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Tech Xplore / Optical wireless quantum security: Free-space QKD and Li-Fi in one system
The German consortium QuINSiDa has achieved a major step toward mobile quantum-secure communication. They demonstrated a one-of-a-kind free-space data transfer channel supporting, for the first time, LiFi and major quantum ...
Medical Xpress / App helps remove vaccine barriers for families
Vaccines help the immune system to recognize and fight many types of diseases, from viral illnesses like COVID-19 to bacterial infections like tetanus. In 2024, the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
Medical Xpress / Girls with ADHD from deprived backgrounds may face a higher risk of long-term health conditions
Girls from a deprived background who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more likely to experience multiple long-term health conditions, or multimorbidity, in adulthood, according to ...
Tech Xplore / Quantifying forks in Bitcoin mining—and their energy cost
Creating new cryptocurrency requires large amounts of computing power, which is used to solve cryptographic puzzles in what is known as proof-of-work mining. When two computers attempt to solve the same puzzle, the first ...
Phys.org / Why the intrinsic quantum effects of axion dark matter are completely undetectable
Dark matter is an elusive form of matter that almost never emits, absorbs or reflects light, while only weakly interacting with regular matter. These properties make it very difficult to detect using conventional experimental ...
Medical Xpress / AI model links tumor mutations to treatment response
Researchers at University of California San Diego have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) model that can translate a tumor's complex genetic profile into predictions about how that cancer may respond to treatment. ...
Medical Xpress / Beyond hot flashes: What menopause can do to your heart—and why it matters
As women navigate hot flashes, sleep issues and changing waistlines, there's another quieter change that can often occur during perimenopause and post-menopause that deserves just as much attention: heart health.
Medical Xpress / Opinion: Increased oversight of private equity in health care is needed to protect patients and the physician workforce
Private equity investment in health care requires increased regulatory oversight and policies to better protect patients and physicians from the adverse impact of growing corporate interests, says the American College of ...
Medical Xpress / Residual risks of liver cancer persist after hepatitis C cure, finds study
National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH), in collaboration with multiple medical centers across Taiwan, has found that patients with hepatitis C remain at a significantly elevated risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) ...
Medical Xpress / Chronic leukemia treatment may affect immunity long-term
Treatment with so-called BTK inhibitors has improved the prognosis for people with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). At the same time, these drugs affect the immune system and may cause side effects over time, according ...
Phys.org / What a toothless, two-legged crocodile cousin reveals about life before dinosaurs dominated
In the Triassic, the modern animals we know were just beginning to diversify into a menagerie of forms and body plans that rhyme with the lifestyles of extinct and living animals better known to the public, but nested in ...
Phys.org / Releasing cool water protects fish in the Grand Canyon. That comes at cost to hydropower
As the Colorado River and its once massive reservoirs shrink from overuse and climate change, officials are faced with a decision that pits conservation against ratepayer costs for electricity.
