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Medical Xpress / Is it too late to get your COVID or flu shot? A doctor explains
Health experts typically advise getting your COVID-19 and flu vaccine by the end of October. However, if you've missed that window, you can still get them well into the respiratory virus season and see a benefit.
Phys.org / Can camera traps improve conservation outcomes?
While Australia is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world, we also have some of the highest extinction rates.
Medical Xpress / Legionnaires' disease warnings appear at Orange federal courthouse
Signs posted around the George C. Young Federal Annex Courthouse in downtown Orlando warn court staff and visitors to be wary of the water because of the presence of the bacterium which causes Legionnaires' disease—the ...
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 / Research reinvents MXene synthesis at a fraction of the cost
MXenes (pronounced like the name "Maxine") are a class of two-dimensional materials, first identified just 14 years ago, with remarkable potential for energy storage, catalysts, ultrastrong lightweight composites, and a variety ...
Medical Xpress / FDA approves Exdensur for severe asthma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Exdensur (depemokimab-ulaa) as an add-on maintenance treatment for severe asthma with an eosinophilic phenotype in adult and pediatric patients aged 12 years and older.
Medical Xpress / More than just being well: Teens and Gen Z are redefining what it means to be healthy
Health isn't what it used to be—namely the absence of being sick.
Tech Xplore / When disasters strike, home batteries could be a lifeline
Extreme weather is placing greater strain on Australia's power grids. In 2022, the record-breaking Northern Rivers floods blacked out almost 70,000 households. A powerful storm in 2024 cut electricity to more than half a ...
Phys.org / Newly discovered microbes challenge assumptions about methane production in the environment
It's been known for nearly a century that swarms of single-celled organisms thrive by consuming chemicals from their environments and expelling methane gas as a byproduct. In 2024, researchers in the laboratory of Roland ...
Phys.org / Westerly jet stream emerges as key driver of mid-latitude hydroclimatic extremes
In recent years, the global climate has become increasingly extreme, with intensifying alternations of droughts and floods—particularly in ecologically vulnerable mid-latitude regions. But what is driving this hydroclimatic ...
Phys.org / The stealthy, persistent hazard of thirdhand smoke
While the dangers of secondhand smoke are widely recognized, a new study led by Prof. Sun Yele at the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a more persistent and stealthy hazard ...
Phys.org / Candida auris: Genetic process offers new treatment target for deadly fungal disease
Scientists have discovered a genetic process which could unlock new ways to treat a mysterious and deadly fungal infection which has shut down multiple hospital intensive care units.
