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Cancer Cells' Rapid Energy Response to Physical Pressure

UCHealth Nurse Surprised by Hotel-Turned-Hospital

Myth of Tongue-Swallowing Prevention in CPR

UK Teens Vaping Linked to Smoking Uptake

Link Between Ultra-Processed Food and Lung Cancer

Exercise-Based Cardiac Rehab Reduces Atrial Fibrillation Severity

Diabetes Epidemic: Over 38 Million Americans Affected

Community Involvement in Dementia Care: Beyond Spouses & Children

High-Intensity Training Aids Cancer Battle: ECU Study

Tragic Death: Boy Succumbs to Brain-Eating Amoeba

Surgical Treatment for Neurological Disorders: Deep Brain Stimulation

Herpes Infections and Alzheimer's: Potential Link Explored

Cannabis Use Disorder Linked to Higher Oral Cancer Risk

Study Finds Low Risk of Locoregional Recurrence in Young Breast Cancer Patients

Childhood Immunization Progress in Africa: Global Targets at Risk

Low Blood Sugar Linked to Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes

Prediabetes Twice as Common in Asian Adolescents

Study: Avian Influenza Virus in Dairy Cattle Maintains Bird-Infecting Traits

Breakthrough Discovery by ANU Researchers Enhances Hodgkin Lymphoma Treatments

Planned Parenthood Clinics Maintain Medicaid Funding

Virtual Nature Exposure Boosts Well-Being in Dementia Patients

Ultrasound-Guided Nerve Blocks Ease Pain in Kids with Broken Thigh Bones

Unlocking the Power of Contextual Memory Recall

Local Homicide Rates Linked to Higher Suicide Rates

New Clinical Guideline for Early-Stage Lung Cancer Management

U.S. Health Spending vs. Community Health: New Research Insights

UK Residents Consume Eight Plant Varieties Daily

President Lyndon Johnson Signs Medicare into Law

First Malaria Treatment for Babies and Young Children Approved

Climate Change Worsens Diarrhea Risk for Children

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Pacific Tsunami Alerts Follow 8.8 Magnitude Russia Earthquake

New Radar Satellite for Earth's Land and Ice Surfaces

Japan Records New High Temperatures: Kyoto Hits 40C

Greenland Ice Sheet Lake Drainage Causes Massive Flood

Portugal Forest Blazes: 2,700 Firefighters Fight to Contain

Strong Earthquake Hits Russia's Far East, Triggers Tsunami Alert

Australian-Made Rocket Crashes in Debut Launch

Strong Earthquake Hits Russia's Far East, Tsunami Alert in Japan & Hawaii

Year-Round Wildfire Concerns in BC: What's Ahead

Boosting Black and Latino Youth Confidence in STEM Careers

Kobe University Advances Genetic Study on Plant Reproduction

Study: Women Politicians in Europe Face More Uncivil Tweets and Identity Attacks

Human Presence in US National Parks Affects Animal Behavior

Wild Great Tits Show Early Divorce Signals

Unusually Hot Rock Beneath Appalachians Linked to Ancient Split

Variation in Blood Glycoproteins: Top 10 Dominance

Rising Threat: Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria Claim 5 Million Lives

Global Research Dominance: Factors Influencing Study Origins

Global Framework Proposed to Regulate Tire Additives

Southeast U.S. Residents Urged to Stay Hydrated Amid Record Heat

Rice University Engineers E. coli as Multiplexed Sensors

Plastic Waste Breakdown Threatens Global Ecosystems

Smartphone-Controlled Capsule Communicates with Gut Bacteria

Amyloids: Key Driver of Alzheimer's Disease

Is There a Massive Undiscovered Planet in the Solar System?

Harness AI for Quick Essay Writing & Reading Skips

Land Dispossession Struggle in Post-Apartheid South Africa

French Health Experts Warn Against Bee-Killing Pesticide

Reddit Hate Speech Posts Show Similarities to Psychiatric Disorder Communities

Trump Administration to Reverse Key Climate Change Determination

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Female pilots perform better under pressure, study finds

Female Pilots Outperform Male Peers in High-Pressure Flights

Google joins EU code for powerful AI models rebuffed by Meta

Google to Sign EU AI Guidelines, Snubs Meta

Hong Kong Prepares for Stablecoin Licensing System

Shanghai's World AI Conference: China's Global AI Leadership

Stablecoins inspire hope, and hype, in Hong Kong

'Marathon at F1 speed': China bids to lap US in AI leadership

Mercedes-Benz profit plunges on tariff, China woes

Mercedes-benz Q2 Profit Drops 70% Due to US Tariffs

Australia to Ban Children Under 16 from YouTube

Australia to ban under-16s from YouTube

Italy Opens Probe Into Meta for Potential EU Competition Law Violation

Italy opens probe into Meta over AI tool in WhatsApp

Idaho National Lab Engineers Develop Microreactor Test Facility

MARVEL milestone: Microreactor project completes coolant system testing

Microsoft Authenticator Users Alerted: Password Management Update

Microsoft Authenticator is ending password autofill soon. How to set up a passkey before Aug. 1

