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Phys.org / Mission success: HERA crew successfully completes 45-day simulated journey to Mars
Four dedicated explorers—Jason Lee, Stephanie Navarro, Shareef Al Romaithi, and Piyumi Wijesekara—just returned from a 45-day simulated journey to Mars, testing the boundaries of human endurance and teamwork within NASA's ...
Phys.org / Will the Paris 2024 Olympics be a platform for activist protests amid global tensions?
Athletes and sporting teams have frequently used the Olympics and other sporting events to make political statements through boycotts and protests. Ahead of the Paris Olympics kicking off this month and amidst the current ...
Medical Xpress / A comprehensive youth diabetes dataset and interactive portal to boost research and prevention strategies
A team from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has developed the most comprehensive epidemiological dataset for youth diabetes and prediabetes research, derived from extensive National Health and Nutrition Examination ...
Medical Xpress / Financial incentives found to double smoking cessation rate for people with socioeconomic challenges
A study published today by a University of Oklahoma researcher shows that financial incentives can make a big difference in helping smokers quit. The study is published in the journal JAMA Network Open.
Phys.org / Hurricane Beryl pummels Caribbean, strengthens to Category 5
Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a top-level category 5 storm after it swept across several islands in the southeastern Caribbean, dumping heavy rain and unleashing devastating winds.
Tech Xplore / New report advises how ransomware victims can be better supported
A new report, produced jointly by Kent and the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), aims to shed light on the experience of victims of ransomware and identify several key factors that typically shape these experiences.
Medical Xpress / New study finds systematic biases at play in clinical trials
Randomized controlled trials, or RCTs, are believed to be the best way to study the safety and efficacy of new treatments in clinical research. However, a recent study from Michigan State University found that people of color ...
Medical Xpress / A potential game-changer for emergency medicine: Synthetic platelets
Imagine being a paramedic treating a trauma patient who's bleeding severely. You know your patient's life is in danger, but there's not much you can do because the patient needs an infusion of blood containing platelets. ...
Medical Xpress / Supreme court to hear case challenging FDA's ban of flavored vapes
In a case that will test the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's authority to approve or reject new vaping products, the U.S. Supreme Court said Tuesday it will weigh whether the agency was legally allowed to ban flavored ...
Phys.org / Regulation needed to curb favoritism between countries and credit rating agencies, new research suggests
A country's financial health is rated more highly when its finance minister knows top executives in credit ratings agencies, new research led by Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh suggests.
Phys.org / Biologists determine the Leep2 complex regulates macropinosome formation
The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a valuable model to study the regulation of macropinocytosis. A research team led by Prof. Cai Huaqing from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has ...
Medical Xpress / Study: Women veterans at higher risk for repeat suicide attempts
In a new study, Oregon Health & Science University researchers find that women veterans who had recently attempted suicide were more likely than men to feel social rejection and betrayed by military institutions. They also ...