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French Indian Ocean Island Hospital Chief Urges Medical Aid for Chikungunya Outbreak

Parent's Alert: Child's Fall Raises Concerns of Brain Injury

The Power of Insight in Problem Solving

Hidden Cost of Growing Reliance on CT Scans

Infants on Acid-Suppressive Meds at Risk for Celiac Disease

Study Shows Opioid Policies Reduce Domestic Violence

White House Reveals Revamped Covid-19 Site, Emphasizes Chinese Lab Theory

Grocery Store Dilemma: Carrots, Potatoes, or Buffalo Wings?

Managing Everyday Stress: Tips for Work, Social Events, and Relationships

Measles Outbreak Spreads: 800 Cases Across U.S.

Study Reveals Overestimated BMI in Male Athletes

Targeting Enzyme PGM3 Halts Glioblastoma Growth

Study Reveals Hope for Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Patients

Study: Low-Income Diabetics Face Insurance Instability

Novel Disease Gene GPKOW Linked to Brain and Eye Development

Protein in Human Brain Boosts Neuron Growth

Impact of Public Health Strategies on Endemic vs. Outbreak Diseases

Study Reveals Alarming Trend in Women's Firearm Suicides

Government Health Researcher Retires, Accuses NIH of Censoring Food Findings

Study Reveals Link Between Pancreatic Cysts and Cancer

Kinesiology Method for Lower Back Pain: Research Findings

Women More Aware of Obesity Drugs at ECO 2025

Protein-Enriched Products Flood Grocery Shelves

AI Enhances Forensic Anthropology Identification

Living with Primary Progressive Aphasia: Ordering at Drive-Thru

Study: Lower Temperatures Increase Gastroenteritis Risk among Rohingya Refugees

New Radiolabeled Antibody Targets Cancer Antigen IL13Rα2

New Study: Dogs Offer Hope for ACL Injury Treatment

Pinworm Medication Potentially Halts Merkel Cell Carcinoma

Promising Results: New Pill for Weight Loss & Blood Sugar Control

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Celebratory Cake and Gifts: A Low-Key 70th Birthday Celebration

Neutron Star Mergers: Generating Gravitational Waves

New Insights on Mars's Jezero Crater Geology

Mars Discovery: Ancient Carbon Cycle, Cat Origins, Magnetic Pole Shift

Researchers Develop Innovative Method to Focus Light on Small Scale

"Breakthrough: Molecular Machine in Mitochondria Revealed"

Protein Study Reveals Cell Blob Transformation

Penn State Study: Accidental Dictators in the Workplace

Nasa Prioritizes Astronaut Health for Moon Mission

Biologists Discover Caddisfly Larvae Using Microplastics

NASA Sends Mars Rover to Jezero Crater Delta

Cellular Proteins: DNA Blueprint Regulation for Functional Synthesis

"Nasa's Lucy Spacecraft to Encounter Small Asteroid En Route to Jupiter Swarms"

Grandparents in Charge: Kids Glued to Screens, Confirms Arizona Study

Space Race Ignites: Sputnik vs. Explorer I

Astronomers Utilize Magnetic Fields for Milky Way Mapping

Scientists Enhance Storm Forecasting Tools Amid West Coast Deluge

Next-Gen Anode Material for Ultra-Fast Charging Batteries

Astronomers Confirm Existence of Lone Black Hole

"New View of Eagle Nebula for NASA/ESA Hubble Anniversary"

University of Tsukuba Study: Environmental Variability Boosts Cooperation

Study Reveals Strategy to Combat Cyst Nematode Damage

1638 Earthquake in New Hampshire and Plymouth: Colonists' Midday Meal Disrupted

"Pirate Parasitism: Wasp Strategy for Successful Host Invasion"

Indigenous Peoples in NWT Warn of Rapid Arctic Warming

Squid Galaxy: NASA Captures Aquatic-Themed Image

Researchers Pose Question on Fault Width at Seismological Meeting

Guatemala Lakes Uncover 1976 Earthquake Shaking

Examining Inequality in College Admissions: The Overlooked Role of Extracurriculars

