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Tech Xplore / Underwater 3D printing may reshape maritime concrete construction

Since it was invented in the 1980s, 3D printing has moved from the laboratory to the factory, the home and even outer space.

19 hours ago in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Mutation-specific defects in neurological disorders mapped, pointing toward personalized therapies

Patients with CaV2.1 channelopathies face severe and often debilitating symptoms, such as seizures, migraines, tremors, and developmental delays. Although some symptoms overlap among these rare neurological conditions, patients ...

15 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Medicare Advantage insurers face new curbs on overcharges in Trump plan that reins in payments

Medicare Advantage health plans are blasting a government proposal this week that would keep their reimbursement rates flat next year while making other payment changes.

15 hours ago in Medical economics
Tech Xplore / Can desert sand be used to build houses and roads?

The world may be running out of sand suitable for concrete. Researchers are therefore testing a possible solution for using desert sand as a material. Ren Wei and several researchers at NTNU and the University of Tokyo have ...

17 hours ago in Engineering
Tech Xplore / Waymo gears up to launch robotaxis in London this year

US self-driving car company Waymo said Thursday it is working with UK partners to launch driverless robotaxis in London, which are expected to begin operating later this year.

18 hours ago in Automotive
Medical Xpress / A miniature human liver transforms toxicology testing of food contaminants

Assessing the toxicity of food contaminants—including carcinogenic potential—is a major challenge in evaluating the risks associated with exposure. In recent years, as part of efforts to reduce animal testing, two-dimensional ...

16 hours ago in Biomedical technology
Medical Xpress / Taking daily aspirin does not reduce long-term cancer risk for older adults

Prior studies, largely among middle-aged adults, have reported that taking aspirin reduces the risk of cancer after 10 years, particularly for colorectal cancer. However, new Monash University research has found that for ...

17 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Rescheduling marijuana would be a big tax break for legal cannabis businesses, and a quiet form of deregulation

In December 2025, the Trump administration accelerated the process of reclassifying marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act—a shift that would reduce restrictions and penalties associated ...

18 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Experts advocate reformulating health systems in the Amazon in light of climate change

A multidisciplinary team of Brazilian researchers argues in an article published in the BMJ that health systems in the Brazilian Amazon must be redesigned in light of climate change, extreme weather events, and food insecurity. ...

16 hours ago in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Targeted testing for common molecule could improve cardiovascular risk prediction

Researchers at Keele University have said that more targeted use of testing for a common molecule could help to improve predictions of cardiovascular disease outcomes in patients at greatest risk.

15 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Rethinking Troy: How years of careful peace, not epic war, shaped this bronze age city

Imagine a city that thrived for thousands of years, its streets alive with workshops, markets and the laughter of children, yet that is remembered for a single night of fire. That city is Troy.

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / New framework pinpoints conditions that make data augmentation improve robustness

Achieving high reliability in AI systems—such as autonomous vehicles that stay on course even in snowstorms or medical AI that can diagnose cancer from low-resolution images—depends heavily on model robustness. While ...

18 hours ago in Machine learning & AI