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Medical Xpress / Aspirin matches costlier blood thinners after hip and knee replacement surgery, major trial finds

Joint replacements are among the most common surgeries worldwide, and preventing blood clots is critical to recovery. A Dalhousie-led study published this month—one of the most robust of its kind to date—found that a straightforward ...

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Tech Xplore / New framework cuts costs, improves speed of summarization algorithms

Systems that can create summaries from conversations are in high demand in customer service, newsrooms and virtual assistants. Research published in the International Journal of Applied Pattern Recognition could improve processing ...

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Phys.org / Decade of research reshapes multilingual learner policy

A lot of high school students load up on Advanced Placement courses to strengthen their college applications. But for many California students classified as English learners, access to even the basic college-preparatory courses ...

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Medical Xpress / Mental health programs alone won't fix psychological injury among public safety workers

A recent Ontario Coroner's Review documented 34 deaths by suicide among correctional workers over the past 15 years, with 17 of those deaths occurring since 2020.

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Phys.org / Transforming vibrations into clean fuels and chemicals through piezosynthesis

From ocean waves and flowing rivers to the systems used to transport and treat water, vibrations are everywhere. But can vibrations do more than just shake water? Can they split water or drive the production of useful chemicals ...

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Phys.org / Rare sighting reveals Arctic bobtail squid and egg masses in subzero Greenland fjord

Marine biologists have observed the Arctic bobtail squid in its natural habitat in the North Atlantic Ocean for the first time, including the rare discovery of a mature female with eggs. Dr Paige Maroni, from The University ...

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Phys.org / Archaeological dig reveals full extent of Roman villa with intricate mosaic and bath house

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intricate polychrome mosaic within the remains of a Roman villa beneath Devon farmland. Made up of thousands of red, white and dark blue-gray cubes, the 12 m2 (129 square feet) mosaic ...

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Phys.org / Study could help event organizers prevent crowd crushes and stampedes

McGill researchers have found that dangerous crowd conditions leading to surges and stampedes may not emerge suddenly but instead develop gradually, as repeated physical contact and pushing accumulate and become synchronized ...

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Medical Xpress / How autistic brains process faces differently

Researchers have conducted one of the most comprehensive studies on how the autistic brain processes faces. Some hallmark characteristics of autism include tendencies to avoid looking at others' faces and to make less eye ...

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Medical Xpress / Daylight saving time may leave a surprising trace in the eye's smallest blood vessels each spring

For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have detailed how fall and spring daylight saving time transitions affect a person's risk of developing retinal vascular disease. The study is published in Scientific Reports.

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Phys.org / New cell imaging method measures protein folding in living organelles

Protein aggregates are associated with the development of diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. These are found more often in certain areas of cells known as membraneless organelles. Do these organelles promote this ...

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Medical Xpress / Largest genetic analysis of borderline personality disorder identifies 11 risk regions and nine genes

An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide association study on borderline personality disorder to date. Data from about 13,000 affected people and ...

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