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Medical Xpress / Major review finds clear link between vaping and respiratory problems in young people
A major review of the effects of vaping on children and young people has found clear links between vaping and respiratory health problems, as well as strong evidence that young people who vape are more likely to go on to ...
Phys.org / Borneo forest fires spike again: Why El Niño isn't the sole culprit
Forest and land fires across Indonesia have spiked once again. News and social media in the country are flooded with images of thick plumes of smoke from Kalimantan (or Borneo)—the world's third-largest island—that are choking ...
Tech Xplore / More phones may soon let us prove photos are real—but will it solve the AI fake image crisis?
"Pics or it didn't happen" was something people used to say online when they wanted to verify a claim. Technology has changed this.
Phys.org / New free-space optical link adds a wireless component to the nation's longest quantum network
There's a new lighthouse on Long Island. But instead of shining light to guide ships through waterways, this one transmits and receives particles of light that carry quantum information. Perched atop a seven-story building ...
Phys.org / Dry landscapes and newly fallowed fields may raise California Valley fever risk
Researchers at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley have found that certain landscapes surrounding California communities are associated with differing rates of Valley fever, a fungal respiratory infection caused by inhaling spores ...
Medical Xpress / NHS patients more likely to die when ambulance crews off sick, study shows
Unexpected staff shortages in ambulance services are costing lives, with patients significantly more likely to die within 24 hours when ambulance workers are off sick, according to new research. The study, by researchers ...
Phys.org / Engineered yeasts help turn PET plastic and crop waste into protein-rich cookies
Plastic might be the last ingredient you would ever add to a cookie recipe. But a team of researchers is looking to change that. They've programmed yeasts to turn plastic and agricultural waste into edible proteins and flavoring ...
Medical Xpress / Can you slow the aging process? Study reveals which interventions might help
When Raghav Sehgal arrived at Yale as a graduate student several years ago, he wanted to explore the use of powerful computer science tools in cancer research. With an engineering background and a computational biology startup ...
Medical Xpress / Weight loss drugs may offer a new avenue for bipolar disorder research
Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA), commonly used to treat diabetes and weight loss, may have additional mental health benefits, especially for people with bipolar disorder, new Griffith University research ...
Phys.org / An AI job boom? Here's what the tedious, temporary work in data labeling is actually like
Amid all the talk about artificial intelligence (AI) both creating and destroying jobs, a troubling reality flies under the radar.
Medical Xpress / Doctors and scientists race to understand a rising form of heart failure
Approximately 3 million people in the United States are living with a condition called heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF. The number of people with this form of heart failure, which is more common in ...
Phys.org / Australia's bird flu response: Too little, but it's not too late
When news broke over the weekend that Australia's first mainland case of bird flu in a mammal—the death of a long-nosed fur seal—had been detected, I felt deep sadness and dread for what's likely to come next. We should expect ...
