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Tech Xplore / Building better, building beautiful: Novel method allows more architects to design attractive gridshell structures

A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a U.S.-based structural engineer developed a new computational form-finding method that could change how architects and engineers design lightweight and free-form structures covering ...

12 hours ago in Software
Medical Xpress / FDA approves Padcev for muscle-invasive bladder cancer

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer's Padcev (enfortumab vedotin-ejfv), a Nectin-4 directed antibody-drug conjugate, as a perioperative neoadjuvant treatment and postcystectomy adjuvant treatment for ...

12 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Why some lung transplant patients face higher rejection risk: Study points to key genetic variant 

About one third of lung transplant recipients have a genetic variant that makes them more likely to develop chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD), the primary cause of mortality after lung transplantation. However, it ...

10 hours ago in Genetics
Tech Xplore / How AI is quietly reshaping your shopping trip

From the recommendations on a store's app to the prices flashing on digital shelf labels, artificial intelligence now shapes what shoppers see, what they buy and how products reach the shelves.

12 hours ago in Machine learning & AI
Medical Xpress / Breaking down barriers to accessing dementia-friendly eyecare

New accessible resources aim to make it easier for people with dementia and their families to access dementia-friendly eyecare.

Medical Xpress / States retreat from covering drugs for weight loss

Some states are rethinking their coverage of GLP-1 drugs for weight loss as budgets tighten and Medicaid programs brace for the cuts included in President Donald Trump's broad tax and spending law.

11 hours ago in Overweight & Obesity
Medical Xpress / How the brain protects itself from Alzheimer's disease

High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. A new study published in JCI Insight identifies a mechanism through which the young brain protects itself against high calcium ...

12 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / When seizures stop the heart: The challenge of identifying and managing ictal asystole

People with epilepsy are at risk for hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and hyperlipidemia; they also have an elevated risk of heart disease. Research suggests some of this risk may be due to the effects of chronic seizures, ...

11 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Rectal bleeding: Is it hemorrhoids or cancer?

Hemorrhoids are a common condition that affects about half of all people by age fifty.

12 hours ago in Gastroenterology
Medical Xpress / 'Inadequate' skills linked to surgery-related deaths

At least half of the deaths of people undergoing major types of surgery in Australia were caused by non-technical errors, sparking calls for nationwide improvements.

11 hours ago in Surgery
Phys.org / 'Jaws' impact may be wearing off as shark perceptions soften

Teeth. Ocean. Predator. These are the three most common words used to describe sharks, according to a new global survey published in Wildlife Research, eliciting 1,000 different text responses.

15 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Before the party starts: Parental attitudes linked to college binge drinking

College students who binge drink may be acting on influences they brought from home, a new Washington State University-led study suggests.

13 hours ago in Health