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Tech Xplore / Remote communities are more vulnerable to fuel price shocks—could microgrids help?
When diesel prices jump, most Australians notice it at the bowser.
Medical Xpress / Can 'mini brains' replace lab animals? Organoids are changing how scientists study disease
As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment. For decades, animals like mice, rats and pigs have been essential tools in biomedical research. Yet ...
Phys.org / Researcher finds that telling the truth is correlated with better criminal justice outcomes
Research from a Bowling Green State University faculty member recently found that one of the best strategies in the context of the criminal justice system is an old-fashioned virtue: telling the truth. Thomas Mowen, Ph.D., ...
Medical Xpress / Have a heart—caregivers need care, too
Living with a chronic medical condition after surviving a heart attack or stroke may come with additional health and personal care needs. Often survivors must rely on a family member or close friend to help. However, there's ...
Medical Xpress / Study shows smoking cessation can become standard cancer care nationwide
A new study co-authored by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Jessica Burris, Ph.D., Timothy Mullett, M.D., and Graham Warren, M.D., Ph.D., shows that making smoking cessation assistance a standard part ...
Medical Xpress / What happens to your brain in nature? The neuroscience explained
Have you ever felt calmer almost as soon as you step into the woods? Or maybe noticed your busy mind soften as you look out at the sea?
Medical Xpress / Research finds links among work, diet and chronic illnesses
Two related studies published recently by international teams—including researchers with the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA Joe C. Wen School of Nursing—examined how diabetes, heart disease and other ...
Medical Xpress / Ultra-processed foods linked with serious heart problems
People who consumed over nine servings of ultra-processed foods per day on average were 67% more likely to suffer a major cardiac event than people consuming about one serving of such foods per day, in a study being presented ...
Medical Xpress / Britain rushes to contain 'unprecedented' meningitis outbreak
The British health minister on Tuesday described a deadly outbreak of meningitis linked to a nightclub as "unprecedented" after two students died and 13 people were hospitalized.
Medical Xpress / Routine blood pressure readings offer early insights on dementia risk
Measures of blood vessel health derived from routine blood pressure readings may help identify adults at increased risk for dementia, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's Annual Scientific ...
Medical Xpress / Can brevetoxins from algal blooms make me sick? A toxicologist explains
For about a year, an algal bloom in South Australian waters has had devastating effects on marine life. At my local beach, walks were a sad parade of dead sea life.
Medical Xpress / PFAS exposure may weaken teens' bones
Early-life exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may influence how children's bones develop during adolescence, according to new research published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society.
