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Medical Xpress / Timing is everything: Why the US gets some drugs faster than other countries
As Washington debates how to rein in soaring prescription drug prices, including proposals that would tie U.S. prices to those paid abroad, a new study led by researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health is ...
Phys.org / Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they're speaking up for the people left out of those maps
Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.
Phys.org / Did we just see a black hole explode? Physicists think so—and it could explain (almost) everything
In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been impossible. In fact, there are no known sources anywhere in the universe capable of producing such ...
Medical Xpress / Synthetic protein potentially improves outcomes for select intracerebral hemorrhage patients
Results from the largest-ever clinical trial of its kind found administering a synthetic protein can reduce bleeding and improve outcomes for certain patients at the highest risk of continued bleeding following a type of ...
Phys.org / 'Inoculation' helps people spot political deepfakes, study finds
Informing people about political deepfakes through text-based information and interactive games both improve people's ability to spot AI-generated video and audio that falsely depict politicians, according to a study my colleagues ...
Phys.org / New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions
Journalism in the United States is in crisis: Local newspapers are shuttering at an alarming rate, large cities that were once served by multiple daily local newspapers now barely sustain one or two major outlets, and the ...
Phys.org / Victoria's mountain ash forests naturally thin their trees. So why do it with machines?
There has been much global discussion about the best ways to manage Earth's forests in an era of climate change and more frequent bushfires.
Tech Xplore / I studied 10 years of Instagram posts—here's how social media has changed
Instagram is one of Australia's most popular social media platforms. Almost two in three Aussies have an account.
Medical Xpress / Initiation of hormone therapy after age 65 remains risky but still works for some women
Hormone therapy (HT) has proven effective for managing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms, but questions remain about long-term safety, especially in women aged older than 65 years. A new study evaluated the ...
Phys.org / How to ensure affordable, safe and culturally grounded housing for Indigenous older adults
A good home, or Minosin Kikiwa in Cree, is the foundation of dignity in later life, according to the Indigenous seniors who spoke to us. Yet "every year the rent goes sky-high and it's tough to be homeless," an anonymous ...
Medical Xpress / Updated guidelines standardize how tumor response is measured after surgery
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have released updated consensus guidelines and an associated reproducibility study to standardize how pathologists ...
Medical Xpress / 1 in 4 young people using psychotropic drugs are taking dangerous combinations
Use of medications for mental health and behavioral conditions among children and young adults increased steadily for two decades, and about one in four young people taking these medicines were prescribed a combination that ...
