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Medical Xpress / Why disabled young people with life-shortening conditions need better support for intimacy
Until relatively recently, children and young people with life-shortening conditions were not expected to survive into adulthood.
Phys.org / Unearthing experimental materials data buried in scientific papers using LLMs
Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional materials. Materials scientists are therefore working to develop and improve new materials, but predicting ...
Medical Xpress / A cancer 'flashlight' helps physicians determine who can benefit from targeted treatments
To determine who could benefit from targeted cancer treatments, a researcher at the University of Missouri has put tumors under a spotlight.
Phys.org / AI boosts bird sound identification accuracy
In a study conducted at the University of Helsinki, AI was trained to classify bird sounds with increasing accuracy. The results of the study have been used, among others, in the "Muuttolintujen kevät" (Spring of Migratory ...
Medical Xpress / Cracking prostate cancer's code: An enzyme's central role in controlling subtypes and improving therapeutic response
A large team of researchers led by Wouter Karthaus, head of the Endocrine Therapy Resistance and Molecular Genetics Lab at EPFL, and Eneda Toska at Johns Hopkins University have identified the enzyme KMT2D as a key epigenetic ...
Medical Xpress / Genomics uncovers new ways to target chronic childhood disease
Mapping the genomes of the bacteria responsible for yaws, a debilitating childhood disease, has uncovered new insights into how these bacteria re-emerge and evade treatment.
Tech Xplore / Ten steps to designing more empathetic, human and effective educational video games
Video games have come to be regarded as valuable educational resources. Through a combination of interactive environments and learning objectives, they have proven to be an effective tool in multiple fields, from school education ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Why weight stigma hits hard in a diet-focused culture
Every January, it can seem like the pressure to lose weight enters full swing. Ads for diet supplements and weight loss drugs abound. Gyms are full of people with a renewed commitment to fitness after the holidays.
Phys.org / Ribosomal engineering creates 'super-probiotic' bacteria with enhanced immune activation
Using ribosome engineering (RE), researchers from Shinshu University introduced mutations affecting the protein synthesis mechanism of probiotic Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG). These mutant LGGs exhibit altered surface ...
Phys.org / Going further with fusion, together
At 4 a.m., while most of New Jersey slept, a Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) physicist sat at his computer connected to a control room 3,500 miles away in Oxford, England. Years of experience running fusion experiments ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers reveal high-fat diet-induced dysfunction in brain's lateral septum that exacerbates obesity
The prevalence of overweight and obesity is largely driven by the widespread availability of high-calorie and highly palatable foods. Even without feeling hungry, some people tend to eat food for the taste. This pleasure-driven ...
Medical Xpress / Massachusetts deaths from flu rises to 4 children, with two Boston deaths under 2 years old
On Jan. 6, Boston reported two children have died related to the flu this season, the first pediatric flu-associated deaths in the city since 2013, bringing the total related deaths of Massachusetts children up to four.
