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Medical Xpress / Observational study links prenatal paracetamol exposure to altered reproductive development in daughters
Researchers in Denmark have found that girls whose mothers took paracetamol during pregnancy had smaller ovaries, fewer ovarian follicles (the structures that contain immature eggs), smaller uteruses and lower levels of reproductive ...
Tech Xplore / New chip design brings energy-efficient AI computing closer to phones and laptops
In project CONVOLVE, researchers successfully used new chip-design techniques to develop powerful AI computing chips close to where data is generated and used, often referred to as edge computing.
Medical Xpress / Should adults with autoimmune rheumatic conditions receive updated COVID-19 vaccines?
In an Arthritis & Rheumatology analysis of data on 60,980 U.S. adults with autoimmune rheumatic conditions who developed COVID-19 between December 2020 and August 2024, those who received booster or updated (2023–2024) COVID-19 ...
Phys.org / Optimizing tomato plant growth with microbes
Plants are home to a diverse array of microorganisms that support their growth and help them adapt to environmental stress—of which there has been an abundance lately. High temperatures and drought caused by human-induced ...
Phys.org / Portugal's Pinhal Interior shows why fire and floods are part of the same cycle
Across southern Europe, increasingly extreme heat, wildfire and intense rainfall are forcing planners to consider how one event can alter the risk of the next. Portugal's exceptionally wet winter and another summer of wildfire ...
Medical Xpress / Sugar substitutes fail to fuel sweet cravings or weight gain across yearlong trials
A newly published narrative review in the journal Nutrients brings together findings from three large European research consortia—SWEET, SWITCH and Sweet Tooth—to address longstanding questions about whether non-nutritive ...
Medical Xpress / DRC's Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn't
Given its speed, scale and scope, the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease that broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2026 could become a global epidemic.
Medical Xpress / Menopause is missing from most electronic health records, study finds
Menopause is frequently missing from women's electronic health records, according to a University of Colorado Anschutz study of nearly 396,000 women participating in the National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research ...
Medical Xpress / Resting electronic device on bare skin risks disfigurement due to heat, doctors warn
Balancing an electronic device on bare skin risks disfigurement, doctors warn in the journal BMJ Case Reports, after treating a child with skin discoloration and a "fishnet" rash—hallmarks of erythema ab igne—caused by repeated ...
Medical Xpress / Healthy lifestyle in middle age adds happiness alongside longevity to old age
In a 50-year follow-up study, men with low cardiovascular risk in their 40s maintained their functional capacity, happiness and quality of life better than others as they aged.
Medical Xpress / AI helping doctors to detect intestinal disease
One of the above images is real; the other is AI-generated. Can you tell which is which? The images depict intestinal polyps, often benign growths on the inside of the colon or rectum. Polyps are usually removed because some ...
Phys.org / Not all eggs are the same—uncovering a tropical parasite's secret weapons
A team of scientists from the Faculty of Science at Charles University has achieved a major breakthrough in research into schistosomiasis, a serious tropical disease affecting more than 250 million people worldwide. Using ...
