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Medical Xpress / The market forces quietly adding thousands to patient bills
Health care integration is occurring at a breakneck pace across the U.S., with endless permutations: Hospitals are buying doctors' practices and surgery and imaging centers. Insurers are buying doctors' practices and specialty ...
Tech Xplore / Amusing or addictive? The algorithms powering our social feeds
Social media algorithms are a powerful feature of online life, serving up content to users based on their browsing habits or personal data.
Tech Xplore / Rein in social media, not children, say more than 130 groups, experts
The European Union should force tech giants to make social media safe before children use it instead of banning minors from their platforms, more than 130 groups and experts urged in a letter shared with AFP Tuesday.
Tech Xplore / Google unveils 13 billion euro AI expansion in Finland
Google will invest at least 13 billion euros in data centers and other digital infrastructure to power its AI ambitions in Finland, in what the U.S. tech giant called Wednesday its biggest single investment in Europe.
Medical Xpress / Algorithmic tool may improve screening of patients for an Alzheimer's clinical trial
A new blood-based screening algorithm dramatically reduced the number of unnecessary PET scans needed to recruit patients at risk of Alzheimer's disease for a clinical trial, according to research from scientists at the Keck ...
Tech Xplore / New study identifies the impurity behind green hydrogen's power-cycling problem
Researchers led by University of Oregon chemist Paul Kempler have identified dissolved iron impurities as the key factor controlling the degradation of alkaline water electrolyzers during power interruptions—a finding that ...
Phys.org / Researchers discuss how data center construction could influence voters and impact public land
The construction of new data centers is shaping up to be a defining issue in the 2026 midterm elections. Politicians in both parties have been distancing themselves from data centers in the face of public discontent around ...
Phys.org / Q&A: What can rent prices reveal about inflation and the economy?
Tracking rent prices may help businesses and policymakers understand where inflation is headed months in advance of government inflation reports, according to researchers at Penn State's Smeal College of Business who developed ...
Tech Xplore / Meta launches personal AI agent, Muse, emphasizes safety and privacy
Meta launched on Tuesday a personal artificial intelligence agent, Muse, for people 18 and over who are looking for help with day-to-day tasks like schedules, shopping and, in the company's words, turning "long-term goals ...
Tech Xplore / Stronger home foundations needed to withstand climate change and cracking soils in Australia
Drier climates are exacerbating an expensive problem for millions of Australians whose homes sit on expansive soils prone to shrinkage cracks, which have already cost insurance companies and individuals billions of dollars ...
Medical Xpress / Study finds longer periods of air pollution exposure can stress the heart
As the heat of late summer leads to increased air quality alerts, those with cardiovascular conditions or who are outdoors for long periods may want to take note. University of Louisville researchers have discovered that ...
Phys.org / Nepal's flood disaster and the impact of climate change loom large in the icy shadow of Mont Blanc
For centuries, French and Italian mountain communities on the flanks of Western Europe's highest peak have gazed upon seemingly eternal glaciers and snow that gave the colossus its name: Mont Blanc, the white mountain.