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Medical Xpress / The oral cavity is the vestibule of the brain: Study links gum disease and Alzheimer's
Alzheimer's disease is most commonly associated with memory impairment, disorientation, and irreversible neurodegenerative changes in the brain. We rarely think of it in the context of… a toothbrush. Meanwhile, an increasing ...
Medical Xpress / Weight-loss medications may affect some complications after panniculectomy
For patients undergoing body contouring surgery to remove excess abdominal skin after massive weight loss, use of GLP-1 weight-loss medications may have mixed effects on complication risks, suggests a study in the April issue ...
Phys.org / Study finds police violence judged less severe when victim has immigrant background
Police violence is judged differently depending on who is affected. When people with an immigrant background are targeted, abusive police actions are perceived as less serious. This is the conclusion of a new international ...
Phys.org / Past CO₂ emissions may drive far bigger future economic losses
The economic damage yet to come from carbon dioxide emitted decades ago far exceeds the harm it has wrought so far, according to a new Stanford University study. The research, published in Nature, puts a dollar value on the ...
Tech Xplore / Digital twins to rescue robots: What faster 3D point cloud processing enables
What if technology, such as self-driving cars, drones, or intelligent navigation systems, could understand the world the way we do—not just seeing shapes, but recognizing meaning? A person waiting at a crosswalk, a bicycle ...
Medical Xpress / How shift workers' internal clock affects their health
Health care workers who take on extended or overnight shifts, particularly during periods of operational strain, may face heightened fatigue that can affect their own well-being. This fatigue arises not from individual effort ...
Tech Xplore / OpenAI shelves plans for erotic chatbot
OpenAI has put plans for a sexually explicit chatbot on hold indefinitely, the company said Thursday, amid mounting concerns about the societal and reputational risks of releasing such a product.
Medical Xpress / Long wait for child ADHD assessments leaves parents stressed and struggling
Families are feeling stressed, powerless and "forever in limbo" as they wait months, or sometimes years, for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) assessments, according to a new study.
Phys.org / Importance of sublimation for the Rocky Mountain snowpack highlighted in study
This past winter, the Rocky Mountains experienced an historic snow drought, a worrying development for the tens of millions of people in the arid American West who depend on snowmelt for water. Now, a new study in the journal ...
Tech Xplore / What 100,000 simulations reveal about the US power grid
On August 13, 2003, a single transmission line near Cleveland, Ohio, sags into an overgrown tree limb and short circuits. Within minutes, nearby lines overload and trip one after another, triggering cascading failures across ...
Phys.org / Dancing to invisible choreography, quantum computers can balance the noise
Large-scale quantum computers are waiting in the wings. One of the main reasons we don't have them yet is because quantum hardware is so noisy. This isn't the type of noise you'd want to shush in a crowded theater. When it ...
Tech Xplore / An ultra-sensitive method for hydrogen detection in complex environments
As a promising clean energy source, hydrogen (H2) requires reliable safety monitoring. However, lacking a permanent dipole moment, it is "infrared-inactive" and cannot be effectively measured by conventional absorption-based ...
