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Medical Xpress / Kidney transplants: Key to long-term survival discovered
A research team led by Prof. Dr. Christian Hinze, senior physician at the MHH Clinic for Kidney and Hypertension Diseases at Hannover Medical School (MHH), has gained new insights into the treatment of kidney transplant patients. ...
Medical Xpress / Nasal bird flu vaccine shows strong protection against infection in rodents
Since it was first detected in the U.S. in 2014, H5N1 avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu, has jumped from wild birds to farm animals and then to people, causing more than 70 human cases in the U.S. since 2022, including ...
Medical Xpress / A growing nursing shortage is made worse by nurses' daily challenges of patients and families rolling their eyes
Imagine being a dentist, and your clients roll their eyes at you, comment that you don't know what you're doing—or even spit at you.
Phys.org / Snowstorm disrupts travel in southern US as blast of icy weather widens
Travel misery was set to continue Sunday as a powerful snowstorm blasted southern US states, bringing subzero temperatures to regions not accustomed to the deadly winter conditions.
Medical Xpress / ADHD and methylphenidate tied to higher adult BMI
Seoul National University Hospital researchers have linked childhood attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and methylphenidate exposure with higher adult overweight/obesity and slightly shorter adult height at ages 20 ...
Phys.org / Jurassic amphibian with a projectile tongue named as a new species
A new species of amphibian that lived 150 million years ago has been discovered in Portugal. The tiny animal was one of the earliest species belonging to a mysterious group of amphibians that lived from the time of the dinosaurs ...
Phys.org / Life in fossil bones: What we can learn from tiny traces of ancient blood chemicals
Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body's health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are present, such as cholesterols, ...
Medical Xpress / Specialized sensor tracks wound pH continuously to monitor healing
In a study led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Levent Beker from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Koç University, researchers have developed a specialized wound dressing that incorporates a sensor that continuously measures ...
Phys.org / A possible ice-cold Earth discovered in the archives of the retired Kepler Space Telescope
Scientists continue to mine data gathered by NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, retired in 2018, and continue to turn up surprises. A new paper reveals the latest: a possible rocky planet slightly larger than Earth, orbiting ...
Phys.org / NASA researchers probe tangled magnetospheres of merging neutron stars
New simulations performed on a NASA supercomputer are providing scientists with the most comprehensive look yet into the maelstrom of interacting magnetic structures around city-sized neutron stars in the moments before they ...
Phys.org / MXene nanoscrolls could improve energy storage, biosensors and more
Researchers from Drexel University who discovered a versatile type of two-dimensional conductive nanomaterial called MXene nearly a decade and a half ago, have now reported on a process for producing its one-dimensional cousin: ...
Phys.org / New satellite method maps 'creeping drought' in Canada's mountain snow
Researchers at Concordia have developed a new method of measuring the amount of usable water stored in snowpacks. The comprehensive technique, known as snow water availability (SWA), uses satellite data and climate reanalysis ...
