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Phys.org / Who are the secret gardeners of a parasitic plant?
In the coastal forests of a tropical Japanese island near Okinawa grows an inconspicuous plant that is easy to mistake for a mushroom. It is a non-green parasite that feeds on the roots of other plants and produces up to ...
Medical Xpress / Balancing heart risk and surgical delays in complex preoperative care
In a new Annals "Beyond the Guidelines" feature, a general internal medicine physician and a cardiologist discuss how to evaluate and manage perioperative cardiovascular risk in an older patient with multiple chronic conditions ...
Phys.org / How barramundi research gives breeders more control
Barramundi farmers will soon be able to improve stock genetics by placing more emphasis on the sex of their breeding fish. University of Queensland Ph.D. candidate Jessica Hintzsche has produced the most detailed genetic ...
Phys.org / Ancient Colombians built huge water system without centralized rule, archaeologists say
Communities living in Colombia thousands of years ago achieved an engineering wonder of the world based on cooperation among family groups without top-down government, a new study shows. Archaeologists argue that policymakers ...
Phys.org / Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America's most politically charged ...
Medical Xpress / Portable eye exam equipment aims to reduce barriers in rural health care
Around 75% of American adults need vision correction, but access to eye care remains uneven, particularly in rural communities and for patients with mobility limitations. To help close those gaps, Dr. Nick Panzo and Dr. Hamza ...
Phys.org / New optical method reveals internal dynamics of elusive Wigner crystals
Researchers at the University of Basel and the Technical University of Munich have developed a new method to reveal the collective motion of electrons in one of the most elusive states of matter: the Wigner crystal. Using ...
Medical Xpress / Steroids reduce inflammation in chronic mycobacterial lung infections without limiting antimicrobial defense
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and St. James's Hospital have shown that dexamethasone, a commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory steroid, can reduce harmful inflammation triggered by Mycobacterium avium without weakening ...
Phys.org / In Oregon, voters' passage of gun control measure led to more firearms in the state
Oregon voters' narrow 2022 approval of a referendum designed to limit gun purchases has instead resulted in thousands more firearms in the state than there otherwise would have been, a new analysis suggests.
Medical Xpress / Improving inpatient diabetes care with team approach that puts safety first
UC Davis Health has significantly and sustainably improved inpatient glycemic care through a coordinated, system-wide approach, according to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Cardiometabolic Care. The article describes ...
Phys.org / Weather prediction hits a theoretical 129-day ceiling
Prediction is the goal and test of all science, one might argue. Meteorologists have been curious about the inherent limits of weather forecasting ever since the dawn of numerical weather prediction in the late 1950s.
Phys.org / Fighting pathogens by watching how they read their own DNA: Q&A with structural biologist
Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we know it cannot exist without ...
