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Medical Xpress / Scientists highlight essential role of mosquito control to tackle increase in mosquito-borne diseases in Europe

Mosquito control is crucial to addressing the increase in mosquito-borne diseases in Europe such as dengue, chikungunya virus disease and West Nile virus infection, according to EU scientists from the European Center for ...

9 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Winter wind and solar lulls reveal Europe's need for costly backup power

This summer, record-breaking heat waves in Europe led to extreme stress on the power system, with high evening electricity prices due to air-conditioning demand, insufficient battery storage and outages at thermal and nuclear ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Self-driving cars might not be safe for everyone, study says

You might want to steer clear of self-driving vehicles if you have a history of head injuries, a new study warns. Hockey players who'd suffered repeated concussions were slower to respond when a self-driving car faced a complex ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / AI-generated ads outperform human designers in live campaign, advantage holds 18 months later

The common belief throughout the marketing and advertising world is that generative AI can produce striking visuals, but it struggles to match the performance and brand discipline of skilled human designers. New research ...

17 hours ago
Tech Xplore / France's nuclear reactors are running hot and still keeping the lights on

Much of western Europe has endured long stretches of hot weather and heat waves this summer. France recently experienced its hottest day on record and put 54 of its 96 departments under the highest heat alert.

16 hours ago
Phys.org / Soccer ticket crackdowns and price hikes are excluding traditional fans

The new season of the English Premier League is almost ready to kick off, and with it comes another annual cycle of the national game. Each August brings hope and expectation for supporters, with an opportunity to start anew. ...

10 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Can we make blood transfusions safer by testing for proteins linked to strokes and Alzheimer's disease?

A review and opinion piece published in The Lancet and led by UCL (University College London) and UCLH researchers discusses the possibility that blood transfusions may inadvertently transmit harmful brain proteins, and whether ...

16 hours ago
Phys.org / The framing of nature changes how kids respond to environmental education

How to teach children to care about the environment? Beyond including climate change and biodiversity in the curriculum, researchers argue that environmental ethics—how we frame the relationship between humans and nature—matter ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Gene markers quantify damage in individual kidney and liver cells

Researchers at the University of Cologne, University Hospital Cologne and the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research have developed a method that, for the first time, enables damage to individual cells to be precisely ...

15 hours ago
Tech Xplore / An improved foam with the potential to increase oil production and CO₂ storage

A new formulation of CO2 foams could help address one of the energy industry's main challenges, specifically regarding the injection of CO2 underground: controlling CO2 mobility in reservoir porous media. This advancement ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New drug combination may help treat advanced prostate cancer

About 1 in 8 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer during their lifetime. Although many survive, it can develop into metastatic disease.

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Built to last: Hydrogen catalyst operates for 3,000 hours

A research team has developed a highly durable platinum-nickel (PtNi) hydrogen evolution catalyst that suppresses nickel (Ni) leaching through atomic ordering. Nickel leaching is a major cause of performance degradation in ...

16 hours ago