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Phys.org / Federal grant terminations disproportionately impact minority scientists, study finds
Researchers from University of California San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science have found that recent federal grant terminations targeting research on health equity and gender identity ...
Medical Xpress / Can AI forecast immune responses? New benchmark shows where predictions hold up and fail
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being used to help scientists accelerate drug discovery and search for new treatments. But for AI tools to work effectively, researchers need to know whether they can be validated and ...
Medical Xpress / Hantavirus on the Hondius: what we know
The MV Hondius cruise ship, hit by a rare hantavirus outbreak believed to have killed three people, is sailing from Cape Verde toward the Spanish island of Tenerife where isolating passengers and crew will be finally be evacuated.
Phys.org / Transcribing speech is never neutral—it shapes power and bias
Earlier this year I gave a talk about my research at Oxford's All Souls College, and worked with a chef to design an accompanying menu.
Medical Xpress / Cash prescription program associated with significant reductions in infant maltreatment investigations
A study published in JAMA Pediatrics provides rigorous, population-level evidence that Michigan State University's Rx Kids program, the nation's first community-wide prenatal and infant cash prescription program, is associated ...
Medical Xpress / How a deadly hantavirus outbreak unfolded on a cruise ship for weeks before it was identified
A deadly outbreak of the rare hantavirus unfolded over the course of weeks on a cruise ship that sailed from Argentina toward Antarctica and then across the Atlantic Ocean, stopping at or near remote islands on the way as ...
Phys.org / As sargassum floods Florida beaches, researchers uncover new use as food-grade ingredient
As record-breaking amounts of sargassum seaweed drift toward Florida's shores, researchers at Florida International University are exploring how the coastal nuisance could become a valuable ingredient in everyday foods.
Phys.org / On the ground or in the atmosphere? Swarm satellites help characterize and pinpoint destructive events
When solar storms strike Earth, they can disrupt power grids, rail systems, satellites, and even marine life. These effects arise because solar wind and geomagnetic activity disturb the magnetosphere–ionosphere system, generating ...
Medical Xpress / Postpartum diabetes care falls short as many women don't receive essential A1C testing
Few women with postpartum-onset diabetes meet recommended A1C monitoring guidelines, highlighting a need to improve routine diabetes care—particularly among Black women—according to new research at Columbia University Mailman ...
Science X / The paradox of plenty: How Europe's first farmers grew more people, not taller ones
The first farmers of Europe experienced a significant rise in population, something which impacted their height at the same time. About 8,500 years ago, the adoption of farming led to the surprising result of more babies ...
Phys.org / Magnetic fields can 'revive' superconductivity in nickelates, research reveals
A research team led by Professor Denver Li Danfeng, Associate Dean (Research and Postgraduate Education) of the College of Science and Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK), ...
Phys.org / Carnivorous plants and wasps blur the line between friend and food
Acid-filled pitchers complete with fangs. Labyrinthine chambers decorated with bristles. Leaves that snap shut in less than a second. Employing strategies like these, carnivorous plants have a reputation as fearsome predators, ...
