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Phys.org / Rising storm floods are washing away wader nests—artificial eggs and incubation should only be last resort
Storm-driven sea floods are becoming more frequent as the climate warms, increasingly destroying the nests of threatened wader birds along the Baltic Sea coast. Waders are currently beginning their breeding season.
Medical Xpress / Semaglutide may improve motivation with major depressive disorder
Treatment with semaglutide significantly improves measures of motivation in patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), according to a study published April 29 in JAMA Psychiatry.
Phys.org / Why are there so many lizards in Australia? The ancient climate holds a clue
If you travel around Australia, you will find an incredible diversity of lizards. The three-toed snake-tooth skink (Saiphos reticulatus), for example, is a peculiarly long and stumpy-legged reptile that burrows in rainforest ...
Medical Xpress / For hantavirus, experts aim to inform without igniting COVID panic
Thrust back into the front line by a deadly hantavirus outbreak, infectious disease experts have to balance informing the public about its potential risks without provoking undue fear of a COVID-scale pandemic.
Medical Xpress / No cadmium please: French want less toxin in their baguettes
France is mulling how to prevent people from ingesting too much of the heavy metal cadmium, after a warning their breakfast cereal and baguettes could be contaminated with the toxin.
Tech Xplore / From AirTags to AI nudification: The growing toolkit of technology‑facilitated abuse
It's hard to overstate the impact that artificial intelligence has had since the release of generative AI platforms such as ChatGPT just three years ago. While they have led to countless advances in how we live and work, ...
Medical Xpress / First-time seizures linked to increased risk for cancer
First-time seizures are associated with an elevated risk for cancer, which is most pronounced in the short term, according to a study published online April 27 in JAMA Neurology.
Medical Xpress / Low wages, empty plates, heavy toll: Rethinking suicide prevention
As a teenager, Rei Scott spent several weeks living out of a car with four family members and their dog. Each day, Scott worried about where they would spend the following night.
Medical Xpress / Personalized mRNA vaccine targets osteosarcoma relapse in first human use
In a breakthrough poised to reshape cancer treatment, Houston Methodist has developed the first personalized mRNA cancer vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of osteosarcoma, a rare and aggressive type of bone cancer. This ...
Medical Xpress / Rapid health tests boost patient confidence and understanding
For people living in regional and remote communities, where access to a GP or pathology services can involve long travel distances and large out-of-pocket expenses, point-of-care testing (POCT) offers a convenient way to ...
Tech Xplore / Price shocks from the Iran war power solar sales in energy-hungry Asia
Soaring costs for fuel due to the Iran war are leading panicked consumers in hard-hit Asia toward rooftop solar power, a likely windfall for China as the world's largest provider of solar technology.
Phys.org / Largest-ever survey of physicists puts Standard Model of cosmology under scrutiny
The largest-ever survey of physicists from around the world—released today—shows a distinct lack of consensus across many of physics's most important questions, from the nature of black holes and dark matter, to the still-incomplete ...