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Medical Xpress / New metric reveals how inequality can spark epidemics despite low overall risk

Influenza spreads in a crowded barracks or prison. Ebola proliferates when per capita hospital beds plummet below typical levels in developed countries. Bedside discrimination leads some patients to die and others to survive.

21 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Laser de-icing system helps nuclear power plants improve maintenance of a critical safety system

University of South Florida engineers have developed an innovative laser-based technology that is helping nuclear power plants solve a complex maintenance challenge affecting a critical reactor safety system. After four years ...

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Interstellar travel IV: Solar, magnetic, & directed-energy sails

Welcome back to our series on interstellar travel! In our first installment, we examined attempts to realize nuclear propulsion and how the technology could be used to reach the nearest star. In our second, we examined how ...

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Thinking and moving tasks surpass crossword puzzles at brain health

Dementia can be brewing in the background for years before the telltale signs of memory lapses and difficulties with wayfinding creep into people's daily lives or are detected through memory tests, but endless crossword puzzles ...

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Colorectal cancer may quietly damage nerves prior to chemotherapy

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found that, in preclinical models of colorectal cancer, tumors can start damaging peripheral nerves before chemotherapy begins. These findings suggest tumor-related ...

6 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Expert comment: New nuclear capacity won't fix today's energy problems

The Fukushima nuclear disaster on March 11, 2011, triggered by a tsunami and leading to multiple reactor meltdowns, shook confidence in nuclear safety well beyond Japan. In Germany, it was a turning point: Chancellor Angela ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / The higher the hope, the harder the fall: Study finds ESG downgrades hit optimistic investors the hardest

A new study from Murdoch University has found that Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) downgrades trigger significantly larger share price losses when they come as a surprise to optimistic investors. The findings are ...

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New study raises concerns over use of weight-loss drugs in elite sport

Researchers surveyed 114 sports medicine physicians from 38 countries, covering 93 different sports, to explore their views on athletes' use of GLP-1 drugs. Twelve percent said they were aware of athletes using the medications ...

6 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Three-stage AI system rebuilds blurred, missing facial details in 30 seconds

Imagine finding a very old family photograph that has faded over time. Parts of the image are missing, the faces are blurry, and years spent inside a cardboard album have erased many details. Restoring such an image traditionally ...

6 hours ago
Phys.org / Dark boreal forests of Canada absorb enough heat to cancel up to a 5th of their climate benefit, scientists warn

Dense evergreen plantations in Canada's boreal forest absorb so much winter sunlight that the resulting surface warming can offset 6% to 20% of the climate benefit they are credited with. Canada's current carbon accounting ...

6 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Community-led virtual care shows promise for Indigenous chronic disease management

Anyone who works in health care in rural or remote Australia knows what the challenges look like. Behind every statistic is a person forced to travel hundreds of kilometers for care, a clinician stretched beyond capacity ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / Researchers gain access to crucial deliberations on deep-sea mining

As competition between the United States and China intensifies over critical minerals, pressure is mounting to begin exploitation of deep-sea minerals before a code to regulate mining of the seabed in areas beyond national ...

7 hours ago