All News
Medical Xpress / We asked people with dementia about voluntary assisted dying. Here's what they said
What do Australians with dementia think about voluntary assisted dying? Until recently, no researchers had thought to ask.
Phys.org / The secret to a perfect crystal may be a precisely calibrated extra turn
Creating a perfect crystal sounds straightforward: Arrange identical building blocks into a repeating, orderly structure. At the microscopic scale, though, even subtle biases in how particles interact can push them in preferred ...
Tech Xplore / High-speed, low-light conditions tied to unbuckled driving
Drivers who don't wear their seat belts were found to do so in situations when seat belts would help the most, according to a new study by researchers at the Penn Medicine Nudge Unit. The analysis found that situations such ...
Medical Xpress / Behavioral problems in trauma-exposed youth linked to later smoking, drug and alcohol use, and poor diet
Experiencing childhood trauma appears to increase a young person's likelihood of smoking, substance use and developing unhealthy eating habits by contributing to behavioral problems during adolescence, such as impulsivity ...
Phys.org / From swarming bacteria to tissue cells, living matter defies classic physical models of motion
A new study led by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) reveals that living matter violates previously known physical principles of symmetry when cellular flows form and break down collective patterns. ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers uncover dual role of B7-H3 in prostate tumor immune suppression
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have identified a previously unknown pathway that prostate tumors leverage to suppress the immune system by reshaping the tumor microenvironment to resist treatment. ...
Tech Xplore / Meta acts against 3.7 million scammers' accounts with Singapore police help
Meta has disrupted more than 3.7 million scam-linked accounts, pages and other content this year based on information provided by Singapore police, the company said Wednesday.
Medical Xpress / Boosting cancer screenings in high-risk groups
People recommended for screening tests for one cancer can be reminded about other relevant screenings. It's a simple way to increase adherence to potentially life-saving tests.
Medical Xpress / Number of older adults living with opioid use disorder in Ontario more than doubles over eight years, new report finds
The number of Ontarians aged 55 and older with health care interactions related to opioid use disorder (OUD) more than doubled between 2017 and 2025, according to a new report published by the Ontario Drug Policy Research ...
Phys.org / Governments across Australia know how to stop violence against Indigenous women, they just don't do it
Indigenous women and children experience disproportionate levels of family violence. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women are killed at rates up to six times higher than non-Indigenous women, overwhelmingly by intimate ...
Phys.org / Corals show 'vaccine-like' responses after pathogen exposure
To boost corals' resilience amid rising sea temperatures and the spread of disease, KAUST researchers have found that controlled, low-level exposure to dead pathogenic cells can help corals resist future infection.
Medical Xpress / 'Dark genome' reveals different routes to inflammation in age-related condition
The study, published in GeroScience, investigated mutations in DNMT3A and TET2, the two most common mutations in clonal hematopoiesis, an age-related condition in which mutated blood stem cells expand and form larger populations ...
