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Medical Xpress / Largest genetic analysis of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 risk regions and nine genes
An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide association study on borderline personality disorder to date. Data from about 13,000 affected people and ...
Medical Xpress / People are living longer, but spending more years in poor health
People around the world are living longer than ever before but spending more of those additional years in poor health, according to a new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study published in The Lancet Public Health.
Phys.org / Chasing subseasonal forecasts with AI
Subseasonal forecasting, or the ability to predict weather trends two weeks to two months in advance, is a capability highly sought after in various economic sectors, including energy, water management and agriculture. Reliable ...
Phys.org / Predicting where wildfire smoke will go next
In recent summers, wildfire smoke has been inescapable across Wisconsin, drifting south from Canada and leading to long stretches of poor air quality. Whether that smoke clears or lingers is often influenced in part by the ...
Phys.org / Novel antibiotic candidates starve resistant bacteria by blocking vitamin supply
Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing antibiotics have never touched. A research team at the Helmholtz ...
Phys.org / How AI is helping states cut through decades of red tape
Bureaucracy moves slowly, and decades of outdated provisions clogging the bylaws of cities and states only make it worse. Sometimes dubbed "policy sludge," such obsolete processes and stale reporting requirements can trap ...
Phys.org / Fatal car crashes in the US rise the day after a major mass shooting incident, finds new study
Mass shooting incidents and car crashes may seem like two unrelated incidents, but a recent study has uncovered that there might be an unexpected link. Every year, more than a hundred mass shootings take place across the ...
Tech Xplore / EU hits Google with $1 billion fine over its Play app store and search
The European Union on Thursday hit Google with a fine of 890 million euros ($1 billion) after it said the technology behemoth broke digital antitrust regulations by setting up Google Play and its ubiquitous search engine ...
Medical Xpress / Thymus-derived hormone may suppress age-related inflammation and boost cancer therapy
Chronic, low-grade inflammation in the body—a phenomenon known as "inflammaging" because it increases with age—has been linked to many of today's leading causes of illness and death, including cancer, heart disease, metabolic ...
Medical Xpress / Viagra may reduce cancer metastasis, study shows
Viagra was originally developed to treat high blood pressure and chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart, but over the past three decades it has become the world's best-known therapy for erectile dysfunction. ...
Phys.org / Researchers examine social media's impact on narcissistic traits
Researchers at the University of Huddersfield have developed a new theoretical framework exploring whether social media recommendation systems may contribute to the amplification of narcissistic traits over time.
Tech Xplore / Closed-loop AI framework could shorten clean energy materials development by years
Developing the materials needed for cleaner energy technologies has traditionally been a slow and expensive process, often relying on years of trial and error. Now, researchers have outlined a new artificial intelligence ...
