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Medical Xpress / In football players with repeated head impacts, inflammation related to brain changes and worse memory

In former college and professional football players, a new study has found higher levels of inflammation were associated with worse brain structure, which in turn was related to worse memory. The study, published in Neurology, ...

17 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Too much transparency can hurt financial markets

These days, transparency is a financial buzzword. Opening the curtains on the operations of financial markets is supposed to help investors and regulators make better decisions. But sometimes transparency can backfire, according ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Novel structural insights into Phytophthora effectors challenge long-held assumptions in plant pathology

How do evolutionarily conserved pathogen effectors maintain structural stability while engaging diverse host targets? In a new study published in Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions, researchers at the University of Pretoria's ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Medicare Advantage and Medicare–Medicaid eligible patients less likely to use highly rated stroke rehabilitation

Stroke patients with Medicare Advantage health insurance plans are less likely to be discharged to highly rated post-acute care than those covered by traditional Medicare, according to a new study co-led by researchers at ...

17 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / How thoughtful DEI initiatives can effectively repair a 'leaky roof'

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts have been around for a while, but their impact can sometimes be underwhelming. A pair of papers co-authored by ILR Assistant Professor Merrick R. Osborne examines why some DEI ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Smoking and Parkinson's: What a 410,000-person study suggests about quitting

A new study of smokers finds that currently smoking is associated with a lower risk of developing Parkinson's disease, but quitting smoking was associated with a lower risk of death. The study, published in Neurology, does ...

Phys.org / Researchers create DNA detection tool to stop spread of invasive Asian swamp eels, bullseye snakeheads

In the canals, marshes, and swamps of the Florida Everglades, invasive fish are silently slipping into new waterways. Among them are the Asian swamp eel and the bullseye snakehead, two air-breathing predators that live in ...

22 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / The 5 a.m. myth: Why waking early won't make you more successful

At 5 a.m., social media fills with proof that the early risers have already won the day. Cold plunges. Journals. Sunrise runs. Productivity gurus insist this is the routine that separates high performers from everyone else, ...

17 hours ago in Sleep disorders
Tech Xplore / The latest advances in pyrochlore oxide-based dielectric energy storage technology

Pyrochlore oxides—a class of advanced dielectric materials—represent a promising next-generation approach to efficient energy storage. Their structural flexibility and tunable chemical composition make them prime candidates ...

19 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Contralateral endolymphatic hydrops ID'd in one in four patients with unilateral Meniere disease

For patients with unilateral Meniere disease, endolymphatic hydrops occur in 24.2% of contralateral ears, according to a study published online Feb. 4 in Acta Oto-Laryngologica.

Phys.org / Fungi could transform leftovers into lifelines

As the global population climbs toward 10 billion and climate change strains farmland, scientists are searching for new ways to feed the world. A group of Cornell food science researchers say one answer may lie not in fields ...

20 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Local water supply crucial to success of hydrogen initiative in Europe, study shows

Green hydrogen is considered to be an important part of the global climate transition, especially as a fuel and energy carrier for heavy transport and industry. However, large-scale green hydrogen production requires sustainable ...

19 hours ago in Business