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Medical Xpress / Loneliness highest among older Australians without partners or children
As Australia's population ages and loneliness becomes a growing public health concern, new research from Monash University has found that older Australians without close family ties face significantly higher rates of loneliness. ...
Tech Xplore / Improving sustainability outcomes for targeted scale-up of aviation fuel production
Achieving aerospace industry net-zero emissions by 2050 requires rapid scaling of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production. Leveraging existing infrastructure, proven technologies like Alcohol-to-Jet (ATJ), and low-carbon ...
Medical Xpress / Much-hyped Alzheimer's drugs removed amyloid yet brought no meaningful gains over 18 months
Drugs once hailed as a breakthrough in the fight against Alzheimer's disease do not meaningfully help patients, a major review found Thursday, however some experts criticized the research.
Medical Xpress / Study challenges decades-old puzzle about childhood body fat
A new study published in The Journal of Nutrition, offers new insights into a decades-old puzzle in childhood obesity. The study found that while body mass index (BMI) starts to rise in early childhood during a stage known ...
Phys.org / The 2040 milestones that Europe must meet to achieve climate-neutrality by 2050
Energy, transport, heating and industrial transition: A major modeling study now provides EU-wide guidance with high sector detail on the required pace of transition to fossil-free technologies. The conclusion is encouraging: ...
Tech Xplore / ChatGPT maker OpenAI shifts its focus to business users amid Anthropic pressure
The same ChatGPT chatbot that gave OpenAI's chief financial officer Sarah Friar a tilapia recipe for a recent Sunday night dinner at home is also now doing her most mundane tasks at work like summarizing her emails and Slack ...
Phys.org / Thai farmers pin hopes on microbes to end annual burning crisis
Rice farmers Siriporn and Amnat Taidee used to burn their paddy fields between plantings—a common method of clearing crop residue partly blamed for toxic smog that blankets much of Thailand every spring.
Medical Xpress / Korean women with CVD face gaps in risk factor control, study finds
Korean women with heart disease showed higher awareness and treatment of major risk factors, but lower control rates, pointing to the need for sex-specific strategies to close the gap, according to a study being presented ...
Phys.org / Foxes and birds could be 'early warning system' to survey spread of antibiotic resistance into ecosystems
Red foxes and birds regularly cross between human-dominated and natural ecosystems. For this reason, they may be heralds of spreading antibiotic resistance into ecosystems unexposed to antibiotic pressures, a study done in ...
Medical Xpress / Skin cells may help rabies invade nerves after minor bites or scratches
While it was previously thought that keratinocytes (skin cells) were only passive conductors that allow the rabies virus to pass through, novel research reveals that these cells play a much more active role. The findings ...
Phys.org / COVID-19 in mink farm reveals early lung damage
What happens inside the lungs before COVID-19 symptoms appear? Research in mink offers a rare window into the early stages of the disease. These insights matter for both animal and human health. Researchers and veterinary ...
Tech Xplore / Solar panels won't slash energy bills on their own—an expert explains how to maximize savings
Energy bills in the UK are still expected to rise in the coming months, putting more pressure on household budgets despite the shaky ceasefire in the Gulf.