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Tech Xplore / Polymer cold spray can restore up to 80% of strength in damaged composite materials
Rowan University researchers have demonstrated a new method for repairing damage in advanced composite materials, offering a faster, more effective alternative to conventional repair techniques used in industries such as ...
Medical Xpress / Most breast imaging facilities in both high- and low-deprivation areas offer digital breast tomosynthesis
New research has found that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) availability at breast imaging facilities is similar across low- and high-deprivation areas, but facilities in low-deprivation areas are significantly more likely ...
Medical Xpress / Virus influences rare brain lymphomas, large study finds
Primary CNS lymphoma is a rare cancer that arises from malignant white blood cells. Affected individuals develop tumors in the brain and, more rarely, in the spinal cord, the eyes or within the cerebrospinal fluid. These ...
Medical Xpress / Rural Americans more likely to view cancer as a death sentence, poll finds
People living in rural America are more likely to view cancer as a death sentence, a new survey reports. About 43% of people living in rural areas say a cancer diagnosis means inevitable death, compared to 35% of people in ...
Medical Xpress / Low-cost treatment for multiple sclerosis shown to be as effective as standard therapy
A Norwegian-Swedish clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that rituximab, a low-cost B-cell-depleting therapy, is as effective as ocrelizumab in newly diagnosed relapsing multiple sclerosis ...
Medical Xpress / Cryo-EM helps identify the mechanisms of dental plaque formation
Periodontal (gum) disease is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, caused by the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis). In Japan alone, approximately 80% of adults 30 and older are affected or considered ...
Phys.org / 3D genome analysis of germ cell formation tracks 350 million years of vertebrate evolution
A research team led by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed how the genome is reorganized in 3D during male germ cell formation in vertebrates, leading to important new insights into how biodiversity is ...
Phys.org / Non-Hermitian geometry reveals when quantum amplification depends only on start and end points
In quantum mechanics, the geometry of quantum states has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding phenomena ranging from electrical conductivity to superconductivity. One research direction aims to extend these geometric ...
Phys.org / Toward experiment-guided AlphaFold: Researchers overcome AI tool's single-conformation limitation
The AI-based program AlphaFold predicts a protein's 3D structure with remarkable accuracy. However, it tends to reduce heterogeneous structures to a single dominant conformation, or shape, and overlooks experimental conditions ...
Medical Xpress / FDA lets 20 ZYN nicotine pouches claim lower risk than cigarettes; critics warn of danger
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized marketing of 20 ZYN nicotine pouch products as a lower-risk option than cigarettes, a decision that drew immediate criticism from anti-cancer advocates worried about ...
Phys.org / Awe and the 'overview effect' may shape how students learn geography
University of Phoenix College of General Studies announced the publication of a new article in The Geography Teacher, authored by Jacquelyn Kelly, Ph.D., associate dean, College of General Studies; Dianna Gielstra, Ph.D., ...
Phys.org / Hot spell roasts eastern US ahead of holiday weekend
Millions of Americans sweltered in stifling heat and humidity Thursday, with dangerous temperatures expected to hit major cities through the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
