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Medical Xpress / Q&A: Intermittent fasting's link to gut bacteria could combat obesity
Although she's not an entomologist, Maggie Stanislawski, Ph.D., spends hours a day studying bugs. The assistant professor of biomedical informatics specializes in the gut microbiome, an environment swimming with trillions ...
Medical Xpress / Treating addiction with immunotherapy: Study links alcohol use and the immune system
A 2024 U.S. national survey reported that 11.8% of males and 7.6% of females ages 12 and older met the criteria for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in 2023, meaning they could not stop or control alcohol use despite serious health ...
Tech Xplore / This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn't exist—it's AI Blakface
The self-described "Bush Legend" on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity.
Medical Xpress / How exercise helps aging muscles repair themselves
Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how exercise helps aging muscles regain their ability to repair themselves, shedding light on why physical activity remains one of the most effective ways to preserve strength ...
Phys.org / How AI-generated sexual images cause real harm, even though we know they are 'fake'
Many women have experienced severe distress as Grok, the AI chatbot on social media site X, removed clothing from their images to show them in bikinis, in sexual positions or covered in blood and bruises. Grok, like other ...
Phys.org / The hidden power of grief rituals
In Tana Toraja, a mountainous region of Sulawesi, Indonesia, villagers pour massive resources into funeral rituals: lavish feasts, ornate effigies and prized water buffaloes for sacrifice.
Medical Xpress / Novel theranostic model shows curative potential for gastric and pancreatic tumors
A newly developed radiopharmaceutical pair can precisely detect and effectively treat gastric and pancreatic tumors, completely eradicating tumors in certain preclinical models. Targeting the well-defined and accessible biomarker ...
Phys.org / Sentinel-2 explores night vision
After more than 10 years in orbit, the first Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite, Sentinel-2A, is still finding new ways to contribute to Earth observation. With its younger siblings, Sentinel-2B and Sentinel-2C, now leading ...
Tech Xplore / How Iran cut the internet at the flip of a switch
Iran's nationwide internet shutdown has surpassed its 130th hour as tensions in the Middle Eastern country continue to escalate.
Medical Xpress / Study finds ongoing under-diagnosis of high blood pressure in people over 50 in Ireland
High blood pressure becomes more common after age 40, yet new research from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin shows that many people in Ireland with hypertension are still not optimally ...
Medical Xpress / Basivertebral nerve ablation provides early, sustained chronic low back pain relief
Chronic low back pain significantly affects quality of life for millions of people worldwide. Back pain makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks and is among the leading reasons why patients see their doctor.
Phys.org / Polyamines guide cellular decisions by altering the phosphoproteomic landscape, study finds
Polyamines are small molecules naturally present in all cells and are critical in guiding cellular decisions, whereas an alteration in the abundance of these metabolites is invariably observed in pathological scenarios such ...
