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Medical Xpress / Future of patient care: Smart implants transforming surgery and beyond
"What's next for smart implants in health care?" details how advanced medical devices, embedded with sensors and data analytics capabilities, are moving beyond passive tissue replacement to become active players in treatment ...
Phys.org / Astrometry suggests possible exomoon orbiting gas giant HD 206893 B
Have scientists finally confirmed the existence of the first exomoon? This is what a study released on the preprint server arXiv, and accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics, hopes to address. A large international ...
Medical Xpress / WHO backs GLP-1 treatments to tackle obesity epidemic
A range of blockbuster weight-loss and diabetes drugs could help shift the trajectory of the global obesity epidemic, which affects over one billion people worldwide, the World Health Organization said Monday.
Medical Xpress / One in eight adolescents shows signs of hearing damage by age 18
A comprehensive new study published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery reveals alarming rates of hearing loss among adolescents, with 6.2% experiencing sensorineural hearing loss and 12.9% showing signs of probable ...
Tech Xplore / BrainBody-LLM algorithm helps robots mimic human-like planning and movement
Large language models (LLMs), such as the model underpinning the functioning of OpenAI's platform ChatGPT, are now widely used to tackle a wide range of tasks, ranging from sourcing information to the generation of texts ...
Medical Xpress / Home hospital care demonstrates success in rural communities
One in five people in the United States live in a rural area. Patients in rural communities often struggle to access care because of travel difficulties, high costs and limited resources, leading to worse medical outcomes. ...
Medical Xpress / Twice-a-year HIV prevention shots begin in Africa
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia on Monday began administering a groundbreaking HIV-prevention injection in the drug's first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world's highest HIV burden.
Phys.org / Why researchers are studying lipid levels in chimpanzee blood
If you've had an annual checkup recently, your doctor probably ran a blood test to look at things such as your cholesterol levels. Researchers are also interested in the levels of cholesterol and other lipids in the blood ...
Phys.org / How hidden stars shape our search for technosignatures
How can star populations help astronomers re-evaluate the search for intelligent extraterrestrial life, also called technosignatures? This is what a study released on the preprint server arXiv, hopes to address as a team ...
Phys.org / HIE-ISOLDE: Ten years, ten highlights
The Isotope Separator On-Line facility (ISOLDE) directs a proton beam from the Proton Synchrotron Booster (PSB) onto specially developed thick targets, producing low-energy beams of radioactive nuclei—those with too many ...
Tech Xplore / The AI bubble isn't new—Karl Marx explained the mechanisms behind it nearly 150 years ago
When OpenAI's Sam Altman told reporters in San Francisco earlier this year that the AI sector is in a bubble, the American tech market reacted almost instantly.
Tech Xplore / Airbus confirms 'quality issue' on A320 panels
European plane-maker Airbus said Monday it had detected a "quality issue" affecting metal panels on its popular A320 passenger jet but the problem was "contained".
