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Medical Xpress / Across Africa, One Health is endorsed at the top but often breaks down where outbreaks start
Despite political endorsements and global frameworks, Africa's One Health approach continues to falter at the local level, where weak coordination, limited resources, and poor governance often delay outbreak detection and ...
Phys.org / Focusing and defocusing light without a lens: First demonstration of the structured Montgomery effect in free space
Applied physicists in the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have demonstrated a new way to structure light in custom, repeatable, three-dimensional patterns, all without the use of ...
Phys.org / New mineral sunscreen reduces white cast by using tetrapod-shaped zinc oxide
UCLA researchers have developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky cast that keeps many people from wearing sun protection daily. For decades, dermatologists have urged people to ...
Medical Xpress / Childhood war exposure leaves lasting pain, finds study
Children who experience malevolent wartime living conditions, and wartime violence in particular, are more likely than adolescents or young adults to develop chronic pain later in life, according to a new study by a University ...
Phys.org / New crew set to launch for ISS after medical evacuation
Four astronauts could blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) next week, after setbacks including a mysterious medical evacuation of the previous crew, last-minute rocket problems, and some scheduling conflicts ...
Tech Xplore / Your future home might be framed with printed plastic
The plastic bottle you just tossed in the recycling bin could provide structural support for your future house. MIT engineers are using recycled plastic to 3D print construction-grade beams, trusses, and other structural ...
Phys.org / CT scans unwrap secrets of ancient Egyptian life
Keck Medicine of USC radiologists use computed tomography (CT) scanners to diagnose and treat patients' diseases and injuries. Recently, however, this advanced technology was put to a far more novel use: examining the bodies ...
Medical Xpress / Why antibiotic allergy labels deserve a second look
In modern medicine, antibiotics are among the most powerful tools for preventing and treating life-threatening bacterial infections. Their effectiveness, however, often depends on using the right drug at the right time. Recognizing ...
Phys.org / Innate biases of newborn animals inspire adaptive decision-making model
Precocial animals, the ones that move autonomously within hours after hatching or birth, have many biases they are born with that help them survive, finds a new paper led by Queen Mary University of London, published in Proceedings ...
Medical Xpress / Five mutational 'fingerprints' could help predict how visible tumors are to the immune system
Researchers from the HUN-REN Szeged Biological Research Centre and HCEMM have just published a new study suggesting that it's not simply the number of tumor mutations that matters for immunotherapy, but the kind of mutation ...
Medical Xpress / FDA approves quadruplet regimen for adults with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Darzalex Faspro (daratumumab and hyaluronidase-fihj) in combination with bortezomib, lenalidomide, and dexamethasone (D-VRd) for the treatment of adult patients with newly ...
Tech Xplore / Winter Olympics: The new video technology that could help push Britain's skeleton team to gold
Skeleton is an exhilarating Winter Olympic sport in which athletes race head-first down an ice track at speeds reaching over 80 miles per hour (130km/h). While the event can look basic at first glance, success relies heavily ...
