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Phys.org / Vulnerable populations shoulder larger number and higher intensity of environmental burdens, study finds

Vulnerable communities in the United States often face the highest risks from individual environmental burdens, such as exposure to toxic air pollutants. But new research shows that these communities are also exposed to a ...

28 minutes ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Understanding sex-based differences and the role of bone morphogenetic protein signaling in Alzheimer's disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows sex-based differences, with women being more at risk. However, the origin of these differences ...

6 minutes ago in Medical research
Phys.org / A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant

Plant viruses pose a serious and ongoing threat to global agriculture in tropical to temperate regions. Among the most damaging are begomoviruses, a group of DNA viruses spread by whiteflies that infect many important food ...

44 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Deep learning creates virtual multiplexed immunostaining to improve cancer diagnosis

Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in collaboration with pathologists from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and the University of Southern California, have developed a deep learning–based ...

1 hour ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Superconducting detector captures hot spots with submicron resolution

A research team from Osaka Metropolitan University proposed using a current-biased kinetic inductance detector with submicron 400 megapixels to image hot spots induced by a localized external stimulus over a 15 × 15 mm2 ...

48 minutes ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Heat pumps will soon be able to store and distribute heat as needed

Researchers have developed a heat storage unit that takes up less space than a regular hot water tank. It charges when electricity is cheap and releases heat when needed.

47 minutes ago in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Maternal flu and Tdap shots may lower rates of infant hospitalization, ED visits

Maternal influenza and tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations are associated with a lower risk for influenza- and pertussis-related hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits in infants younger ...

42 minutes ago in Pediatrics
Medical Xpress / Tamales sold in California and Nevada recalled over Listeria risk

Primavera Nueva Inc. is recalling specific lots of its 4-count tamales after learning they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a bacteria that can cause serious illness.

43 minutes ago in Health
Phys.org / How Mycobacterium tuberculosis safeguards itself from foreign DNA

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), with collaborators from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc), have discovered how a key protein in the tuberculosis bacterium helps protect it from the influence ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Phys.org / Reviving antibiotics with two-faced nanoparticles

Over the decades, many strains of disease-causing bacteria have evolved defenses to even the most potent antibiotics, setting off a growing health crisis. The rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" has also set off an arms ...

1 hour ago in Nanotechnology
Tech Xplore / Perovskite solar cells maintain 95% of power conversion efficiency after 1,100 hours at 85°C with new molecular coating

Scientists have found a way to make perovskite solar cells not only highly efficient but also remarkably stable, addressing one of the main challenges holding the technology back from widespread use.

1 hour ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Cold neutral gas in early universe prompts rethink of galaxy cluster evolution

A small group of young researchers at the Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, have, through observations of the early stages of an extremely large galaxy cluster's evolution, shown that the ...

1 hour ago in Astronomy & Space