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Phys.org / Pandora, a keen-eyed satellite built to study exoplanets, readies for launch
Pandora, the latest in a long portfolio of University of Arizona's space science missions, has cleared its last major milestone on its journey into space. This week, Pandora—a satellite about the size of fridge—was mounted ...
Medical Xpress / Insurance data can help fill gaps between longer medical trials for patients up against the clock
Randomized clinical trials remain the gold standard for establishing a medication's effects, producing the evidence by which most drugs and interventions in the U.S. are approved.
Medical Xpress / Teens use cellphones for an hour a day at school, study finds
U.S. adolescents spend more than one hour per day on smartphones during school hours, with social media accounting for the largest share of use, according to research published in JAMA. The findings have relevance for educators, ...
Phys.org / How quiet galaxies stay quiet: Cool gas feeds black holes in 'red geysers'
Astronomers have long puzzled over how some massive galaxies stop forming stars and remain dormant for billions of years—even when they still contain gas that could, in principle, fuel new stars.
Phys.org / How does glass 'shake' and why does it start flowing when pushed hard enough?
Glassy materials are everywhere, with applications far exceeding windowpanes and drinking glasses. They range from bioactive glasses for bone repair and amorphous pharmaceuticals that boost drug solubility to ultra-pure silica ...
Tech Xplore / Coal tailings could solve United States' need for rare earth elements
Rare earth elements are an easy-to-find, hard-to-refine resource critical for everything from magnets and electronics to batteries and catalysts for chemical reactions. Since the 1980s, a race has been on between the United ...
Phys.org / Antiferromagnetic metal exhibits diode-like behavior without external magnetic field
Antiferromagnetic (AF) materials are made up of atoms or molecules with atomic spins that align in antiparallel directions of their neighbors. The magnetism of each individual atom or molecule is canceled out by the one next ...
Medical Xpress / Personalizing cancer treatments significantly improves outcomes in clinical trial
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have led the first clinical trial in the world to show that cancer drug treatments can be safely and effectively personalized based on the unique DNA of ...
Medical Xpress / Improving sleep isn't enough: Daytime function as a key to assessing insomnia treatments
About one in nine adults suffer from chronic insomnia and its residual effects like drowsiness, cognitive issues, and irritability, as well as increased health risks like diabetes and heart risks if left untreated. While ...
Tech Xplore / Did that lamp just fold the laundry? Alumni rethink home robotics
When Aaron Tan began his Ph.D. in mechanical and industrial engineering at the University of Toronto in 2019, leading a robotics startup in Silicon Valley was the furthest thing from his mind.
Medical Xpress / COVID-19 still claims more than 100,000 US lives each year
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report national estimates of 43.6 million COVID-19-associated illnesses and 101,300 deaths in the US during October 2022 to September 2023, plus 33.0 million illnesses ...
Phys.org / How Mycobacterium tuberculosis safeguards itself from foreign DNA
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have discovered how a key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect it from the influence ...
