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Phys.org / How atmospheric events at the top of the world could have triggered two devastating California floods
In early 2017 and 2023, California experienced two catastrophic and record-breaking floods that caused billions of dollars in damage, triggered mudslides and forced thousands of people to evacuate. Why this happened left ...
Medical Xpress / Continuous glucose monitoring reveals trade-off between glucose control and daily well-being
New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy, Sept. 28–Oct. 2, shows that among people living with type 1 or type 2 diabetes, data from continuous ...
Medical Xpress / More Americans are getting rabies shots this year as exposures rise
Federal health officials are reporting a nationwide rise in the number of people exposed to rabid or possibly rabid animals.
Phys.org / Salicornia genomes reveal genetic secrets to farming on salty land
A University of Newcastle-led global study has produced the most complete genetic picture yet of a salt-loving plant with the potential to help grow food in some of the world's harshest environments.
Medical Xpress / Fecal microbiota transplantation may improve immunotherapy-related colitis
Targeting the gut microbiome with fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) may help cancer patients with immunotherapy-related colitis avoid the need for steroids and other immunosuppressive treatments, according to researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Blocking gene boosts T-cell attacks on chronic hepatitis B virus and tumors
A research team led by Professor Zhou Xuyu from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with researchers from Beijing Ditan Hospital and Capital Medical University, has identified ...
Phys.org / How advertising turns our insecurities into profit—and how you can resist the manipulation
Have you ever bought something not because you wanted it, but because you were afraid of what might happen if you didn't? Maybe you worried about looking older, falling behind at work or simply not fitting in.
Medical Xpress / Newly found dendrite bottlenecks may reshape how neurons handle information
Neurons receive thousands of signals via tree-like extensions called dendrites. Until now, these dendrites were thought to be relatively smooth cables that conduct electrical signals to the cell body. An international research ...
Phys.org / Study reveals peatlands may have less capacity to store carbon than predicted
A new study has revealed that peatlands may break under their own weight before they reach their carbon storage potential.
Medical Xpress / New US Medicare pricing policies could reshape global pharmaceutical markets
A new modeling study published in The Lancet suggests that U.S. Medicare's new "Most-Favored-Nation" pricing policy, which ties what Medicare pays for medicines to prices charged in other high-income countries, could push ...
Medical Xpress / Abdominal aortic aneurysms can cause years of anxiety, even without symptoms
Some people describe it as a ticking time bomb. Others learn to live with information they can neither see nor feel but cannot forget. This is what it can mean to be diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm: a swelling ...
Medical Xpress / Fine-tuning medical AI can improve diagnosis but also creates privacy risks
Qingyu Chen, PhD, and his team set out to study how artificial intelligence language models are adapted for medicine and found that what these models memorize can be both useful and risky. A model may retain valuable medical ...
