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Medical Xpress / What adolescents and young adults with cancer want researchers to know
Cancer cases among adolescents and young adults in Canada are increasing, with nearly 10,000 cases last year alone. People between the ages of 15 and 39 have been referred to as cancer's "lost tribe" and "forgotten generation" ...
Medical Xpress / Eye-tracking technology helps researchers see IV pump safety through student nurses' eyes
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are using eye-tracking technology to help understand how nurses interact with intravenous smart pumps, providing a new way to identify design flaws in systems associated ...
Phys.org / Online calculator shows how drastically mowing affects insects
How many insects and spiders live in 1 square meter (11 square feet) of meadow? What impact do humans have on this biodiversity in mowed meadows, lawns and roadside verges? A new online tool answers these questions: the Insect ...
Medical Xpress / Scans reveal lithium distribution in bipolar disorder
A revolutionary scanning technique has revealed that lithium MRI is a powerful tool for studying how the drug interacts with the brain and could offer more personalized treatment for bipolar disorder.
Tech Xplore / Enabling mass production of flexible electronic devices through real-time compensation of substrate distortion
A digital lithography system capable of continuously patterning flexible substrates has been developed. The system integrates maskless digital lithography with roll-to-roll (R2R) manufacturing, allowing patterns to be generated ...
Tech Xplore / Mapping trade-offs to help build better EV batteries
Working with car companies, battery developers and policymakers, University of Michigan researchers have developed a framework to help stakeholders navigate toward a future with better, more affordable and more sustainable ...
Phys.org / For hiring, remote work means more expertise, research finds
Remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic may have relaxed company expectations concerning employees' business attire. But it raised expectations for employees' qualifications, work experience, skills and educational credentials ...
Medical Xpress / Bike infrastructure is expanding in Canada, but access remains uneven
Children and older adults are consistently less likely to live near bike lanes, a new study that mapped cycling infrastructure in three Canadian cities over a decade found.
Medical Xpress / Global experts update heart failure definition to improve prevention, diagnosis and care
A new international expert consensus document refines and updates how heart failure is identified and classified, aiming to improve prevention, diagnosis and management of heart failure worldwide. According to estimates from ...
Tech Xplore / Dark web survey reveals Tor is smaller, shakier and more duplicated than expected
A study led by researchers from IMDEA Networks and Carlos III University of Madrid (UC3M) has carried out the first large-scale analysis of the volatility, content and actual infrastructure of hidden websites on the so-called ...
Tech Xplore / Competition may push AI firms to favor speed over safety, new study finds
As AI systems become increasingly powerful, policymakers around the world are grappling with a difficult question: How can society encourage innovation—and the now-plausible race to truly intelligent AI—while managing potentially ...
Medical Xpress / Exploring the lasting harms of social isolation in adolescence
How do social experiences during adolescence promote empathetic, helpful behavior? In a study appearing in eNeuro, Yi Zuo, from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and colleagues used mice to explore how social isolation ...