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Medical Xpress / Hybrid health care key to alleviating dwindling primary services in Ontario's underserved communities
Hybrid health options are an underdeveloped, key tool for improving access to primary care in Ontario's remote communities, with a new University of Ottawa study highlighting the positive impact of in-person mixed with virtual ...
Medical Xpress / Learning to play music can improve older people's brain function, study suggests
Improvising music could help to improve older people's cognitive skills, such as learning and memory, according to research from the University of Sheffield and Western Sydney University.
Medical Xpress / Vaccine panel's hepatitis B vote signals further turbulence for immunization policy, public trust
On Dec. 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to end the universal U.S. recommendation for the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine, instead adopting a policy ...
Medical Xpress / Home Alone's 'Wet Bandits' are medical miracles
The festive movie season is upon us, and one of my perennial favorites is Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. I will die on this hill: it is better than the original. But rewatching it as an adult raises an awkward question. ...
Phys.org / Color-superconducting quark matter may explain stability of massive neutron stars
Describing matter under extreme conditions, such as those found inside neutron stars, remains an unsolved problem. The density of such matter is equivalent to compressing around 100,000 Eiffel Towers into a single cubic centimeter. ...
Phys.org / Supernova immersion model suggests Earth-like planets are more common in the universe
Rocky planets like our Earth may be far more common than previously thought, according to new research published in the journal Science Advances. It suggests that when our solar system formed, a nearby supernova (the massive ...
Medical Xpress / Can Urgent Care clinics actually take pressure off hospitals? Yes, but they're not the only way
When we're acutely ill or injured, we want to be able to quickly access care in Australia's hospital emergency departments (EDs). But more of us are seeking care in EDs. This went from 7.4 million in 2014–15 to 9.1 million ...
Tech Xplore / Self-healing nuclear fuel could improve safety, reduce waste in reactors
Nuclear power is among the cleanest energy sources on Earth, but the materials that fuel it can degrade during operation. A new international study may unlock safer, longer-lasting fuel for the next generation of reactors.
Tech Xplore / AI agents debate their way to improved mathematical reasoning
Large language models (LLMs), artificial intelligence (AI) systems that can process and generate texts in various languages, are now widely used worldwide to create written content, source information and even to code websites ...
Tech Xplore / Sub-millimeter-sized robots can sense, 'think' and act on their own
Robots small enough to travel autonomously through the human body to repair damaged sites may seem the stuff of science fiction dreams. But this vision of surgery on a microscale is a step closer to reality, with news that ...
Phys.org / Long-hypothesized dynamic transition seen in deeply supercooled water for the first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have achieved the first experimental observation of a fragile-to-strong transition in deeply supercooled water, resolving a scientific puzzle that has persisted for ...
Phys.org / Universities' work towards Indigenous identity policies signals difficult conversations
In recent years, members of the Canadian public have witnessed the misrepresentation of Indigenous identities.
