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Medical Xpress / Study identifies key predictors for chronic opioid use following surgery
For many Americans, a routine surgical procedure serves as their first introduction to opioid pain medication. While most stop using these drugs as they heal, a considerable number of "opioid-naïve" patients transition into ...
Phys.org / New study reveals people judge lines by what's ahead—not how long they wait
Conventional wisdom is that waiting in a queue online or in a physical line involves a certain cost for people and organizations. Rational analysis has largely based its queue management predictions on remaining wait time, ...
Medical Xpress / New medication may reduce chances of a second clot-caused stroke without bleeding risk
An investigational anti-clotting medication, asundexian, has demonstrated a reduction in the risk of a second ischemic (clot-caused) stroke without raising bleeding concerns, according to a preliminary late-breaking science ...
Medical Xpress / Targeting HIV's hidden reservoirs: Lab-enhanced natural killer cells show promise
More than 30 million people with HIV must take antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications daily to keep the virus under control, according to the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). The drugs are effective ...
Phys.org / AI-powered compressed imaging system developed for high-speed scenes
A research team from the Xi'an Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics (XIOPM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with collaborators from the Institute National de la Recherche Scientifique, Canada, and Northwest ...
Tech Xplore / Anthropic, OpenAI rivalry spills into new Super Bowl ads as both fight to win over AI users
The two artificial intelligence startups behind rival chatbots ChatGPT and Claude are bracing for an existential showdown this year as both need to prove they can grow a business that will make more money than they're losing.
Tech Xplore / Anthropic unveils new AI model as OpenAI rivalry heats up
Anthropic on Thursday released its latest high-performing artificial intelligence model, escalating its challenge to OpenAI in the intensifying AI race.
Medical Xpress / 4D-printed vascular stent deploys at body temperature, eliminating external heating
Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less burdensome. In a new advancement, researchers from Japan and China have successfully proposed a novel ...
Phys.org / Morocco says evacuated 140,000 people due to severe weather
Authorities have evacuated more than 140,000 people from their homes since heavy rainfall flooded several provinces in northern Morocco last week, the interior ministry said Thursday.
Phys.org / Deadly storm sparks floods in Spain, raises calls to postpone Portugal vote
A deadly storm that triggered floods and thousands of evacuations in the Iberian Peninsula sparked calls on Thursday for Portugal's presidential run-off to be postponed, but electoral officials insisted it would go ahead.
Tech Xplore / Carney scraps Canada EV sales mandate, affirms auto sector's future is electric
Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday canceled a mandate for all vehicles sold in Canada to be electric by 2035, while announcing major investments to support the auto industry's EV transition.
Medical Xpress / Novo Nordisk vows legal action to protect Wegovy pill
Novo Nordisk said Thursday it would take legal action against a US chain offering a copycat of the new pill version of its Wegovy weight-loss drug.