Avian Flu Impact: Poultry and Dairy Farms Hit in 2025

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Trump Administration's Chip Export Restrictions Could Boost Chinese Innovation

Humanoid Robots Run Alongside Humans in Chinese Capital's Half-Marathon

Federal Judge Rules Google Held Illegal Monopoly in Advertising

Ford Adjusts Exports Amid US-China Trade Conflict

Humanoid Robots Join Beijing Half Marathon

NASA Calibrates Shock-Sensing Probe for X-59 Test Flights

NASA's C-130 Hercules Begins New Mission in California

AI Models' Spurious Correlations: Tracing and Overcoming Them

Racing to Reinvent: Sustainable Innovations in Construction

Llm Technology Speeds Up Code Generation

Nasa Engineers Utilize Ground Sensors for Air Taxi Safety

Perovskite Photovoltaics: Stability Challenges in Commercialization

Tiny Semiconductor Particles: Key to Photovoltaic Advancements

Chinese Scientists Enhance Adhesion for Efficient Tandem Solar Cells

Anxious Companies Seek Rare Earths Amid China Export Limits

Netflix Outperforms Analyst Expectations in Q1

Challenges of Radiation in Outer Space

Europe Shifts to Dominant Renewable Energy Future

Adaptable Robots Transforming Electronic Waste Recycling

New Method Speeds Up Quantum Measurements

Smart Insole System Monitors Walking for Posture Improvement

AI Creativity: ChatGPT and LLMs Redefine Co-Creation

Study Reveals Gamers Stressed by Manipulative Designs

Maximizing Electronic Chip Efficiency with Advanced Cooling Technology

Thermoelectric Materials: Powering IoT Devices

New Wearable Sweat Sensor Helps Monitor Hydration Levels

Zhejiang University Develops Autonomous Quadcopter Navigation

Infosys Predicts Muted Annual Revenue Growth

Vietnam Boosts Wind and Solar Targets for 2030

Google's Monopoly Power Ruling Shakes Online Ad Market

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Tuesday, 8 October 2019

Focus on employability boosts universities' success in the Teaching Excellence Framework

Universities' Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) grades—designed to help students choose where to study—are being boosted for the institutions that highlight employability post-university and student outcomes in their TEF submission reports, according to a new study published in Educational Review.

New evidence on the mistreatment of women during childbirth

New evidence from a World Health Organization (WHO)-led study in four countries shows more than one-third of women experience mistreatment during childbirth in health facilities.

Lions kill cattle, so people kill lions. Can the cycle end?

Saitoti Petro scans a dirt road in northern Tanzania for recent signs of the top predator on the African savannah. "If you see a lion," he warns, "stop and look it straight in the eyes—you must never run."

Adobe cuts off Venezuela clients, citing US sanctions

The software company Adobe says it is cutting off its accounts in Venezuela, the latest repercussions of U.S. financial sanctions targeting President Nicolás Maduro.

India on the frontline of the fight against tuberculosis

All the symptoms were there but it still took four doctors and several months of waiting before Bharti Kapar's cough and stomach pains were diagnosed as tuberculosis.

US official: Research finds uranium in Navajo women, babies

About a quarter of Navajo women and some infants who were part of a federally funded study on uranium exposure had high levels of the radioactive metal in their systems, decades after mining for Cold War weaponry ended on their reservation, a U.S. health official Monday.

Our Amazon: Brazilians who live in the world's biggest rainforest

Cattle breeders, indigenous teachers and loggers are among the more than 20 million people living in the Amazon in northern Brazil, carving out a living from the world's largest rainforest.

Samsung Electronics flags 56% fall in Q3 operating profit

Samsung Electronics said on Tuesday it expected operating profits to drop more than 50 percent in the third quarter as it struggles with a long-running slump in the global chip market.

