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Medical Xpress / School-based screening and support can help reduce anxiety in young children
A new online system delivered through primary schools has been shown to be significantly more effective than standard school provision in reducing anxiety among young children. The researchers say their "screening to intervention" ...
Tech Xplore / Sustainable concrete uses rice husk ash, PET, and tire rubber as fine aggregate substitutes
The current environmental crisis is not only linked to climate change, but also to inadequate waste management and the intensive consumption of natural resources. In 2023, approximately 2.3 billion metric tons of municipal ...
Phys.org / Japan warns of slightly increased risk of mega-quake after a 7.7-magnitude one
An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 7.7 off northern Japan on Monday prompted a short-lived tsunami alert and the advisory of a higher risk of a possible mega-quake for coastal areas there.
Phys.org / New research finds few improvements for British Columbia's endangered wildlife
British Columbia's wildlife is in trouble, and governments aren't working hard enough to keep wild animals and plants alive. How do we know?
Medical Xpress / Psychologist reveals how distraction breaks memory
You're in the kitchen, baking a cake, and the recipe calls for two cups of sugar. By the time you choose between the brown and white sugar, you've forgotten how much you need, and you have to check the recipe again. That's ...
Tech Xplore / Rotating acoustic filter isolates machine fault sounds in 100 dB noise
Seoul National University College of Engineering announced that a research team led by Prof. Sung-Hoon Ahn of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has developed, for the first time in the world, an "interference acoustic ...
Phys.org / Heat-loving enzyme reveals how plastic recycling could work near 70 °C
Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also known as biorecycling, which utilizes enzymes or microorganisms to break down polymer molecules. One ...
Tech Xplore / Exploring conversational AI and poetry but not as we know it
What do the large language models behind human-like conversational AI really know and what does it mean to live alongside them?
Medical Xpress / Lower quality scores seen for AI- versus human-generated visit notes
Notes generated by artificial intelligence (AI) have lower-quality scores than those generated by humans across five standardized care cases, according to a study published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine to coincide ...
Medical Xpress / AACR: New platform uses machine learning to predict responses in patients with lung cancer
An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center demonstrated the ability to accurately predict responses to immunotherapy for patients with metastatic non-small ...
Medical Xpress / More than half of the victims of violent deaths in Brazil had consumed alcohol or drugs shortly before, study finds
A Brazilian study based on postmortem toxicological analyses found that 53% of violent death victims had alcohol or drugs in their systems shortly after death. The study examined 3,577 cases in Belém (North), Recife (Northeast), ...
Phys.org / Preserved orchids show pollination has fallen 60% since the 1970s
With their dazzling blooms, orchids are among the most famous and collected flowering plants on Earth. But orchids are not just beautiful and rare. They can also provide clues into the broader health of global ecosystems.
