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Medical Xpress / A method to prevent falls before they happen
The risk of a fall is typically discussed with patients after they have experienced a fall or reported poor balance. For researcher James Richardson, M.D., a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at University ...
Phys.org / Drivers of academic misconduct by professors and research students revealed
Ensuring the research that we all rely on—whether for our health, environment or economy—is trustworthy is important for universities, governments and business. Unfortunately, academic misconduct is a growing concern, with ...
Medical Xpress / Menopausal women taking hormones more likely to have overall healthier lifestyles
Menopause is associated with a number of adverse health effects, some of which can be mitigated by an array of modifiable health behaviors (MHBs), including diet, exercise and sleep duration. A new study sought to determine ...
Medical Xpress / Is 'baby brain' real? A neuroscientist explains
You walk into the kitchen and forget why you're there. You put the milk in the pantry and the keys in the fridge. You lose your train of thought halfway through a sentence. If you've recently had a baby, you might blame all ...
Tech Xplore / Four reasons electric vehicle targets shouldn't be weakened
The UK government is preparing to water down its electric vehicle sales targets. Under the existing zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) mandate, 80% of all new cars sold in Britain would need to be electric vehicles (EVs) by 2030.
Medical Xpress / Delivering better care for premature infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a common, chronic respiratory condition that occurs in premature newborns with underdeveloped lungs. BPD can affect growth and/or neurodevelopment and is sometimes fatal. Early, personalized ...
Phys.org / Video: The economic pressures that are driving Californians to leave home
Millions of Californians, in every part of the state, live with an uneasy day-to-day preoccupation: Housing is so expensive here, food and gas and utilities are so expensive—would it make sense to pull up stakes and leave ...
Phys.org / Ripple-like rings of the 'Bullseye galaxy' could be explained by dark matter
Two U.S. physicists have suggested that the nine concentric rings surrounding the galaxy LEDA 1313424, also known as the Bullseye galaxy, could have emerged through the quantum behavior of particles of dark matter. Through ...
Phys.org / Pigeons' eyes are almost perfectly still when they're flying, study finds
When pigeons are flying through the air, they lock their eyes in a near-fixed position instead of moving them around. Researchers from Harvard University discovered this after attaching a lightweight rig of cameras and mirrors ...
Phys.org / Long-dismissed moss gene suppresses twins and triplets, reshaping ideas of plant evolution
A moss gene previously thought to have been inactive actually plays a key role in its evolutionary success, researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered. The new paper published in Current Biology investigated ...
Medical Xpress / Funding cuts to syringe programs could drive thousands of preventable US deaths
A new study published in JAMA Network Open projects that reductions in federal funding for syringe service programs (SSPs) could lead to substantial increases in mortality among people who inject drugs in the United States.
Phys.org / World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion a year in environmental damage, study finds
The environmental damage caused by the world's highest-consuming 10% of people is worth $1.7 trillion to $5.7 trillion a year. At the central and upper estimates, this is several times more than the international community ...