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Medical Xpress / Study finds higher hantavirus risk in drier, underdeveloped areas
In a recent study of the contiguous United States, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers found that the risk of disease from hantavirus is higher in drier, underdeveloped geographic areas with more socioeconomic vulnerability ...
Medical Xpress / Inflammatory immune cells predict survival and relapse in multiple myeloma
A new study maps the immune cell landscape of bone marrow in patients with multiple myeloma, a rare cancer that develops in the plasma cells of the bone marrow and has no cure. This large immune cell atlas, which includes ...
Tech Xplore / Heat pumps will soon be able to store and distribute heat as needed
Researchers have developed a heat storage unit that takes up less space than a regular hot water tank. It charges when electricity is cheap and releases heat when needed.
Medical Xpress / Understanding sex-based differences and the role of bone morphogenetic protein signaling in Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a serious neurodegenerative disease largely affecting older adults. Apart from age, it also shows sex-based differences, with women being more at risk. However, the origin of these differences ...
Phys.org / A single gene underlies begomovirus resistance in eggplant
Plant viruses pose a serious and ongoing threat to global agriculture in tropical to temperate regions. Among the most damaging are begomoviruses, a group of DNA viruses spread by whiteflies that infect many important food ...
Phys.org / Superconducting detector captures hot spots with submicron resolution
A research team from Osaka Metropolitan University proposed using a current-biased kinetic inductance detector with submicron 400 megapixels to image hot spots induced by a localized external stimulus over a 15 × 15 mm2 ...
Medical Xpress / Maternal flu and Tdap shots may lower rates of infant hospitalization, ED visits
Maternal influenza and tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccinations are associated with a lower risk for influenza- and pertussis-related hospitalization or emergency department (ED) visits in infants younger ...
Tech Xplore / Advances in thin-film electrolytes push solid oxide fuel cells forward
Under the threat of climate change and geopolitical tensions related to fossil fuels, the world faces an urgent need to find sustainable and renewable energy solutions. While wind, solar, and hydroelectric power are key renewable ...
Medical Xpress / What does cannabis 'rescheduling' mean for science and society?
Tens of millions of Americans turn to cannabis products every week to try to ease their pain, calm their anxiety, get more sleep, help them cope with the side effects of chemotherapy, or just relax and unwind.
Medical Xpress / Deep learning creates virtual multiplexed immunostaining to improve cancer diagnosis
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in collaboration with pathologists from Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center and the University of Southern California, have developed a deep learning–based ...
Medical Xpress / Mapping metastasis—how nutrient availability shapes breast cancer's spread
Breast cancer can spread—or metastasize—to many different parts of the body, but it's not well understood why tumors grow better in some organs than others.
Medical Xpress / Study tracks declines in annual checkups as teens become young adults
It's common that as kids get to high school and transition to adulthood, they begin to skip yearly wellness visits with a pediatrician or other primary care provider. And, as expected, skipping those checkups can have serious ...
