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Medical Xpress / Vitamin K deficiency on the rise as more parents decline recommended shots for their newborns
The American Academy of Pediatrics has recommended a single intramuscular dose of vitamin K for newborns since 1961; however, in the last decade parents have increasingly elected to skip the shot.
Phys.org / Paired but out of step: Why electron pairing alone is not enough for room-temperature superconductivity
Levitating trains, ultra-efficient energy storage, and quantum computers: superconductivity could unlock a wealth of possibilities for the future. New research led by scientists from Utrecht, Leiden, and Munich has now shed ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists give hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades a second life
From intense UV radiation and extreme temperatures to wind gusts and lightning strikes, wind turbine blades are engineered to withstand some of the harshest conditions. But that durability becomes a problem at the end of ...
Phys.org / Mineral-forming method removes more than 99% of radioactive technetium from liquid waste
Technetium-99 is a long-lived radioactive byproduct of nuclear fuel production and reprocessing. In many environments, it forms a highly mobile chemical species that can move readily through water and soil, making it a priority ...
Phys.org / Tiny biodegradable particles poke openings in skin to boost topical drug delivery
Skin is remarkably good at keeping things out of the body. Typically, that's a positive. It becomes an issue when medicine needs to get in. Swallow a pill to treat a skin condition, and the medicine enters your stomach, moves ...
Tech Xplore / Inspired by honeycombs, a low-cost cooling structure lasts over 100 million cycles
As global demand for cooling continues to grow, the urgent need for sustainable refrigeration technologies is becoming increasingly evident. Conventional vapor-compression systems remain energy-intensive, while the refrigerants ...
Phys.org / Wacky magnetic fields of ice giants may stem from conductivity changes in their deep interiors
When NASA's Voyager 2 robotic probe flew by Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s, it uncovered an anomaly: their magnetic fields are highly disordered, unlike Earth's, which has well-defined north and south poles.
Medical Xpress / AI better assesses heart function from MRI than clinicians
Using artificial intelligence (AI) to assess heart function from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans more strongly predicts survival than interpretation by clinicians, according to a study published online Nov. 2 in The ...
Phys.org / MTG-I2 satellite delivers remarkable first images, capturing a weather view of Europe every 2.5 minutes
Europe's meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has released the first image from the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) on board Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2 (MTG-I2), just over two months after the satellite's launch ...
Phys.org / From chaos to 'intelligent' soft matter—how tiny chemical differences guide droplets into ordered structures
Disorder can make sense, and understanding its logic can be genuinely useful. A study by a research group at the University of Trento shows how a minimal chemical difference can turn chaotic, disordered motion into a highly ...
Medical Xpress / Platform finds hidden flaws in athletes' form
For the first two laps, the student-athlete on the Syracuse University cross country team ran with flawless form. Then, down the stretch, their times began to slip as fatigue set in.
Medical Xpress / Two compounds target drug-resistant brain cancer cells in laboratory tests
Cancer remains among the most deadly diseases worldwide. Globally, more than 300,000 new cases of brain cancer are reported each year, with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer, accounting for over 250,000 deaths. ...
