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Tech Xplore / Straw houses could help UK meet housing targets while cutting emissions
The UK could meet its housing targets of up to 300,000 new homes each year by swapping high-carbon building materials for straw without running out of supply, according to new research.
Phys.org / Arthropods inspire interdisciplinary solutions to global challenges, initiative shows
Arthropods are small, but they could play an outsized role in tackling some of the world's biggest challenges.
Medical Xpress / Researchers lay out the case for integrating psychologists into primary health-care settings
As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to host the inaugural Canada Investment Summit in Toronto this September, a new review co-led by researchers at UBC argues that the country is leaving one of its largest economic and ...
Tech Xplore / How Facebook's News Feed introduced the age of the algorithm 20 years ago
It has been two decades since Facebook introduced the News Feed—letting loose a world in which algorithms would shape ever more of our lives.
Medical Xpress / Once teens pick up any nicotine product, they're more likely to try others
New research published today reveals that Australian high school students have put their health at risk by using a range of nicotine products, including vapes, tobacco and nicotine pouches, with higher cigarette and nicotine ...
Medical Xpress / How a simple group therapy program is helping depressed teen mothers in Kenya
Pregnancy and early motherhood can be challenging under any circumstances for adolescents. But in Kenya, the challenges are huge. Many pregnant and parenting adolescents face stigma, interrupted education, financial hardship, ...
Medical Xpress / Molecular 'eat' signals slow tumors and extend survival in animal models
Researchers from Cambridge and Basel have developed small molecules that could make cancer immunotherapies more effective. They work in two ways: they prompt macrophages to engulf cancer cells and alter the surrounding tissue, ...
Phys.org / Quiet black holes with a stellar companion raise questions about how they form
Active black holes are easy to detect. Their superheated accretion disks emit bright X-rays, and the jets streaming from their poles are easily seen at visible and radio wavelengths. But most stellar-mass black holes are ...
Medical Xpress / Eating a handful of nuts each day is linked with lower risk of high blood pressure, research shows
More than 1.4 billion people worldwide live with high blood pressure (hypertension). It's the single biggest metabolic risk factor for early death—driving diseases such as heart attacks, strokes and kidney failure and dementia.
Medical Xpress / Nearly one in five pediatric psychiatric crises involve digital media, new study finds
A new study analyzing more than 3,700 pediatric psychiatric crisis encounters at a large tertiary children's hospital finds that nearly 1 in 5 visits involved a digital media or device-related problem (DMRP), shedding light ...
Medical Xpress / Commonly used cancer drugs shown to boost MRSA antibiotics
Scientists at University of Galway have uncovered a link between commonly used anticancer drugs and antibiotics that could offer a new approach to tackling superbug infections. The research team set out to find new ways to ...
Medical Xpress / FDA approves new pill for advanced breast cancer guided by blood test
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new daily pill for adults with advanced breast cancer whose tumors have found a way around their current treatment.