Dating App Tea Reports Cybersecurity Breach

Tea app takes messaging system offline after second security issue reported

Most U.S. Adults Use AI for Information Search

How US adults are using AI, according to AP-NORC polling

Spotify Reports 12% Surge in Paying Subscribers

Spain's Competition Watchdog Expands Apple App Store Probe

Spain competition watchdog expands probe into Apple

Spotify sees 12% rise in paid subscribers

Scientists Disrupt Atomic Order for High-Performance Battery Anodes

Targeted atomic disorder boosts battery charging speed and long-term stability

Overcoming Faulty Ranking Mechanisms in AI Leaderboards

Why AI leaderboards are inaccurate and how to fix them

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Friday, 18 October 2019

Transforming sulphur dioxide from harmful to useful

Scientists have created molecular cages within a polymer to trap harmful sulphur dioxide pollution in order to transform it into useful compounds and reduce waste and emissions.

Mars 2020 unwrapped and ready for testing

In this time-lapse video, taken on Oct. 4, 2019, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, bunny-suited engineers remove the inner layer of protective antistatic foil on the Mars 2020 rover after the vehicle was relocated from JPL's Spacecraft Assembly Facility to the Simulator Building for testing.

NASA's planetary protection review addresses changing reality of space exploration

NASA released a report Friday with recommendations from the Planetary Protection Independent Review Board (PPIRB) the agency established in response to a recent National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report and a recommendation from the NASA Advisory Council.

Young climate activists in Africa struggle to be heard

As Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion inspire climate protesters across the globe, young African activists say they still struggle to make themselves heard.

Thunberg brings her climate protest to Canada's oil patch

Teen activist Greta Thunberg rallied with climate change protesters in Canada's oil-rich province of Albert on Friday, as oil workers counter-protested by honking the horns of their big rigs.

Huawei exec: Chinese tech giant wants to be 'transparent'

A top executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei said Friday that the company is prepared to be "open and transparent" as it looks to persuade the U.S. government that it can be trusted and that national security concerns about its technology are unfounded.

Facebook says it will deliver News Corp stories

Facebook on Friday confirmed that some stories from News Corp, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, will be delivered at a new "tab" planned at the leading social network.

New research center aims to make electronics more secure

The University of Cincinnati will lead a new National Science Foundation research center to protect electronics and networked systems from sabotage, hacking or spying.

NASA-NOAA satellite finds overshooting tops, gravity waves in Tropical Storm Nestor

NASA-NOAA's Suomi NPP satellite provided night-time and infrared views of developing Tropical Storm Nestor in the Gulf of Mexico and found over-shooting cloud tops and gravity waves. When the satellite passed over the potential tropical depression early on Oct. 18, it was consolidating. Less than 12 hours later, it became a tropical storm.

Wind turbine design and placement can mitigate negative effect on birds

Wind energy is increasingly seen as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels, as it contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It is estimated that by 2050, wind turbines will contribute more than 20% of the global electricity supply. However, the rapid expansion of wind farms has raised concerns about the impact of wind turbines on wildlife.

SNAP provides a model for ensuring a right to food

Alleviating food insecurity is often seen as one of the fundamental roles a country should fulfill. In some cases, this is encapsulated into a constitutionally formalized "right to food". In other cases, including the U.S., the right to food isn't formalized, but the U.S. government spends billions of dollars per year to help Americans obtain the food they need.

Land management practices to reduce nitrogen load may be affected by climate changes

Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.

Why respiratory infections are more deadly in those with diabetes

Since the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) first emerged in Saudi Arabia in 2012, there have been more than 2,400 confirmed cases of the infection, resulting in greater than 800 deaths—an alarming fatality rate of 35 percent. For this reason, researchers have been eager to identify any risk factors that contribute to the development of severe or lethal disease. Current clinical evidence points to diabetes as a major risk factor in addition to other comorbidities including kidney disease, heart disease, and lung disease.

UK veterinary profession simply not ready for 'no deal' Brexit

The UK veterinary profession is simply not prepared for a 'No Deal' Brexit, warns the editor of Vet Record.

Research group advances perovskite solar technology for green energy production

In a new research paper published in Nature Energy earlier this month, Professor Michael McGehee and his research team demonstrate how to dramatically improve the stability of tin-containing perovskite material used in stacked solar cells, allowing for up to 30% power conversion efficiency.

How Purdue's aggressive sales of a painkiller blew up in its face

In 2002, Andrew Kolodny, a resident in psychiatry, attended a training session on pain treatment in Philadelphia.

