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Phys.org / Warming winters lead to more nitrate pollution in the drinking water near farms
When pollution gets bad enough in the rivers supplying Iowa's largest city with drinking water, it costs Des Moines around $16,000 a day to run a special system to filter out dangerous nitrates. It's a fact of life in the ...
Phys.org / SpaceX files to go public, paving way for record stock offering
Elon Musk's SpaceX has filed papers with US regulators that set the stage for what could be the largest-ever public stock offering, a source familiar with the matter told AFP on Wednesday.
Medical Xpress / Psychiatric associations urge WHO to revise guidance on electroconvulsive therapy
Leading international professional associations have issued a joint statement taking a clear stance on electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and calling for a scientific and evidence-based presentation of the treatment. In doing ...
Medical Xpress / Inequalities in childhood pneumococcal vaccine uptake persist in England despite schedule change
Vaccine uptake data have been examined to assess the impact of moving from a "2+1" to a "1+1" Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV) dose schedule on vaccine coverage and health inequalities among infants in England. Persistent ...
Phys.org / Two trillion gallons of water trigger historic flooding in Hawaiʻi
More than 2 trillion gallons of water—enough to fill 3 million Olympic-sized swimming pools—inundated Hawaiʻi in March. The accumulated rainfall over 14 days reached as high as 3,000% of normal historical levels for this ...
Medical Xpress / AI scribes linked to modest reductions in electronic health record use and clinical documentation time
Documenting a patient visit in the electronic health record (EHR) is essential to health care delivery, but also a major contributor to clinician burnout. Artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled ambient documentation, or "AI ...
Phys.org / Book explores small talk and big silence in evangelical communities
In a new book, University of Mississippi sociologist Amy McDowell says small talk can be used as a tool to block meaningful conversation in the evangelical church, leaving some people feeling isolated in their beliefs that ...
Medical Xpress / Shisha smoking continues to be overlooked as a public health issue in the UK
Shisha smoking continues to be overlooked as a public health issue in the UK, argue experts in The BMJ. This could change with the advent of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, legislation currently making its way through Parliament, ...
Phys.org / Is true empathy possible between humans and AI?
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to influence all facets of our personal and professional lives, questions abound, like, "Can people have actual feelings for robots?" or "Can a chatbot comfort someone in distress?" ...
Medical Xpress / Simple blood test could spot dementia years earlier, research shows
A blood test could help identify people at higher risk of cognitive decline years before a traditional diagnosis is possible—according to University of East Anglia research published in the journal Gut Microbes.
Phys.org / It's happening: Historic Moon mission set for launch
On Wednesday three men and one woman are set to embark on the first crewed journey to the moon since 1972, a landmark odyssey that aims to launch the US into a new era of space exploration.
Phys.org / Researchers say ecotourism is valuable but cannot decarbonize tourism industry
A new research review published in npj Climate Action counters a recently proposed idea published in Nature Climate Change that ecotourism could serve as a mechanism to decarbonize the tourism industry.
