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Medical Xpress / Understanding financial conflicts of interest in cancer care and research
Cary Gross, MD, professor of medicine (general internal medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, has studied financial conflicts of interest in American medicine for more than 20 years. In a recent systematic review published ...
Tech Xplore / Incinerator bottom ash could be used as a filler in cement without material strength loss
Research published in the International Journal of Environmental Engineering has demonstrated that bottom ash from incinerated municipal solid waste could be used below a certain concentration as a filler in cement without ...
Phys.org / Oh deer: The threat munching its way through NZ's native forests
The need for a national deer management strategy to manage the decline of native forests is highlighted in a new research paper published today in the New Zealand Journal of Ecology. Led by Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University ...
Phys.org / New research reveals mass shootings and suicide deaths share summer peaks
A new study has found that mass shootings and deaths by suicide in the United States share seasonal patterns, reaching their highest levels during summer months. Analyzing national data spanning 2014–2021, researchers observed ...
Tech Xplore / AI chatbots need cultural awareness to earn trust
As AI becomes part of daily life, a UC researcher says one of its most unacknowledged blind spots is also one of the most human: culture.
Phys.org / Gamma-ray pulsations reveal extreme 3.2-millisecond pulsar 3,900 light-years away
By analyzing the data from NASA's Fermi gamma-ray space telescope, Chinese astronomers have investigated a recently identified millisecond pulsar known as PSR J0435+3233. As a result, they found that the pulsar exhibits gamma-ray ...
Medical Xpress / How to see like a surgeon: Cracking the code of visual expertise to train AI
We commonly say an art curator casts "an expert eye" over a painting, or an auditor over a set of accounts. But what is it that, for example, allows an experienced birdwatcher to identify an uncommon species rapidly, at a ...
Tech Xplore / Older people's media literacy can be boosted in just 60 minutes—new study
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Phys.org / Lucky 13! Starship deploys Starlink satellites and splashes down intact
SpaceX's Starship super-rocket deployed operational next-generation Starlink satellites for the first time during its 13th flight test, which addressed snags that arose in the previous test.
Phys.org / Saber-toothed cats' spinal tumors suggest inbred species struggled to survive
The fossilized spines of saber-toothed cats in the La Brea Tar Pits reveal evidence of an unexpectedly high prevalence of rare spinal nerve tumors, suggesting that the species became inbred just before extinction. These tumors, ...
Medical Xpress / Study tracks risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and dementias in South Asian Americans
Members of diasporas across the world, such as the large Indian diaspora, are influenced by the food and lifestyle of the countries where they live. The new societal factors they experience, together with differences in their ...
Medical Xpress / 80% of toddler foods on grocery shelves are ultra-processed, audit reveals
An audit of toddler foods sold at 21 grocery stores in Texas revealed that 4 out of 5 products were ultra-processed and 49% of all products failed to meet at least one nutrient standard established by the World Health Organization ...
