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Phys.org / Flooded fields across Midwest spur push for farm-tested solutions
Larry Dallas's farm in Central Illinois's Douglas County is as flat as it gets. That's a good thing for planting straight rows and maneuvering farm equipment in the field, but there's a major downside, too. "Heavier rain ...
Medical Xpress / One pint, one bold promise: What this beer health claim hides about alcohol's real trade-offs
Beer could come with a "surprising health benefit," according to a new report from the BBC. This must be pleasing news for beer drinkers everywhere. But what did the new study the BBC report was based on actually say? And ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental KRAS G12D drug slows cancer growth, shrinks tumors in early test
A first-in-human clinical trial led by an international team of researchers and published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that setidegrasib, an investigational targeted therapy drug designed to eliminate a key ...
Phys.org / Bees can detect viruses in food sources, but don't necessarily avoid them
The ability to detect viruses and other harmful pathogens is highly advantageous for animals, as it can guide their behavior and prevent them from illness, and—in severe cases—death. When it comes to species that live in ...
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: In spaaa-aaace!
We're focusing on space news this week, but we did cover the usual amount of local news down here in Earth's gravity well: A new Tokamak reactor regime sustained stable plasma fusion for one full minute. An anomaly in global ...
Medical Xpress / A brownie, a drink, a drive: Hidden impairment standard sobriety tests completely miss
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that using cannabis edibles and alcohol together worsens driving impairment compared with consuming either substance alone. The study also found that cannabis (alone ...
Phys.org / Disentangling the many factors at play within exposure science
Take a brief walk outside and you're likely to encounter a wide range of things that could influence your health—the sunlight beaming on your face, a plume of exhaust, or even noise from a car driving by. Each exposure carries ...
Medical Xpress / The Bondi Beach terror attack mobilized a team of volunteer medics. Here's what we learned
Warning: this article contains details of injuries sustained during a terrorist attack.
Phys.org / Immigrants help address the US eldercare shortage, analysis shows
Good caregivers are often in short supply, but after the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. in early 2020, staff levels at nursing homes dropped by 10%. What was a simple personnel shortage has moved closer to being a nursing-care ...
Tech Xplore / Solvent-free battery electrodes reach high density, opening path to cheaper manufacturing
A research team led by Professor Young-Jun Kim at the Sungkyunkwan Advanced Institute of Nano Technology (SAINT) of SKKU has announced a breakthrough in "dry electrode" technology—a next-generation manufacturing process for ...
Tech Xplore / Human-guided AI system could strengthen advanced reactor monitoring and control
Nuclear reactors generate reliable, low-carbon electricity by using heat from nuclear fission to turn turbines. These steady energy producers are a crucial component of clean power generation. Nuclear engineers are responsible ...
Phys.org / Q&A: What AI actually does in diffusion models for drug design
In the search for new drugs, artificial intelligence in the form of diffusion models is being used in drug design. What exactly does AI do in this context? Dr. Andrea Mastropietro and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bajorath from Life Science ...
