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Medical Xpress / Nearly one in five pediatric psychiatric crises involve digital media, new study finds
A new study analyzing more than 3,700 pediatric psychiatric crisis encounters at a large tertiary children's hospital finds that nearly 1 in 5 visits involved a digital media or device-related problem (DMRP), shedding light ...
Phys.org / Nepal glacier saw exceptional heat before collapse caused deadly floods: Researcher
The mountain section whose collapse triggered fatal floods in Nepal and China on Aug. 26 had experienced unprecedented heat for the time of year, meteorological data analyzed by a researcher show.
Medical Xpress / Commonly used cancer drugs shown to boost MRSA antibiotics
Scientists at University of Galway have uncovered a link between commonly used anticancer drugs and antibiotics that could offer a new approach to tackling superbug infections. The research team set out to find new ways to ...
Phys.org / Fresh laundry scent leads to higher spending on second-hand clothes, study finds
The scent of fresh laundry in a store encourages people to spend more on secondhand clothes than the scent of citrus or the typical scent of secondhand clothes does. This is according to research by psychologists Matteo Perini ...
Medical Xpress / FDA approves new pill for advanced breast cancer guided by blood test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new daily pill for adults with advanced breast cancer whose tumors have found a way around their current treatment.
Phys.org / Quiet black holes with a stellar companion raise questions about how they form
Active black holes are easy to detect. Their superheated accretion disks emit bright X-rays, and the jets streaming from their poles are easily seen at visible and radio wavelengths. But most stellar-mass black holes are ...
Medical Xpress / Eating a handful of nuts each day is linked with lower risk of high blood pressure, research shows
More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It's the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death—driving diseases such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure and dementia.
Medical Xpress / Experimental study points to systemic sclerosis treatment
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University used an experimental drug to reverse the effects of systemic sclerosis, a serious autoimmune disease. The study, conducted in a laboratory, was published in JCI Insight.
Tech Xplore / AI is helping ease competition for scarce space on the airwaves
Every time you make a phone call, stream a video or connect to Wi-Fi, your device is sending and receiving invisible signals through the air. So are your baby monitor, garage door opener, GPS, weather-monitoring satellites ...
Medical Xpress / Brain vascular cells resist gene changes across neurological disease models
Even though Alzheimer's disease, the hereditary vascular disorder CADASIL, and traumatic brain injury are all associated with inflammation and changes in the brain's blood vessels, many vascular cells appear to retain their ...
Tech Xplore / Visible-light system uses quantum noise to obscure 100 Mbps transmissions
Research published in the International Journal of Sensor Networks has demonstrated a visible-light communication system that uses the inherent randomness of quantum noise to make transmitted data harder for hackers to intercept.
Medical Xpress / Huachuma, the Andean psychedelic cactus, is drawing Western seekers and raising ethical questions
For at least two decades, thousands of Americans have been going to Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil to look for ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used in sacred ceremonies in South America. Ayahuasca contains ...
