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Phys.org / How bird movements are helping researchers track a global virus
While the highly virulent avian influenza strain has only recently been discovered on Australian shores, researchers at Deakin University have been working behind the scenes for years, anticipating what an outbreak might ...
Medical Xpress / UK program linked to more equal access to drug that prevents cerebral palsy in premature babies
Researchers analyzed NHS England maternity and neonatal data from 2014 to 2024 to investigate whether sociodemographic differences existed in the use of antenatal magnesium sulfate. The treatment is recommended for women ...
Phys.org / Pair of white dwarfs locked in 6-minute orbit might one day be observed by gravitational waves
Current gravitational-wave observatories aren't sensitive enough to capture the gravitational waves of binary stars. They can only see the gravitational chirps of black holes just as they are merging. But that will change ...
Medical Xpress / Bone model could reduce animal testing in osteoporosis research
Researchers at The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University have developed a laboratory method that transforms sheep bone into a realistic model of osteoporosis, providing a potential alternative for ...
Medical Xpress / What a rat's ultrasonic call can tell us about food-related pleasure
Understanding how the brain processes rewarding experiences could help researchers better understand behaviors such as overeating, as well as conditions such as anhedonia—the inability to experience pleasure, a common symptom ...
Medical Xpress / Can removing fallopian tubes really reduce the risk of ovarian cancer?
Ovarian cancer has a particularly poor survival rate. Only one in two women will live five years beyond their diagnosis. There is no effective screening test, and symptoms can be hard to spot. This means ovarian cancer is ...
Phys.org / Students with lower grades earn degrees more often when they belong to an academic major's majority group
Despite efforts to encourage broader participation, women earn about 25% of undergraduate engineering degrees and 18% of undergraduate computer science degrees—and men remain a small minority among people earning nursing ...
Phys.org / Changing the antibiotic playbook to catch an ESKAPE artist
Nearly a century ago, a single colony of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) helped launch the antibiotic age. In 1928, Alexander Fleming returned to his London lab to find that a stray mold had wiped out the Staphylococcus ...
Phys.org / How beavers can help create fire breaks as part of a drought preparation plan
Most of the countryside around the Holnicote estate in Somerset has been dry and dusty for most of the summer. But one corner remains conspicuously green.
Medical Xpress / Children with cancer are being saved, but are we breaking them in the process?
Survival rates for childhood cancer now exceed 80%—but this also means more children are living with the long-term emotional and psychosocial impacts of cancer.
Tech Xplore / Australia threatens hefty fines if big tech fails 'duty of care'
Social media giants face US$78 million fines if they fail to protect young users from harmful content, Australia's prime minister said Tuesday as he unveiled draft laws reining in big tech.
Tech Xplore / Brain activity patterns could help sharpen LLM deductive reasoning
Large language models (LLMs), the artificial intelligence systems underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and other similar conversational agents, are now widely used worldwide. In addition to processing, interpreting ...