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Overcoming Challenges in Molecular Diagnostics

Novel Method Tracks Cancer Treatment Responses in Cells

Novel In Vivo System Reveals Senescent Cell Behavior

Surge in GHB Ambulance Calls in Australia

The Vaginal Speculum: Essential Tool for Gynecological Exams

Blood Test Predicts Multiple Sclerosis Risk

AI Revolutionizes Healthcare Disparities: Global North vs. South

Alzheimer's Disease Signs Detected Early in Finnish Study

Child in Critical Condition After Car Crash in Southern Colorado

Depression Linked to Uncontrolled Diabetes

Kaiser Permanente Study: Anticholinergic Exposure Linked to Decline

Isolating Genetic and Phenotypic Characteristics for Cancer Therapies

Study Reveals Higher Diabetes Risk in Isolated Seniors

Challenges Faced by Depressed Mothers in Parenting

Nus Study Shows Need for Multi-Component Interventions

Young Woman Weds After Surviving 40-Pound Tumor Surgery

Trump Administration's Impact on National Cancer Institute

Northwestern Medicine Program for Obesity Concerns in Pregnancy

Bedtime Antihypertensive Medication Enhances Nocturnal Blood Pressure Control

Novel Immunotherapy Disrupts Leukemia Cell Growth

Unique Approach for Caring Autistic Patients: Study Tips

Surge in Nicotine Pouch Ingestions by Young Children

Experts Emphasize: Fluoropolymers Vital in Medical Tech

Obesity Rates Surge Post-Pandemic: Study

Study Links Grandfather's Chemical Exposure to Granddaughter's Puberty Timing

Study Reveals Ways to Improve Blood Sugar and Weight

Study Reveals Link Between Early Menstruation and Health

AI Application for Diagnosing Endocrine Cancers Unveiled at ENDO 2025

Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals Influence Food Preferences

Obesity-Related Cancer Deaths Triple in US

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Weizmann Institute Unveils High-Efficiency Enzyme Workflow

Federal Budget Cuts Imperil California's Climate Progress

Tropical Cyclones Impact Philippine Rainfall: New Study

SpaceX Launch Achieves 500th Successful Falcon 9 Mission

Study Reveals Joro Spiders Attack and Eat Each Other

Advancing Spintronics: Materials for Tunable Spin-Conductivity

Giant Exoplanet Found in Young Star's Disk

Humans Struggle with Regrowing Sensory Hair Cells

Study Reveals East Asia Pollution Accelerates Global Warming

"Emerging Genes: Ancient vs. New in Species DNA"

Massive Black Hole Merger Detected by LVK Collaboration

Medieval Hungary's Horsemeat Consumption: Archaeological Insights

New Study Challenges Male Dominance in Primate Relationships

Denver Museum Unearths Fossil Bone in Parking Lot

Study Reveals Elk Rock Art Transformation in Mongolian Altai

3,800-Year-Old Caral Citadel Unveiled in Peru

Rare 54-Pound Mars Rock: Auction Price $2-4M

Mystery Solved: Paranthropus Robustus - Ancient Human Relative

Unraveling the Enigma of Dark Matter

Companies Urged to Return Workers for Productivity Boost

Act Releases Draft Regulations for Dog Welfare: Dogs Need Three Hours Daily Human Contact

Balancing Timber Production and Ecosystem Health

Do Animals Communicate Like Humans?

States Increasing Ban on Smartphones in Schools

New Fish Named After Darth Vader, DART Mission Analysis

Molecular Glues: Key Targets in Pharmaceutical Research

Sand and Dust Storms Impact 330M People in 150+ Countries

Breakthrough Photonic-Crystal Laser: Room Temp Lasing

Unveiling the Importance of Human Genome's 3D Structure

New Microchip Reveals Antibody-Virus Interactions

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Mexican Actors Rally Against AI Threat

Mexican voice actors demand regulation on AI voice cloning

University of Alberta Engineers Enhance Water-Based Batteries

Jupiter Ranks Fourth: Georgia Tech Supports Supercomputer

Pancaked water droplets help launch Europe's fastest supercomputer

Battery breakthrough: Researchers improve performance of rechargeable water-based cells

Deep Neural Networks: Powering AI from Recognition to ChatGPT

Risks in NFT Trading: Security Challenges in Web3

Mapping the minefield: First comprehensive security review of NFTs reveals widespread vulnerabilities

What a folding ruler can tell us about neural networks

High-purity green hydrogen with very low tar from biomass, with chemical looping gasification

Sugar Cane Waste to Green Hydrogen: Efficient SECLG Process

Global Textile Waste Crisis: Impact of Wearable Electronics

Unveiling the Power of Foundation Models in Chatbot Responses

Disappearing electronics: Biodegradable fiber electronics offer solution to e-waste and textile pollution

New simulation system generates thousands of training examples for robotic hands and arms

Amazon Prime Day Sales Show Resilience Amid Economic Uncertainty

Amazon Prime Day finds success amid tariffs, consumer concerns

NVIDIA's new AI tool enables precise editing of 3D scenes and photorealistic images

