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Medical Xpress / WHO chief says 'work not over' after hantavirus evacuation
World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Tuesday "our work is not over" to contain hantavirus after evacuations from a cruise ship hit by a deadly outbreak of the illness.
Phys.org / Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer's Iliad?
Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside the body, but inside the mummy's abdomen. But the real surprise isn't just ...
Tech Xplore / Musk 'wanted 90%' of OpenAI, Altman tells feisty tech titan trial
Elon Musk was obsessed with trying to control OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company's CEO Sam Altman said Tuesday at a blockbuster trial that saw him spar with lawyers representing the world's wealthiest man.
Medical Xpress / Perimenopause may offer a 'window of opportunity' for heart disease prevention in women
Perimenopausal women are two times more likely to have a low cardiovascular health score compared to women having regular menstrual cycles, according to an analysis of nationwide U.S. data published in the Journal of the ...
Phys.org / Ten years on, the Nagoya Protocol on sharing genetic resources is still confusing scientists—guidance now available
More than a decade after the Nagoya Protocol, which aims to fairly share the benefits of utilizing genetic resources, became law, microbiologists and other scientists still face practical challenges and confusion. A new guide ...
Phys.org / Image: Australia's cloudy beauty
It's autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, which means it's fog season in the Victorian Alps. NASA's Terra satellite captured this view of morning fog filling valleys in several national parks across the mountains of eastern ...
Medical Xpress / Trump promised cheaper drugs. Some prices dropped. Many others shot up
Since his second term started, President Donald Trump has announced, negotiated or floated a flurry of initiatives aimed at taming the excesses of the pharmaceutical industry.
Medical Xpress / Loss of the X chromosome is associated with reduced chance of natural pregnancy
Chromosomes carry genetic information for biological sex, which generally assigns women two X chromosomes and men XY chromosomes. This is a basic principle of human genetics most are taught in grade school biology, but it ...
Tech Xplore / Self‑driving cars struggle to see at night or in fog—but imitating the human brain can make them safe
Picture this: you're driving on a mountain road, when you suddenly hit a thick patch of fog. You respond instinctively. Your vision sharpens, and you narrow your eyes to make out the shape of any oncoming cars.
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 ...
Medical Xpress / New position statement highlights the growing role of genicular artery embolization for knee osteoarthritis
A new Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) position statement provides evidence-based support for the use of genicular artery embolization (GAE) as a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with symptomatic ...
Medical Xpress / The UK's NHS surgery backlogs can't be fixed by hiring alone, study warns
Researchers from some of the UK's leading academic institutions have warned that simply hiring more National Health service (NHS) staff will not be enough to reduce surgery backlogs, in research published in the Journal of ...