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Tech Xplore / These brick walls are built to come apart, move, and rise again after demolition
The construction sector still has some way to go in terms of reducing the consumption of resources and greenhouse gas emissions. One of these relates to the construction waste produced during the demolition of buildings. ...
Tech Xplore / Decarbonizing everything is impossible. Here's why
Walk into any supermarket and you are surrounded by carbon. Not the kind measured in parts per million in climate reports, but carbon in its most tangible form: the polymer shell of a shampoo bottle, the insulation behind ...
Medical Xpress / One‑week radiotherapy course shown to be safe and effective in the long term for early‑stage breast cancer
Research led by a Keele University oncologist has found that a one-week course of post-surgery radiotherapy is just as safe and effective as the traditional three-week course for people with early-stage breast cancer. The ...
Phys.org / Some democracies are struggling to ensure safe drinking water
About two billion people—just under a quarter of the world's population—lack regular access to clean drinking water, and roughly 800,000 people annually die from illnesses associated with unsanitary water.
Tech Xplore / AI system spots fake reviews with 93% accuracy on Amazon, 91% on Yelp
Online shoppers could one day face fewer misleading fake reviews thanks to a newly tested AI-powered detection system developed by researchers at the University of East London.
Medical Xpress / Dementia drug may help treat alcohol withdrawal
A new study from researchers at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is exploring whether a drug originally developed to combat neuroinflammation in dementia could also help reduce the harmful brain ...
Medical Xpress / Targeting inflammation may help overcome drug resistance in colon cancer
Chemotherapy drugs that target a common mutation in colorectal cancer rapidly lose efficacy in patients, leading to relapse. According to a new preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center investigators, ...
Medical Xpress / Stem cells at the root of tooth aging point to possible treatment
With age, teeth get increasingly brittle and susceptible to damage from tooth decay, which can eventually lead to tooth loss. Teeth have an intrinsic capability to regenerate, a process that is driven by dental pulp stem ...
Tech Xplore / Nearly everything we use online is owned by big tech. There's a better way forward
Globally, users of digital media are increasingly locked into a handful of operating systems, app stores, and communication platforms. Most of us must choose between Apple, Windows, or Android. All of these are owned by American ...
Phys.org / New eruption discovered in the Bismarck Sea
It's a truism among oceanographers that there is more accurate mapping of the surface of the moon and Mars than of the deep-ocean floor. That's especially true for the Bismarck Sea, a relatively deep body of water north of ...
Medical Xpress / Eye drop formulation can treat dry eye disease
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Okayama University in Japan have developed and tested in mice a promising new eye drop formulation for treating dry eye disease. The team reports in Investigative Ophthalmology ...
Medical Xpress / Symptoms of depression and anxiety appear in just 14 days without these five daily habits
New research from Macquarie University has found removing everyday positive mental health behaviors for just two weeks can rapidly trigger symptoms of depression and anxiety in otherwise healthy adults. These symptoms then ...
