Dogs Distinguish Human Fear from Sadness, Study Finds
Dogs may be reading more into human faces than scientists once thought. In a new brain-imaging study, researchers found that pet dogs process happy human...
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City St George’s leads €6m project for sustainable, inclusive, cultural building renovation
Europe’s REMADE Project Aims to Turn Building Renovation Into a Circular, Data-Driven Service A new European research project is attempting to change the way buildings...
Gene-expression risk model personalizes stem cell transplant decisions for children with AML
Pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is one of the most aggressive childhood blood cancers, and the decision to use allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT)...
How We Discuss Physical Activity Could Shape Chronic Illness Care
For many people living with chronic illness, being told to “exercise more” can sound less like helpful medical advice and more like another demand they...
No-Till Farming and Microbial Fertilizers Increase Carbon in Albic Soils
A one-year field experiment in China has revealed that a carefully combined soil-management strategy can dramatically increase organic carbon in albic soil, a difficult agricultural...
Higher doses of common fertility drug linked to increased pregnancy risks
Infertility affects approximately one in six people worldwide, and irregular or absent ovulation remains one of its most common causes. For decades, clomiphene citrate has...
Microplastics May Skew Estimates of Biochar’s Climate Benefits in Agricultural Soils
Biochar has become one of agriculture’s most promising tools for removing carbon from the atmosphere. Produced by heating plant material in a low-oxygen environment, this...
Johns Hopkins Experts Co-Author New Treatment Framework for Liver Cancer
Johns Hopkins Experts Co-Author New Treatment Framework for Hepatocellular Carcinoma A consortium of North American liver cancer specialists has introduced a new framework for treating...
Surface-Wave-Driven Metasurfaces Generate Custom Vector Light Fields
Metasurfaces have transformed the way scientists manipulate light, but most existing devices still operate under a fundamental constraint: they primarily control the phase of propagating...
Large study finds early flu antivirals reduce ICU admissions in hospitalized children
A nationwide analysis of children hospitalized with laboratory-confirmed influenza has found that treatment with the antiviral drug oseltamivir was associated with a substantially lower risk...
Healthy lifestyle lowers hearing impairment risk 14%; metabolism plays key role
Hearing impairment is often associated with aging, prolonged noise exposure, or inherited vulnerability. Yet a large prospective study suggests that the daily habits shaping cardiovascular...
Cellulose-Derived Quantum Dots Boost Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production
Sunlight-driven hydrogen production has long promised a way to store renewable energy in a clean, flexible form. Yet the materials designed to make hydrogen from...
Biomarkers Improve Cost-Benefit Analysis of Head and Neck Cancer Immunotherapy
Biomarker May Determine Whether Perioperative Pembrolizumab Is Worth Its High Cost in Head and Neck Cancer A new economic analysis suggests that the value of...
KAIST Creates Gas Lattice in Porous Materials, Revealing Crystal-Like Structure
Gas molecules inside porous materials have long been treated as disordered guests, filling microscopic cavities according to averaged properties such as adsorption capacity and selectivity....
Alter Dementia, Dementia Care Aware Give 100+ Free Screenings Across Black Churches
A community-based cognitive screening initiative in Atlanta has brought early dementia detection into a setting where many older African Americans already feel comfortable: trusted faith...