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Medical Xpress / Omega-3 plus low-dose aspirin produces antibiotic-like results against severe periodontitis
A combination of omega-3 and low-dose acetylsalicylic acid (ASA) produced results comparable to antibiotics in treating severe periodontitis. This conclusion is based on a study conducted by researchers affiliated with Albert ...
Phys.org / New species of mountain horned dragon identified in Thailand's high-altitude forests
Scientists have described a new species of lizard from the high mountain forests of western Thailand and have given it a name straight out of an American fantasy drama television series: Acanthosaura syrax, named after Syrax, ...
Medical Xpress / U.S. vaccine policy shift may undermine childhood immunization and outbreak prevention
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that recasts the country's childhood vaccination policy to "support maximal parental choice."
Tech Xplore / New engineering studies aim to slow battery aging while idle
Most batteries spend more than 70% of their lifetime at rest. Yet few studies have examined calendar aging, which is how a battery degrades when it is neither charging nor being used.
Medical Xpress / How to decide which breast cancer surgery is right for you: A surgical oncologist explains
Women diagnosed with breast cancer are almost immediately confronted with treatment decisions. If a surgical oncologist gives a choice between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy to remove a tumor, that's often because either option ...
Medical Xpress / Patented AI technology improves bruise detection across all skin tones
Can new technology make it easier to understand bruises? That's the question researchers at George Mason University's Injury Analytics Lab (IAL) are answering with a patented technology that combines artificial intelligence, ...
Medical Xpress / Low-fat vegan diet cuts dietary energy density by nearly a third, helping explain weight loss
A low-fat vegan diet lowers the energy density of the foods people eat by roughly 30%, allowing them to eat satisfying amounts of food while taking in fewer calories and losing weight—without deliberately restricting calories—according ...
Phys.org / Water quality, not just scarcity, may shape future competition for a limited resource
Climate change is largely to blame for water scarcity. The low water levels in European rivers this summer speak volumes in that respect.
Phys.org / Vitamin B12 corrects developmental defects in Verheij syndrome worm model
Verheij syndrome is a rare genetic disorder caused by the impairment of splicing, a critical process in RNA processing. Using the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biology ...
Phys.org / UK 'on course' to record warmest summer for second year in a row
Britain is "on course" to chalk up its warmest summer on record for the second year running, the UK's Met Office weather agency said Tuesday as the country braced for its fifth heat wave of the season.
Tech Xplore / Meta meets its own 'tobacco' moment as jury selection kicks off trial
Jury selection kicked off Wednesday in a California courtroom where Instagram and Facebook owner Meta will defend itself against allegations of harming children in a new trial that experts describe as social media's Big Tobacco ...
Phys.org / Real-time measurements reveal antiferromagnetic skyrmions move in line with an applied current
Skyrmions—essentially magnetic vortices—represent a promising approach in spintronics; in the future, they could serve as components in storage media or computers, potentially complementing established CMOS technologies. ...