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Medical Xpress / Years of war in Ukraine leave adolescents facing a growing mental health emergency
Adolescents who have lived through the escalating phases of the Russo-Ukrainian war are experiencing alarming levels of psychological distress, according to a new large-scale time-trend study from the Research Center for ...
Phys.org / Oxygen scavenger doubles biosensor accuracy for medical and agricultural uses
Biosensors are helping people with chronic conditions worldwide live better lives. However, their measurement accuracy has often been relatively low, limiting the range of possible applications. Researchers at the Technical ...
Phys.org / Personal risk tolerance has sweeping implications for how societies evolve
In his biography of Elon Musk, historian Walter Isaacson describes a game of Texas Hold "Em poker in which Musk went all in—on every hand.
Phys.org / Termite pellet microbes provide timeline for home infestation detection
Termite pellets can linger long after the insects that dropped them have disappeared. By testing for microbes in the excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is actively chewing ...
Phys.org / Detecting antibiotic resistance more reliably: AI tool reduces false positives
Researchers at University Medicine Oldenburg have developed an AI tool that delivers fewer false-positive results than conventional screening methods when testing bacteria for resistance to reserve antibiotics. The research ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic modifier of Friedreich's ataxia points toward treatment for devastating disorder
Friedreich's ataxia (FA) is a rare but devastating genetic disorder. Those with the condition are often diagnosed between 5 and 15 years of age and live only into their 30s or 40s. There is no widely approved treatment that ...
Medical Xpress / Greater patient safety in major lung surgery: World's largest study provides new insights
The Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine at the Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital in Dresden and the TU Dresden Faculty of Medicine has conducted the world's largest study on patient safety in major ...
Phys.org / Climate extremes trigger rare coral disease and mass mortality on the Great Barrier Reef
University of Sydney marine biologists have identified a devastating combination of coral bleaching and a rare necrotic wasting disease that wiped out large, long-lived corals on the Great Barrier Reef during the record 2024 ...
Medical Xpress / Brain biomarker links inflammation to poor treatment response in psychiatric disorders
Individuals with psychiatric disorders exhibiting seemingly similar symptoms often respond very differently to the same treatment, suggesting that distinct biological processes are at work beneath the surface of similar clinical ...
Medical Xpress / Pulmonary fibrosis traced to key signaling pathway
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic disease in which healthy lung tissue is gradually replaced by scar tissue. While the early events that initiate this change are poorly understood, recent research suggests ...
Medical Xpress / Hundreds are quarantined in South Carolina as measles spreads in 2 US outbreaks
Measles outbreaks are growing along the Utah-Arizona border and in South Carolina, where hundreds are in quarantine.
Medical Xpress / In pneumonia's tug-of-war, lung microbiome could tip the balance
Northwestern University scientists have potentially uncovered a previously unknown, hidden player in pneumonia. In a new study, scientists found the lungs' own microbial community, or microbiome, appears to influence how ...
