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Medical Xpress / Severe asthma linked to changes in brain structure
People living with a severe form of asthma show subtle differences in the structure of their brains compared with people whose asthma is well controlled, according to new research presented at the European Respiratory Society ...
Phys.org / 'Digital duty of care' laws will force tech platforms to look after users
The federal government has introduced draft digital duty of care legislation designed to protect Australians from online harms.
Phys.org / Vaccinating dogs, not people, holds key to ending rabies deaths in Kerala, India
A new study has found that expanding dog vaccination, rather than introducing routine pre-exposure vaccination for children, is the most effective and cost-effective way to eliminate rabies deaths in people in Kerala, India.
Medical Xpress / TikTok and Instagram wellness posts may reinforce restrictive eating ideals, study finds
Healthy eating content on social media may be promoting more than well-being, with new Flinders University research finding popular wellness posts often reflect attitudes and behaviors linked to orthorexia nervosa, an unhealthy ...
Phys.org / Scientists observe Einstein's gravity in the quantum world
An international team including Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Sir Roger Penrose has observed a long-predicted effect of gravity on a falling quantum object for the first time. The result shows that a fundamental ...
Phys.org / The extinct American 'cheetah' was not a cheetah after all
With their slender bodies and long front legs, Miracinonyx trumani—often nicknamed the "American cheetah"—was long thought to be a North American analog of the African big cat. But in a new study published in the journal ...
Medical Xpress / Targeting mosquitoes reduces flesh-eating ulcer risk in Melbourne trial
Mosquito control in an urban setting can reduce a person's risk of contracting Buruli ulcer by over 80%, finds a new Melbourne-led study.
Medical Xpress / Cerebroid study hints at how maternal inflammation may influence fetal brain development
Past studies suggest that a mother-to-be's heightened immune responses during pregnancy are linked to a higher risk of conditions affecting their offspring's brain development. While this association is well documented, the ...
Phys.org / Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Indonesian Borneo
Wildfires ravaging the Indonesian part of Borneo are choking communities as far away as Malaysia with putrid haze, testing the resources and resolve of those who must endure it.
Medical Xpress / Diabetes drug metformin could be repurposed to help slow aging mechanisms
Metformin, a widely prescribed, safe and inexpensive drug for type 2 diabetes, is a first-line treatment that lowers blood sugar and improves the body's response to insulin. The drug appears to trick cells into sensing an ...
Medical Xpress / What a rat's ultrasonic call can tell us about food-related pleasure
Understanding how the brain processes rewarding experiences could help researchers better understand behaviors such as overeating, as well as conditions such as anhedonia—the inability to experience pleasure, a common symptom ...
Phys.org / Iron Age Botswana site sourced copper across southern Africa—but tin from just one place
Around 700 years ago, people living on hilltop settlements on the edge of the Kalahari wore beads, bangles and clips made from metal traded across the southern half of the African continent.
