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Medical Xpress / New National Digital Health Index identifies communities most at risk of being left behind in the digital health era
As telehealth, remote monitoring and artificial intelligence-powered health tools become increasingly integrated into health care delivery, a new study published in JAMA Network Open introduces the first comprehensive national ...
Medical Xpress / Antisocial behavior in young people linked to changes throughout the brain
Conduct problems—including persistent rule-breaking, aggression, irritability and difficulty following school rules—are associated with small but widespread differences in brain structure, according to a major international ...
Phys.org / Researchers publish first complete connectome of fruit fly brain and 'spinal cord'
In a first, a large, international team led by multiple labs at Harvard Medical School and Princeton University has published a complete wiring diagram of all the connections between neurons in the central nervous system ...
Phys.org / Honeybees adjust their dances based on information reliability, study reveals
A new study demonstrates that honeybees can evaluate the reliability of their own communication, actively adjusting the vigor of their "waggle dance" based on the truthfulness of the information they provide. By manipulating ...
Phys.org / Chandra tracks M87 black hole's evolving jet in finest X-ray detail yet
An international team of astronomers led by Camille Poitras, a Ph.D. student in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Laval University, has produced the most detailed X-ray view ever obtained of the jet launched by the ...
Medical Xpress / Near-complete reduction of cervical cancer deaths among HPV-vaccinated UK teens shows need for equitable access
High-income countries that initiated widespread administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the mid-2000s have experienced substantial declines in cervical cancer cases, marking a significant achievement in ...
Medical Xpress / Immune cell circuit restores barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease
Scientists have discovered a new protective communication circuit between specialized immune cells in the intestines, a circuit that may be therapeutically targeted to improve inflammatory bowel disease outcomes, according ...
Medical Xpress / Experimental tau tracer detects Alzheimer's-linked changes earlier than standard PET scans
Alzheimer's disease is commonly known for its symptoms—memory loss, cognitive impairment, difficulty with daily tasks—but it can only be definitively diagnosed by looking at the brain. A scan must show the abnormal buildup ...
Phys.org / Groundwater flow could help unlock ocean carbon storage solution
AIMS scientists are quantifying the amount of groundwater flowing from the land to the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia to help understand the viability of blue carbon storage solutions to reduce the impacts of climate ...
Tech Xplore / Battery storage can support grid stability—but how it is used affects battery lifetime
Battery energy storage systems can play a key role in future renewable energy systems—but how they are operated is crucial for both profitability and battery life, according to research by Meryem Ahouad at Chalmers University ...
Medical Xpress / Exploiting a common weakness in enzymes could lead to a single vaccine against diarrhea-causing gut pathogens
The bacteria enterotoxigenic E. coli and Shigella together cause hundreds of millions of infections each year and are among the leading causes of diarrheal death, especially in children. Decades of vaccine development efforts ...
Medical Xpress / How sleep and AQP4 gene variants may jointly shape early Alzheimer's brain changes
New research from Edith Cowan University has discovered an important link between genes and sleep habits, suggesting they work together to influence early brain and cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer's disease long ...
