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Medical Xpress / Genetic risk score identifies nearly one in five MODY referrals with hidden type 1 diabetes
A new study shows that incorporating a genetic risk score into standard testing for a genetic form of diabetes that affects young people could identify hidden type 1 diabetes in about 1 in 5 patients with a negative genetic ...
Phys.org / Five new wasp species discovered in Cyprus, including one named after Aphrodite
Scientists have described five new species of parasitoid wasps from Cyprus, more than doubling the number of chalcid wasps known to be found nowhere else on the island. The wasps, all belonging to the family Pteromalidae, ...
Phys.org / Fiber-optic cable reveals hidden crevasses that could destabilize glaciers
In recent years, the Alps have experienced devastating glacier collapses: In September 2023, a section of the Marmolada glacier in the Dolomites collapsed, resulting in the deaths of seven mountaineers. Just over a year and ...
Medical Xpress / When glucose falls, ketone supplements may help protect the brain in type 1 diabetes
Insulin is a cornerstone of treatment for patients with type 1 diabetes, essential for lowering blood glucose levels. However, if insulin doses are not appropriately matched to the body's needs, glucose levels can fall too ...
Phys.org / Genome-folding complex reveals a mechanism that helps establish neuron identity
A functional nervous system depends on the cooperation of many kinds of cells. As developing organisms build their nervous systems, their neurons must take on different forms and functions to fulfill their designated roles. ...
Phys.org / End-to-end design creates two low-cost materials to capture methane
Developing new materials to tackle pressing global issues is a gap-filled process that can leave potential climate solutions lost in unread academic papers and forgotten dissertations.
Phys.org / Study of behavior-related digital dieting apps finds different effects of persuasion-related features
The booming smartphone industry has spawned an enormous market in health-related mobile phone applications, with apps related to dieting making up about 12% of the market. The apps use persuasive systems design, including ...
Phys.org / Review maps long-term health risks from historical metal mining in England and Wales
Unlike many other pollutants, toxic metals do not break down in the environment. Although they may become diluted over time, they can remain in landscapes for centuries, posing potential risks to wildlife, livestock, ecosystems ...
Phys.org / Ancient Egyptian tomb shows how burial trends changed over hundreds of years
The Theban Necropolis, opposite Luxor, consists of more than 400 tombs. In a new Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology study, researchers in Spain examined part of one of these tombs—chamber three in tomb TT 209—to reconstruct ...
Phys.org / Each degree of warming could add a month of intolerable heat for 1 billion people
The threat that rising temperatures fueled by climate change pose to the health of older people has been dramatically underestimated, according to a U.S. modeling study published Tuesday.
Phys.org / Three photons at once beat the standard photon test
Physicists at the University of Twente have improved the standard test for the quality of individual particles of light. By letting three photons interfere at the same time instead of two, they draw more information from ...
Medical Xpress / Weight-loss drug users turn to social media over doctors for advice, study finds
People using weight-loss drugs are more likely to seek advice from social media than health care professionals, a Coventry University–led study has found. Researchers from the U.K. and Canada found that users of GLP-1 medications—weight-loss ...
