Predicting the future: Easy tool helps estimate fall risks
Osaka, Japan — An aging society has posed a new global problem, the risk of falling. It is estimated that 1 in 3 adults over...
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Eccentric-only resistance training can lower passive muscle stiffness
Resistance, or weight training, is widely recommended in sports and rehabilitation as an effective exercise to increase muscular strength and size. This form of exercise...
High blood pressure associated with environmental contamination by tellurium
The likelihood of developing high blood pressure (hypertension) increases with higher levels of tellurium, a contaminant transferred from mining and manufacturing activities to foods. Improved...
Salk awarded $3.6 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to advance research on brain aging
LA JOLLA (July 31, 2024)—The Salk Institute was awarded $3.6 million by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), one of the world’s largest institutions...
Pursuing the middle path to scientific discovery
In electronic technologies, key material properties change in response to stimuli like voltage or current. Scientists aim to understand these changes in terms of the...
World first discoveries allow researchers to accurately diagnose prenatal exposure syndromes and birth disorders
LONDON, ON – Researchers at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) and Lawson Health Research Institute are using advanced technology and artificial intelligence (AI) to diagnose...
AAPS elevates Pitt Distinguished Professor Steven Little to Fellow
Steven R. Little, Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, is among eight members of the American Association...
ChatGPT is “not reliable as a diagnostic tool”, providing correct diagnoses from real case information just half the time, with researchers cautioning the general public against relying upon the tool for medical advice
ChatGPT is "not reliable as a diagnostic tool", providing correct diagnoses from real case information just half the time, with researchers cautioning the general public...
Downwind states face disproportionate burden of air pollution
A recent Supreme Court decision to block a federal rule curbing interstate air pollution further complicates efforts to reduce emissions and adds to an already...
ASU researchers explore cancer susceptibility in birds
In one of the largest studies of cancer susceptibility across bird species, researchers at Arizona State University describe an intriguing relationship between reproductive rates and...
Cracking the carb code: Researchers create new glycemic index database to improve dietary awareness
Karen Della Corte, BYU nutrition and dietetics professor, recently authored a new study, published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, that developed a national...
The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomers
The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomersCredit: Jani Närhi, University of Helsinki The rotation of a nearby star stuns astronomers Astronomers from the University...
New principle for treating tuberculosis
Researchers from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) and the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have together succeeded in identifying and synthesising a group of molecules that...
Pusan National University researchers explore the potential of clean energy markets as a hedging tool
Climate change has significantly impacted lives worldwide and prompted governments to adopt policies promoting sustainability and use of clean energy sources. This shift to clean...
FANCI that! Decades long mystery of how DNA damage by sunlight, alcohol and pollution is identified so it can be repaired, is solved. Opens up opportunities for improved cancer treatments.
An elegant collaboration between researchers in the UK’s two core-funded Medical Research Council Research Institutes, the Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London and the...
