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Medical Xpress / One in 1,000 dies: Framing matters for communicating medical numbers, experts say

Similar—yet not the same: Many studies show that patients often struggle to interpret numerical information in medical contexts, especially probabilities related to recovery and side effects. In a recently published Letter ...

23 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Human-led AI opens tech jobs for refugees

AI can help displaced people avoid exploitation, but humans must call the shots, warn experts. For Susan Achiech, life began in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp, where her South Sudanese parents fled to for safety in the early ...

14 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / Another kind of student debt is entrenching inequality: 'Time inheritance'

In November 2012, during my first year as a Ph.D. student, a 23-year-old medical student knocked on my door. Earlier that day, we had been discussing our ages in our shared kitchen. At 30, I had stayed silent, feeling a sharp ...

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Study offers practical guide for AI application in marine conservation and fisheries

Every day, thousands of images and signals are collected at sea. Sonar, buoys, satellites, and cameras installed on ships generate enormous amounts of data. Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used to interpret ...

16 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Consensus statement addresses management of skeletal fragility in patients with chronic kidney disease

In a consensus statement issued by the European Renal Association and published online Nov. 28 in Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, recommendations are presented for the management of skeletal fragility in patients with ...

Phys.org / Argentina declares emergency over Patagonia wildfires

Argentina's government on Thursday declared an emergency in Patagonia, where wildfires have ripped through vast tracts of forest since the start of the Southern Hemisphere summer.

10 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Nutritious school-provided lunches top of the menu for Australian parents

As kids head back to school and attention returns to the daily grind of lunch boxes, new research reveals Australian parents are overwhelmingly supportive of school-provided lunch programs, with nutrition and variety their ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Freshly brewed tea may support long-term health, research shows

If green tea is already part of your daily routine, you may be giving your health a boost without even realizing it.

17 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Discoveries in testing solid-fuel ramjets advance research

Scientists at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory are developing the next generation of solid-fuel ramjet (SFRJ) propulsion, addressing one of the field's most persistent challenges: understanding and predicting what happens ...

18 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Aerial lidar mapping can reveal archaeological sites while overlooking Indigenous peoples and their knowledge

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including the ground beneath the ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal

The patchwork efforts to identify and safely remove contamination left by the 2025 Eaton and Palisades fires have been akin to the Wild West. Experts have given conflicting guidance on best practices. Shortly after the fires, ...

18 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Heart damage is common and often unnoticed after surgery, but those who see a cardiologist may fare better

An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study suggests that deaths and serious heart disease might be prevented if some patients see a specialist heart doctor as part of their ...

18 hours ago in Cardiology