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Phys.org / Solid but fluid: New materials reconfigure their entire crystal structure in response to humidity
Most solid materials we rely on, from steel, to plastics and ceramics, are designed to have specific properties. Whether a material is soft and flexible, or stiff and tough depends on how molecules within the material are ...
Medical Xpress / Distinct tumor 'neighborhoods' could guide more targeted treatments in aggressive childhood brain cancer
New research published in Nature finds that tumor cells within supratentorial ependymomas (SE)—an aggressive childhood brain cancer—cluster into distinct tumor cell populations. Much like a neighborhood, each cell subtype ...
Tech Xplore / New model aims to keep remote robotaxi operators alert and ready
So-called "driverless" cars often have human operators remotely controlling the vehicles to help navigate tricky driving situations and avoid accidents. But this setup poses a number of challenges. How do you ensure the operators ...
Medical Xpress / Why multitasking still fails: Study shows brain can't fully do two tasks at once, even with extensive practice
Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant impact on how quickly ...
Phys.org / As wildfires intensify, researchers test if AI can improve fire spread prediction
With wildfires growing more destructive both in the United States and around the world, University at Buffalo researchers have conducted one of the most extensive evaluations to date of artificial intelligence-based deep ...
Phys.org / Climate policies: The swing voters that determine their fate
The climate measures currently in place are unlikely to meet Paris Climate Agreement targets. Whether further political measures can move us closer to the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees and combating climate ...
Medical Xpress / A new tool to predict physical health risks in young people with psychosis
A new clinic-ready web-based risk prediction tool called PsyMetRiC is now available to forecast the risk of young people with psychosis developing cardiometabolic disorders such as obesity, metabolic syndrome and diabetes.
Medical Xpress / How chaos theory could turn every NHS scan into its own fortress
Fresh research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) could transform how the NHS protects patients' medical images from cyberattacks. Computer scientists have developed a breakthrough way to encrypt medical images such ...
Medical Xpress / Mothers' exposure to microbes protects their newborn babies against infection
A multi-center study led by researchers at Cincinnati Children's sheds new light on why some newborns become severely ill from Escherichia coli infection, but others do not. It turns out that most babies are immune because ...
Medical Xpress / New atlas maps aging brain epigenetic shifts across eight regions and 36 cell types
Neurodegenerative diseases affect more than 57 million people globally. The incidence of these diseases, from Alzheimer's to Parkinson's to ALS and beyond, is expected to double every 20 years. Though scientists know aging ...
Medical Xpress / How one flu virus can hamper the immune response to another
Prior exposure to one strain of influenza virus may weaken children's ability to mount an effective antibody response against their subsequent exposure to a different flu strain, according to a study led by Weill Cornell ...
Medical Xpress / How development and sex shape the brain
Researchers from the University of Oxford have created the first high-resolution molecular atlas of the adult Drosophila melanogaster (common fruit fly) brain, uncovering how the neurons that drive behavior in adults retain ...
