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Medical Xpress / New medium offers faster, cheaper drug-resistance detection
A critical problem in treating Clostridioides difficile infections is the possibility that the pathogen develops resistance to fidaxomicin, an antibiotic often prescribed as a first-line treatment. But current methods used ...
Phys.org / UN warns world to prepare for El Nino extreme weather
There is an 80% chance of the warming El Niño phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday.
Medical Xpress / Three new Ebola vaccines are being developed: An infectious disease expert explains
When it comes to Ebola outbreaks, it's not often we have two pieces of good news in one week. First, we heard there's new funding of up to US$62 million to fast-track the development of vaccine candidates against the type ...
Phys.org / Cleaner recycling method unlocks reusable plastics from mixed packaging
Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new method to recycle mixed plastic packaging without using harmful chemical solvents—an approach that could make one of the world's ...
Tech Xplore / From waste wood to load-bearing feature, a simple calculation could change the way we use 'misfit wood'
Urging industry to make better use of wood that is wasted or burned for energy, researchers have released the first structural tests of non-straight, forked, and double-curved roundwood logs used as columns. In his mission ...
Phys.org / Fossil fishes buried in the desert reveal a missing chapter in marine history
When an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago, it ended the age of dinosaurs and transformed life across the planet. The effects of that catastrophe are visible in the fossil record on land, but scientists know ...
Phys.org / Animals were sharpening their senses long before the Cambrian explosion, ancient tracks reveal
Tracks left by some of the earliest complex animals are giving new insights into how they experienced the world. New research reveals how these creatures started to understand their surroundings, paving the way for animal ...
Medical Xpress / Genetic trade-off between youth and longevity uncovered
A new study identifies vgll3 as a key gene that promotes rapid growth and early reproduction while increasing the risk of aging and cancer later in life. The findings provide rare experimental evidence for the theory that ...
Phys.org / From oversight to coercion: How authoritarian governments are twisting AI safety to get tech companies to fall in line
When researchers founded Anthropic in 2021, they said the race to build powerful AI was moving too recklessly. They inserted detailed safety measures into their products and marketed their commitment to safety as the corporate ...
Medical Xpress / The hum that only a few can perceive: Potential sources of a low-frequency sound
Some people occasionally hear a low buzzing or humming sound that doesn't have a clear source. An estimated 2–4% of the world's population hear this. Scientists have been trying to figure out for decades where this sound ...
Phys.org / Proteins can be selectively controlled with radio waves
In a significant advance in biological quantum sensing, a research team led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has discovered and tested a new mechanism of action in which proteins can be controlled with radio waves. ...
Medical Xpress / Engineered Salmonella deliver cancer-killing viruses, shrinking liver and pancreatic tumors in mice
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have designed non-toxic Salmonella bacteria to deliver viruses that are safe to humans but potent against liver and pancreatic cancer tumors—two cancers with an extremely ...
