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Tech Xplore / University students turn a classroom project into a published paper on strengthening aerospace composites
A group of Rice University students has turned a single-semester course project into a peer-reviewed research paper, demonstrating a new way to make high-performance composite materials both stronger and more resistant to ...
Medical Xpress / New implant links insulin-producing cells to blood vessels, aiming to treat Type 1 diabetes
Researchers at McGill University and the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center (RI-MUHC) have developed a novel device to transplant insulin-producing cells that integrates directly with existing blood ...
Medical Xpress / mRNA-1010 superior to standard-dose vaccine for preventing flu, finds study
For adults aged 50 years or older, an investigational messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine (mRNA-1010) is superior to standard-dose licensed vaccines for preventing influenza-like illness, according to a study published in ...
Medical Xpress / National study examines genetic testing to inform follow-up care for cancer survivors
Hundreds of thousands of people diagnosed with cancer are still alive today but were never genetically tested, either because testing was not available or was not routinely offered at the time of their diagnosis. These patients ...
Phys.org / Next-gen Mars helicopter rotor blades exceed Mach 1
The rotor blades that will carry NASA's next-generation helicopters to new Martian heights broke the sound barrier during March tests at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. Data from the tests, which ...
Phys.org / A targeted 'off switch' in a plant's egg cell speeds up the breeding process
An international research team led by the IPK Leibniz Institute has succeeded in generating haploids in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana very efficiently. This process involves degrading a specific protein in the centromere. ...
Medical Xpress / Postpartum diabetes care falls short as many women don't receive essential A1C testing
Few women with postpartum-onset diabetes meet recommended A1C monitoring guidelines, highlighting a need to improve routine diabetes care—particularly among Black women—according to new research at Columbia University Mailman ...
Medical Xpress / Lung cancer screening rates up, yet remain low
A new University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found that lung cancer screening rates among eligible U.S. adults have improved in recent years, but fewer than one in four are getting ...
Tech Xplore / Sugarcane waste concrete cuts CO₂ by up to 30% while boosting strength
According to the United Nations, the global population is set to reach around 10.3 billion by the mid-2080s, driving rapid urbanization and an unprecedented demand for infrastructure. But do you know that this growth comes ...
Phys.org / Q&A: The political calculus—and actual math—of gerrymandering
On April 29, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's voting map on the basis that the state had illegally used race as a consideration when it created a new majority-Black district. Observers say the ruling could have ...
Phys.org / More than one in three Norwegian dogs shows signs of tick-borne disease
Ph.D. student Hanne Kloster at the University of Agder (UiA) is behind the first Norwegian study to look at three tick-borne diseases in dogs simultaneously, covering the whole country. The paper is published in the journal ...
Medical Xpress / Solving a 15-year mystery: Scientists discover how gut bacteria toxin invades colon cells to trigger cancer
Since a landmark 2009 study, researchers have known that a common gut bacterium, Bacteroides fragilis, drives colon tumor formation, potentially leading to colorectal cancer, by secreting a toxin that damages the lining of ...
