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Tech Xplore / AI-powered method enables instant ultrasound imaging with a single fixed sensor
IMDEA Materials Institute has developed an acoustic imaging method that overcomes some of the fundamental limitations of technologies like ultrasound imaging.
Medical Xpress / Experimental plague vaccine strategy protects mice with missing key immune defenses
The plague has killed more people than World War II. The bacterium Yersinia pestis (Yp), which causes plague, has triggered three major pandemics throughout history, leaving behind a casualty toll of more than 200 million ...
Medical Xpress / Different GLP-1 therapies could be tailored to patients' individual metabolic needs
Different varieties and doses of GLP-1 medications can have meaningful differences in how they address heart and metabolic health issues, according to new research led by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University ...
Medical Xpress / Scientists find compound that may help muscles stay strong as we age
Skeletal muscle is one of the first tissues to decline with age. This decline can lead to weakness, scarring, fat accumulation inside muscle and the loss of fast-twitch muscle fibers that are important for quick, powerful ...
Tech Xplore / Conceptual framework for general embodied intelligence
A review of artificial intelligence research in the International Journal of Hydromechatronics suggests that combining large language models (LLMs), structured knowledge systems and physical agents could help create machines ...
Medical Xpress / Experts warn suicides are undercounted in the US
America is undercounting the number of suicide deaths, despite the rise in suicide rates in the 21st century, experts caution in a commentary published in the journal Injury Prevention.
Phys.org / Syria's ancient sites face widespread looting and systematic bulldozing, satellite images reveal
Dozens of archaeological sites were destroyed by looting during Syria's civil war, which began in 2011 and lasted until 2024. Because the last comprehensive analysis was published in 2017, the extent of more recent damage ...
Phys.org / Are we missing alien lighthouses?
Searching for extraterrestrial intelligence has so far primarily meant focusing on one particular type of signal—and that signal has normally been based on our own current cutting-edge technology. But what if that's the wrong ...
Phys.org / Ordinary moss generates surprisingly complex electrical activity
Moss may well be something that most of us barely give a second thought, but there is far more to this small nonvascular plant than meets the eye. A new study published in the journal Royal Society Open Science reports that ...
Phys.org / The hunt for a natural molecule that can release cellular energy
All cells in the human body—and the motions they enable, from our beating hearts to our wiggling toes—use energy generated by a molecule called ATP. Its energy is thought to be released to fuel cellular processes in only ...
Phys.org / A sweary boss might make you work harder (or want to quit)
Some people love to swear. In the workplace, some of those people might be in charge.
Medical Xpress / Identifying high-needs patients helps predict future health spending
A new way to measure comorbidity—when a patient suffers from multiple diseases or health conditions—can be used to accurately predict a patient's risk of hospitalization and future health care costs across a population, Cornell ...