America's endless battle against lethal drug fentanyl

In a windowless hangar at New York's John F. Kennedy airport, dozens of law enforcement officers sift through packages, looking for fentanyl—a drug that is killing Americans every day.

Lunch break lesson: how to reverse an opioid overdose

At a small shop selling handmade jewelry in South Philly, employees are skipping their lunch break for a good cause. They are getting training they all wanted—in how to save someone who has overdosed on opioids.

Deep-sea explorers seek out sunken World War II ships

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP)—Deep-sea explorers scouring the world's oceans for sunken World War II ships are honing in on debris fields deep in the Pacific, in an area where one of the most decisive battles of the time took place.

US imposes tariffs on EU goods, targeting Airbus, wine and whisky

The United States imposed tariffs on a record $7.5-billion worth of European Union goods on Friday, despite threats of retaliation, with Airbus, French wine and Scottish whiskies among the high-profile targets.

Confessions of a cannabis farmer: The Vietnamese getting Brits high

Holed up alone in a suburban British house thousands of miles from home, cannabis farmer Cuong Nguyen spent months carefully nurturing his plants, one of thousands of Vietnamese migrants working in the UK's multi-billion dollar weed industry.

Trial set in New York on Exxon's climate statements

Charges that Exxon Mobil misled investors on the financial risks of climate change will be heard in court this month after a New York judge gave the green light for a trial.

'Legal basis' an 'absolute prerequisite' for digital monies like Libra: G7

Facebook's proposed digital currency must have legal and regulatory issues worked out in key economies before it can be put into use, the Group of Seven economies said Thursday.

Longest non-stop flight to take off from New York to Sydney

A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight by a commercial airline from New York to Sydney this weekend.

Training social workers in fight against opioids

Nancy Ochoa was 15 years old the first time she used heroin with a group of friends. At 16, four months after the birth of her first child, her occasional drug use had turned into a "necessity."

A new approach to reconstructing protein evolution

There are an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 proteins at work in cells, where they carry out numerable functions, says computational molecular biologist Roman Sloutsky at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. "One of the central questions in all of biochemistry and molecular biology," he adds, is how their precisely-tuned functions are determined.

Cod or haddock? Study looks at 'name bias' and fisheries sustainability

Could you taste the difference between cod and other whitefish, such as haddock or hake, if you didn't know what you were eating? The answer may have implications for supporting local fisheries and food sustainability in New England, says UMass Amherst environmental conservation graduate student Amanda Davis.

Plant-based compound may enable faster, more effective gene therapy

Gene therapy has broadened the treatment possibilities for those with immune system deficiencies and blood-based conditions, such as sickle cell anemia and leukemia. These diseases, which once would require a bone marrow transplant, can now be successfully treated by modifying patients' own blood stem cells to correct the underlying genetic problem.

New study uncovers 'magnetic' memory of European glass eels

A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and at the Institute of Marine Research in Norway found that European glass eels use their magnetic sense to "imprint" a memory of the direction of water currents in the estuary where they become juveniles. This is the first direct evidence that a species of fish uses its internal magnetic compass to form a memory of current direction.

Health care intervention: Treating high-need, high-cost patients

In crisis and with nowhere else to turn, thousands of patients with complex needs—serious mental and physical health problems and substance use disorders—every year flock to emergency rooms in Harris County, Texas and across the country. Referred to as "high-need, high-cost," these patients have limited ability to take care of themselves, making it challenging for doctors to find effective treatments.

Researcher invents an easy-to-use technique to measure the hydrophobicity of micro- and nanoparticle

The scientific and industrial communities who work with micro- and nanoparticles continue to labor with the challenge of effective particle dispersion. Most particles that disperse in liquids aggregate rapidly, and eventually precipitate, thereby separating from the liquid phase. While it is commonly accepted that the hydrophobicity of particles— how quickly water repels off a surface—determines their dispersion and aggregation potential, there has been no easy-to-use method to quantitatively determine the hydrophobicity of these tiny particles.

Is there evidence of the 'immigrant health paradox' among Arab Americans?

First generation immigrants to the United States from Latin America, South America, and Asia have been shown to have better health outcomes and behaviors than second generation (born in the U.S. to immigrant parents) and third generation (born in the U.S. to U.S.-born parents with immigrant heritage) immigrants—a phenomenon known as the "immigrant health paradox." But in a study led by Boston College Connell School of Nursing Assistant Professor Nadia Abuelezam, little evidence of an immigrant health paradox was found among immigrants from Arabic speaking countries in the Middle East and North Africa.

Increase health benefits of exercise by working out before breakfast

According to a new study, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, health scientists at the Universities of Bath and Birmingham found that by changing the timing of when you eat and exercise, people can better control their blood sugar levels.