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Medical Xpress / Always finish your antibiotics? Longer is better? Outdated ideas about antibiotics are common, study says

"Always finish your antibiotics" is no longer considered medical best practice for all conditions. Surprised? You're not alone.

6 hours ago
Phys.org / A magnetic path to lower-power computing

From smartphones to data centers, modern electronics rely on billions of tiny switches that consume electricity every time they turn on or off. As global demand for computing continues to grow, so does the energy required ...

14 hours ago
Phys.org / How environmental responsibility can improve financial performance

Consumers are increasingly choosing products from companies that demonstrate genuine environmental responsibility. While many studies have linked environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance with stronger financial ...

7 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New spike map shows how SARS-CoV-2 variants dodge key antibodies

Antibodies are an important defense against SARS-CoV-2, but the virus continues to evolve ways to evade them. Now, researchers have mapped how antibodies target a key region of the virus's spike protein, how they neutralize ...

12 hours ago
Medical Xpress / When phones become an escape: Nomophobia tied to heavier social media use during downtime

Smartphones have become an essential part of everyday life. The anxiety or discomfort experienced when people are unable to use their mobile phones or when their phones are not within reach is known as nomophobia in psychology.

15 hours ago
Phys.org / EU's race for lithium and rare earths sidelined calls to reduce consumption, finds study

In 2024, the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) came into force. The regulation is intended to secure Europe's supply of critical raw materials, especially minerals and metals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. ...

8 hours ago
Phys.org / There's nothing 'wild' about most wildfires. Humans start them and have made them more dangerous

A wildfire needs a name long before anyone knows what caused it. When the pines of the Gironde in southwestern France caught fire in July, the fire was reported within hours under the name of the ground it was burning. By ...

7 hours ago
Phys.org / How a mystery kept in London led to the discovery of a new Ecuadorian frog

Scientists from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador officially described Pristimantis milpe, an abundant and widely distributed species that had been confused with another species for more than a century. To solve ...

7 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Potential language-specific brain network identified

The language network in your brain can be seen, even if you aren't saying a word. For a study published in Nature Communications, researchers used data from more than 1,900 functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) scans ...

19 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Rb's unexpected activation of estrogen-responsive genes could explain breast cancer treatment resistance

Researchers at Peter Mac have discovered why breast cancer treatment stops working for some patients, uncovering the unexpected role of one of the body's most important cancer-fighting proteins. The study, published in Nature, ...

8 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Older Hispanic adults buffered against social isolation despite higher rates of sensory disabilities, study finds

Social isolation is a growing public health concern linked to higher rates of cardiovascular disease, dementia, stroke, infectious disease, depression, anxiety and even premature death. Older adults report the highest rates ...

4 hours ago
Phys.org / How to fine-tune molecular structures within vaccines to improve immune responses

A vaccine's molecular structure plays a key role in determining how the immune system responds and prepares to protect the body from future exposure to a specific pathogen. To develop a vaccine that offers long-term protection ...

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