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Medical Xpress / Ethics roadmap guides responsible AI integration in intensive care

Delirium is a common but often undiagnosed condition in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. To improve early detection, a transdisciplinary team has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that analyzes facial expressions ...

2 hours ago in Health informatics
Phys.org / How Hollywood horror's 'killer wolf' trope is sabotaging rewilding efforts

Wolves are returning across Europe—but not to the UK and Ireland, where public support is lukewarm at best. Ecologists point out their benefits, while farmers worry about their livestock. But another influence on public ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Exercise slows tumor growth in mice by shifting glucose uptake to muscles

It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along with simply making people feel better overall. However, the molecular mechanisms responsible for ...

23 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth ...

23 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Tropical Australian study sets new standard for Indigenous-led research

A new study highlights how Indigenous leadership, science and business can unite to protect coastal ecosystems while building long-term environmental and cultural knowledge.

6 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Terrestrial biodiversity grows with tree cover in agricultural landscapes

Farmers plant or preserve riparian buffers for various reasons, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion, or maintaining hunting habitat. Now, a new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign underscores ...

11 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Short and irregular weekday sleep disrupts glucose regulation even after weekend sleep recovery, study reveals

Researchers at the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine), have found that insufficient weekday sleep significantly disrupts glucose metabolism even when weekend sleep is extended.

6 hours ago in Sleep disorders
Medical Xpress / Ultrasound pinpoints vascular complications from cosmetic fillers

Ultrasound can aid in treating complications from cosmetic filler injections, according to research being presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

6 hours ago in Surgery
Phys.org / Ancient stalagmite provides insights into how climate affected early communities in cradle of civilization

The Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region spanning modern-day Middle Eastern countries, is considered the cradle of civilization and where farming first emerged. But little is known about how climate change influenced ...

22 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Childhood instability accelerates women's sexual strategies, study suggests

California State University, Sacramento, researchers traced how disordered childhood social worlds in women connected to faster life history traits and greater mating effort, with those traits explaining 22.2% of the association ...

23 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Trying to move more? Expert explains the benefits of counting steps

Mackenzie Long, a personal trainer in physical therapy and sports medicine at the Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse and Onalaska, Wisconsin, explains the health benefits of tracking steps.

6 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / 'Jaws' impact may be wearing off as shark perceptions soften

Teeth. Ocean. Predator. These are the three most common words used to describe sharks, according to a new global survey published in Wildlife Research, eliciting 1,000 different text responses.

6 hours ago in Biology