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Medical Xpress / Tracking with care: The ethics of using location tracking technology with people living with dementia

Imagine you're 83 years old, living with dementia in a long-term care home. Lately, your caregivers keep asking you to wear a bracelet on your wrist 24/7. They say it's for your safety, so they can locate you quickly when ...

10 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop new algorithms for the efficient design of motorcycles in the digital environment

Researchers at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed a set of innovative methods and algorithms that improve the performance and precision of vehicle design through topological optimization, a mathematical ...

4 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / What seven decades of hunting for aliens tells us

Since the 1950s, humanity has been searching for extraterrestrial life with increasingly sophisticated tools. But after decades of space probes, meteorite analysis, radio telescopes, and UFO investigations, what have we actually ...

4 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / From the volcanic crater to the lab: Extremophiles offer a lesson in survival

"Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature's inexorable imperative," wrote H. G. Wells. This principle—that survival requires change—was mastered billions of years ago by single-celled organisms living in extreme heat. ...

5 hours ago in Biology
Dialog / Patients are more than participants: What meaningful engagement really looks like—and why it improves health research

When we talk about "patient engagement" in research, it can sound like a slogan on a grant application rather than something that changes people's lives.

23 hours ago in Medical research
Medical Xpress / Predicting a rare but life-altering complication of common cancer treatment

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation has identified biomarkers that predict the likelihood of a patient developing checkpoint inhibitor-associated autoimmune diabetes before they are treated with ...

6 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Finding solutions to the global issue of sexual harassment in medicine

One-third of junior doctors have experienced sexual harassment and abuse (SHA) within their health care system.

3 hours ago in Medical economics
Medical Xpress / Your daily orange juice could be helping your heart

Most of us think of orange juice as a simple breakfast habit, something you pour without much thought. Yet scientists are discovering that this everyday drink may be doing far more in the body than quenching thirst.

19 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Global plan outlines steps to monitor and reduce marine litter worldwide

Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system, agreeing on the use of common methods and protocols for data collection, and categorizing all ...

19 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / New research shows no increase in proportion of adults in England with autism or psychotic disorders

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey provides the official statistics on trends over time in autism, psychotic disorder, bipolar disorder, drug and alcohol dependence

20 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Q&A: Calcium channel mechanism provides new insights into cellular quality control

When three bright minds from different disciplines come together, something exceptional can happen. This is exactly what Prof. Patricia Hidalgo, Dr. Beatrix Santiago-Schübel, and Dr. Mercedes Alfonso-Prieto achieved at Forschungszentrum ...

20 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / How 'digital twins' could help prevent cyber-attacks on the food industry

Earlier this year, a cyberattack on British retailer Marks & Spencer caused widespread disruption across its operations. Stock shortages, delayed deliveries, and logistical chaos rippled through the retailer's network.

21 hours ago in Business