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Medical Xpress / Wearable microneedle patch empowers conventional ultrasound for continuous glucose monitoring
Long-term diabetes management requires continuous blood glucose monitoring to detect abnormalities early and intervene in time. However, conventional fingertip blood sampling is both painful and inconvenient, while most continuous ...
Phys.org / Toxoplasma parasite reveals an unusual strategy for surviving crowded environments in infected cells
Toxoplasma gondii, or Toxoplasma, is a parasite that infects hundreds of millions of people around the world. Although cases are often mild, it can cause severe symptoms in people with weakened immune systems and developing ...
Medical Xpress / Thyroid's two hormone-producing cell types develop separately before merging, study finds
The thyroid gland consists of two types of hormone-producing cells that regulate the body's metabolism and calcium balance. In mammals, these cell types merge into a single organ, whereas in other vertebrates, they develop ...
Phys.org / X-rays: Beyond the Nobel Prize limit
When certain atoms are irradiated with laser light, they can produce a very different kind of laser light: laser pulses with extremely high frequencies in the X-ray range. These laser pulses, which helped achieve record-breaking ...
Medical Xpress / Wearable tech for babies shows that night awakenings more common than parents believe
Almost half of Finnish parents feel that their infants' sleep is abnormal. However, measuring sleep disturbances is complicated. In her doctoral thesis, University of Helsinki researcher Sofie de Sena investigated infant ...
Phys.org / Solar eclipse sparks scramble for protective glasses across Europe
The scramble for protective glasses has reached fever pitch across Europe ahead of Wednesday's rare total solar eclipse, as pharmacies, opticians and other shops struggled to keep them in stock.
Phys.org / Banking apps could help manage mental health, study finds
While the link between financial stability and mental health is well-established, a new University College Dublin (UCD) study reveals a major blind spot in current research: an overreliance on self-reported surveys rather ...
Tech Xplore / AI models make choices in part based on the order in which options are presented
Large language models are often asked to help users make choices, from what to cook for dinner to higher-stakes decisions, such as screening job applicants or supporting medical triage. As AI is increasingly integrated into ...
Tech Xplore / Neutral salt layer could address one of perovskite solar cells' biggest drawbacks
One of the most promising technologies is perovskite solar cells. They are highly efficient at converting sunlight into electricity, can be manufactured as thin and flexible devices, and require less energy and lower production ...
Medical Xpress / Cell-surface receptors guide antisense therapy to mutant KRAS in pancreatic cancer cells
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) have been proposed as a therapeutic approach to shut down the production of faulty proteins in a wide variety of diseases, including cancer. In a study published in the Journal of Cell Biology ...
Phys.org / Too hot to live? French buyers rethink housing choices after heat waves
After multiple severe heat waves in a single summer, French residents are increasingly factoring high temperatures into their home hunts, realtors say, bumping up features such as shutters, air conditioning and indirect sunlight ...
Tech Xplore / New tech adds phone tracking to license plate readers, associating devices with identifiable cars
Imagine that you share a ride to work with the same colleague most mornings. As it passes by a license plate reader, the camera records the car, which can be linked through vehicle records to its registered owner. Beside ...
