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Medical Xpress / Testing AI logic in biomedical research
Manchester researchers have developed a systematic methodology to test whether AI can think logically in biomedical research, helping to ensure safer, more reliable applications in health care innovation.
Phys.org / Who was Amelia Frank? The life of a forgotten physicist
In 1977, an American physicist named John H. Van Vleck won the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetism. In his Nobel lecture, amid a discussion of rare earth elements, one sentence leaps out:
Medical Xpress / Study finds that where a patient lives affects recovery after a hip fracture
Older adults who live in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods spend significantly fewer days at home in the year after a fall-related hip fracture than those living in more affluent areas, according to a large U.S. study ...
Medical Xpress / New study estimates NHS England spends 3% of its primary and secondary care budget on the health impacts of temperature
A new University of Oxford-led study, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, is the first to link daily temperature data to health-care use and costs across primary and secondary care in England. Analysis of 4.37 million ...
Phys.org / A jolt to the system: Biophysicists uncover new electrical transmission in cells
Many biological processes are regulated by electricity—from nerve impulses to heartbeats to the movement of molecules in and out of cells.
Medical Xpress / Any reduction in alcohol consumption helps reduce cancer risk: Support for 'Dry January'
Most people know that smoking causes cancer and that there's no "safe" number of cigarettes that are OK to smoke.
Medical Xpress / Natural protein drug may slow neuron death linked to Alzheimer's disease
Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered that while brain neuron changes, including cell loss, may begin in early life, a drug long-approved for other conditions might be repurposed to slow this damage, ...
Phys.org / Saturday Citations: Self-repairing quantum computer; AI carbon footprint; active listening forges bonds
In the best possible news for people who like pizza, researchers report that high-fat cheese may protect brain health and reduce dementia risk. Ancient hunter-gatherer DNA could explain why some people live 100 years or more. ...
Medical Xpress / How a gourmet's palate becomes refined: Taste training mechanisms
Why are gourmets seemingly able to detect subtle nuances in taste that others miss? Researchers at Tohoku University have uncovered part of the answer by demonstrating that taste sensitivity can be enhanced through learning.
Phys.org / Diversifying US Midwest farming for stability and resilience
Researchers find that diversifying crops and integrating livestock improves farm efficiencies and ecosystem services in the US Midwest. The work is published in PNAS Nexus.
Medical Xpress / Iron deficiency without anemia common with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis
Iron deficiency without anemia is a common feature of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (AD), according to a study published in Nutrients.
Phys.org / There are countless reasons families have only one child—and they won't grow up to be selfish or spoiled
Are you a parent to one child? Or are you considering having a child in the future, and wondering about what your family size should be?
