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Medical Xpress / Current heart attack screening tools fail to identify half the people who are at risk, study shows
Current cardiac screening tools used to prevent heart attacks fail to identify nearly half of the people who are actually at risk of having one, according to a new study led by Mount Sinai researchers.
Phys.org / Why the chemtrail conspiracy theory lingers and grows—and why Tucker Carlson is talking about it
Everyone has looked up at the clouds and seen faces, animals, objects. Human brains are hardwired for this kind of whimsy. But some people—perhaps a surprising number—look to the sky and see government plots and wicked ...
Phys.org / Worries about climate change are waning in many well-off nations—but growing in Turkey, Brazil and India
Polling on public attitudes to climate change show a dip in the numbers who worry about it in many high-income countries, compared with three years ago. This declining public concern will be a worry to those governments looking ...
Phys.org / Indigenous voices at COP30: The Amazon speaks—will the world listen?
For the first time in the history of UN climate conferences, COP30 will take place in a rainforest. President Lula da Silva has described this symbolic venue as a clear political message: the world should listen to the Amazon ...
Phys.org / Male green hermit hummingbirds: Bills evolved for battle
Let's get one thing out of the way: All hummingbirds fight. Most species fight for food, using their tiny bodies and sharp bills to force competitors away from flowers. But the green hermit hummingbird, which lives primarily ...
Phys.org / Mercury pollution in marine mammals is increasing, new study finds
In 2017, a new global treaty was meant to bring mercury pollution under control. But three decades of data from UK harbor porpoises show mercury is still increasing, and is linked to a higher risk of dying from infectious ...
Tech Xplore / Carbon electrode enables 1-Wh-class stacked lithium-air battery with enhanced output and lifespan
A joint research team from NIMS and Toyo Tanso has developed a carbon electrode that enables stable operation of a 1-Wh-class stacked lithium-air battery, achieving higher output, longer life and scalability simultaneously.
Phys.org / Artificial cartilage mimics natural flexibility with adjustable structure
A Washington State University research team is working to create an artificial cartilage that is similar to natural cartilage with a recipe that can be corrected along the way.
Medical Xpress / A two-minute fix for procrastination
You know that assignment, message or email you keep avoiding—the one that lingers in the back of your mind even as you scroll, tidy or "just check one more thing"? New research from UC Santa Barbara offers a science-backed ...
Medical Xpress / How T cells transform to defend our organs
We owe a lot to tissue resident memory T cells (TRM). These specialized immune cells are among the body's first responders to disease.
Phys.org / Understanding intrinsically disordered protein regions and their roles in cancer
Every function in a cell is associated with a particular protein or group of proteins, typically in a well-defined three-dimensional structure. However, intrinsically disordered regions of proteins defy this structure-function ...
Medical Xpress / Many who die by suicide aren't depressed, genetic research suggests
Among friends and family of those who die by suicide, a common refrain is: I didn't know. While some people who die by suicide have prior attempts, about half of people who die by suicide have no documented suicidal thoughts ...