Daring to dream: Nobel winner's nervous night

When US scientist William Kaelin's phone began ringing at 5:00 am, he wasn't sure whether he was dreaming: Winning the Nobel Medicine Prize had long been a goal, but he also thought it was a long shot.

Published studies may exaggerate the effect of burnout on quality of patient care

Published studies have shown an association between burnout among health care professionals and quality of patient care, but those studies may exaggerate the magnitude of the effect. A systematic review is published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

Scientists use machine-learning algorithms to help automate plant studies

Father of genetics Gregor Mendel spent years tediously observing and measuring pea plant traits by hand in the 1800s to uncover the basics of genetic inheritance. Today, botanists can track the traits, or phenotypes, of hundreds or thousands of plants much more quickly, with automated camera systems. Now, Salk researchers have helped speed up plant phenotyping even more, with machine-learning algorithms that teach a computer system to analyze three-dimensional shapes of the branches and leaves of a plant. The study, published in Plant Physiology on October 7, 2019, may help scientists better quantify how plants respond to climate change, genetic mutations or other factors.

Initiating breastfeeding in vulnerable infants

The benefits of breastfeeding for both mother and child are well-recognized, including for late preterm infants (LPI). But because LPI do not have fully developed brains, they may experience difficulties latching and/or sustaining a latch on the breast to have milk transfer occur. This means that these infants are at high risk for formula supplementation and/or discontinuation of breastfeeding. Without human milk, these infants lose a critical component for protection and optimal development of their brains.

Heat waves could increase substantially in size by mid-century, says new study

Our planet has been baking under the sun this summer as temperatures reached the hottest ever recorded and heat waves spread across the globe. While the climate continues to warm, scientists expect the frequency and intensity of heat waves to increase. However, a commonly overlooked aspect is the spatial size of heat waves, despite its important implications.

Weight stigma affects gay men on dating apps

Weight stigma is an issue for queer men using dating apps, says a new University of Waterloo study.

Engineers develop thin, lightweight lens that could produce slimmer camera phones, longer-flying drones

The new wave of smartphones to hit the market all come with incredible cameras that produce brilliant photos. There's only one complaint—the thick camera lenses on the back that jet out like ugly bumps on a sheet of glass.

New research furthers understanding about what shapes human gut microbiome

A new Northwestern University study finds that despite human's close genetic relationship to apes, the human gut microbiome is more similar to that of Old World monkeys like baboons than to that of apes like chimpanzees.

Study shows Housing First program significantly reduces homelessness over long term

The longest running study of its kind on the "Housing First" model has found that it significantly reduces homelessness over the long term compared to treatment as usual, according to a study published in The Lancet Psychiatry by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and St. Michael's Hospital.

Urban, home gardens could help curb food insecurity, health problems

Food deserts are an increasingly recognized problem in the United States, but a new study from the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior indicates urban and home gardens—combined with nutrition education—could be a path toward correcting that disadvantage.

Modified quantum dots capture more energy from light and lose less to heat

Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have synthesized magnetically-doped quantum dots that capture the kinetic energy of electrons created by ultraviolet light before it's wasted as heat.

Meningioma molecular profile reliably predicts tumor recurrence

Although typically benign, about one-fifth of meningiomas, the most common primary brain tumors, recur despite complete surgical removal. The current meningioma classification does not consistently predict whether the tumor will recur, but researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital report today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that using molecular profiles that might better predict meningioma recurrence.

Violence linked to social isolation, hypervigilance and chronic health problems

Exposure to violence can negatively impact a person's physical and psychosocial health, according to two new studies co-authored by University of Chicago Medicine social epidemiologist Elizabeth L. Tung, MD.

The effectiveness of electrical stimulation in producing spinal fusion

Researchers from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published data on the effect of electrical stimulation therapies on spinal fusion. They found significant improvement overall in the rates of bone fusion following a course of electrical stimulation in both preclinical (animal) and clinical (human) studies.