condemned the company for featuring…