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Medical Xpress / Surviving sepsis: New guidelines harness life-saving evidence for treating adults
An international team of experts recently came together to update sepsis care guidelines for adults for the first time since 2021. The updates have profound implications for the management of sepsis, which is responsible ...
Phys.org / What a 'self-sustaining' glucose reaction means for greener chemical manufacturing
A Korean research team, led by Dr. Young Kyu Hwang, Dr. Kyung-Ryul Oh, and Dr. Jihoon Kim at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) has developed a circular low-carbon catalytic process that co-produces ...
Tech Xplore / What 100,000 simulations reveal about the US power grid
On August 13, 2003, a single transmission line near Cleveland, Ohio, sags into an overgrown tree limb and short circuits. Within minutes, nearby lines overload and trip one after another, triggering cascading failures across ...
Medical Xpress / Kidney transplant system could be missing opportunity to save more lives and reduce costs
Despite an urgent demand for kidney donors in the U.S., about 1 in 4 donor kidneys goes unused. In 2022, more than 71,000 people were on the kidney transplant waiting list, with waitlists often extending as long as five years ...
Phys.org / Need to parent differently now that your kid's a teen or tween? Five techniques that actually work
As your child approaches their teenage years, they'll want more independence, their emotions will run higher and you might see more disagreements in your household.
Medical Xpress / ZR fusion protein sways normal brain cell development toward cancer growth, study reveals
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Texas Children's Hospital and collaborating institutions reveal in the journal Nature a novel mechanism that drives the development ...
Phys.org / Unlocking longevity insights from ancient bristlecone pine
What can the world's longest living individual teach us about longevity? A team of scientists coordinated by the University of California, Davis, sequenced the Great Basin bristlecone pine genome, which could help unlock ...
Medical Xpress / How shift workers' internal clock affects their health
Health care workers who take on extended or overnight shifts, particularly during periods of operational strain, may face heightened fatigue that can affect their own well-being. This fatigue arises not from individual effort ...
Phys.org / Study finds police violence judged less severe when victim has immigrant background
Police violence is judged differently depending on who is affected. When people with an immigrant background are targeted, abusive police actions are perceived as less serious. This is the conclusion of a new international ...
Tech Xplore / OpenAI shelves plans for erotic chatbot
OpenAI has put plans for a sexually explicit chatbot on hold indefinitely, the company said Thursday, amid mounting concerns about the societal and reputational risks of releasing such a product.
Medical Xpress / Sharper mind and body achieved in older adults with a fake supplement in just 3 weeks
Taking a fake supplement (actually a placebo) for 3 weeks can lead to both physical and cognitive improvements in older adults: this is the power of the placebo effect revealed by research conducted by psychologists at the ...
Phys.org / Stolen chloroplasts maintained by host-made proteins offer clues to plant cell origins
Every plant cell is the product of a biological merger billions of years ago. Chloroplasts are key structures in plants and algae that capture sunlight, but originally they were free-living bacteria that took up residence ...
