All News
Medical Xpress / A popular joint pain supplement may accelerate dementia
New research has found an association between taking glucosamine, a popular over-the-counter supplement used for joint pain, and a higher likelihood of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease. The ...
Phys.org / New 3D microscope technology captures high-resolution tissue images at a fraction of the cost
A team led by Raju Tomer, professor of biological sciences at Columbia University, has created a new design for microscopes and microscope lenses that could push 3D tissue imaging beyond state-of-the-art systems while drastically ...
Medical Xpress / New Lassa fever vaccine shows promising results for first-in-human clinical trial
Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health, or CVD, report encouraging results from an early clinical trial that tested a new dual vaccine against Lassa ...
Phys.org / A lack of sex held back life's diversity for millions of years, fossil study finds
The way that Earth's first animals reproduced held back life's diversity for millions of years, until stress and competition led to the development of sexual reproduction, which in turn accelerated the pace of evolution.
Tech Xplore / Artificial eyes could bring human-like sight to self-driving cars and robots
Although self-driving cars and sophisticated robots use advanced cameras, computer algorithms and artificial intelligence to perceive their surroundings, these artificial eyes struggle to remain reliable in mixed lighting ...
Medical Xpress / Novel genetic links for anxiety symptoms uncovered in largest study to date
A study led by researchers at King's College London and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has analyzed genetic data on anxiety symptoms in 693,869 people of European ancestry, revealing new insights into the genetic ...
Medical Xpress / FireANTs unlocks faster medical image matching, cutting analysis from a week to minutes
Penn Engineers have developed an open-source algorithm that combines the speed of AI with the precision of geometry to compare complex medical images quickly and accurately, helping detect subtle changes that, over time, ...
Medical Xpress / Killing the mood: Smartphones reduce birth rate, studies say
As governments around the world struggle with ways to reverse plunging birth rates, new U.S. studies suggest they have ignored a key culprit—the smartphone.
Phys.org / California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals
Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over long periods and is suddenly released in the form of an earthquake. ...
Tech Xplore / OpenAI makes move to go public one week after rival Anthropic
OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, on Monday took the first step toward going public, one week after rival Anthropic announced its own filing, as both companies look to raise the massive sums needed to expand.
Medical Xpress / Encouraging trial results for AstraZeneca's new weight-loss pill
A new pill developed by the British pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca appears to help people lose a similar amount of weight as other oral GLP-1 drugs, trial results showed Monday.
Phys.org / Policy recommendations in climate-related research often 'an afterthought', analysis finds
Too often, policy recommendations in climate-related research are either an afterthought or stray too far into advocacy, a new analysis has found. Researchers led by the University of Cambridge conducted a systematic review ...