Challenges in Controlling AI Image Generation

Elon Musk's Startup xAI Apologizes for Offensive AI Posts

xAI apologizes for Grok's offensive posts

Electricity Poles Installed in Navajo Nation Boost Power Access

Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power—and A/C

Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky

Australia's Labor Productivity Growth Hits 60-Year Low

Limit Fridge Gazing Time to Boost Productivity

Beat the heat with these cooling gadgets and wearables

Air India Plane Crash: Fuel Control Switches Turned Off

What the 'black box' can tell us about plane crashes

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Saturday, 17 October 2020

Millions in England under new virus restrictions

About 28 million people in England, more than half the population, are now living under tough restrictions imposed on Saturday as the country battles a surge in coronavirus cases.

Iran announces its virus death toll passes 30,000

Iran announced Saturday that its death toll from the coronavirus has passed the milestone of 30,000, in what has been the Mideast region's worst outbreak.

Italy's Lombardy region orders new anti-virus measures

The Italian region of Lombardy, the first European epicentre of the coronavirus pandemic, has ordered all bars to shut at midnight from Saturday as it battles a second wave of the disease.

South Africa passes 700,000 coronavirus cases

The number of people in South Africa who have tested positive for coronavirus has topped 700,000, official figures showed overnight, another grim milestone for the continent's worst-hit country.

DR Congo's latest Ebola outbreak 'under control'

The latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now under control, the man leading the fight against the disease said on Saturday.

Creditors back plan to get India's Jet Airways flying again

Creditors on Saturday backed a surprise plan by a consortium to revive Jet Airways 18 months after India's biggest private airline went bankrupt with $1.2 billion in debt.

Pakistan foils attempt to smuggle endangered falcons

Pakistani authorities said Saturday they had foiled an attempt to smuggle dozens of endangered falcons worth more than one million dollars out of the country.

Curfew begins for 20 million French people

Some 20 million French people are preparing to spend their first evening under curfew on Saturday, a measure taken by the government after an alarming surge in new coronavirus cases.

Tanzania says Kilimanjaro blaze contained

An inferno on the slopes of Africa's highest mountain Kilimanjaro was almost under control Saturday, six days after it broke out, authorities said.

UK Space Agency backs medical drone delivery project

A medical drone delivery service founded by trainee doctors that aims to transport coronavirus samples, test kits and protective equipment between hospitals has won the backing of Britain's Space Agency.

Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge

Rural Jerauld County in South Dakota didn't see a single case of the coronavirus for more than two months stretching from June to August. But over the last two weeks, its rate of new cases per person soared to one of the highest in the nation.

New virus restrictions in Europe; Merkel warns of hard days

Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Germans to come together like they did in the spring to slow the spread of the coronavirus as the country posted another daily record of new cases Saturday.

Slovakia to test whole country for coronavirus

Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic said Saturday the eurozone member will test every resident ages 10 and up for the coronavirus, amid an uptick in infections.

As US battles COVID-19, flu shot misinfo spreads

US health officials are pushing Americans to get vaccinated against the flu to help prevent hospitals already busy battling COVID-19 from being overwhelmed this winter, but false claims are threatening their efforts.

Engineers' report bolsters proposed Mississippi pump project

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Friday published a draft of a new environmental impact statement that supports a proposal for massive pumps to drain floodwaters from parts of the rural Mississippi Delta—a reversal of a previous federal report that said the project would hurt wetlands.

Results from the DEFINE-FLOW study reported

A new observational study of deferred lesions following combined fractional flow reserve (FFR) and coronary flow reserve (CFR) assessments found that untreated vessels with abnormal FFR but intact CFR do not have non-inferior outcomes compared to those with an FFR greater than 0.8 and a CFR greater than or equal to two when treated medically.

Physiology-guided percutaneous coronary intervention optimization strategy may lead to improved outcomes

Results from the randomized controlled TARGET FFR trial show that while a physiology-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) optimization strategy did not achieve a significant increase in the proportion of patients with final FFR ≥0.90, it reduced the proportion of patients with a residual FFR ≤0.80 following PCI.

Results from the FORECAST trial reported

In the FORECAST randomized clinical trial, the use of fractional flow reserve management derived from computed tomography (FFRCT) did not significantly reduce costs but did reduce the use of invasive coronary angiography (ICA).

'Classified knots': Researchers create optical framed knots to encode information

In a world first, researchers from the University of Ottawa in collaboration with Israeli scientists have been able to create optical framed knots in the laboratory that could potentially be applied in modern technologies. Their work opens the door to new methods of distributing secret cryptographic keys—used to encrypt and decrypt data, ensure secure communication and protect private information. The group recently published their findings in Nature Communications.

Study reveals kidney disease or injury is associated with much higher risk of mortality for COVID-19 patients in ICU

New research published in Anaesthesia (a journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) reveals the much higher risk of mortality faced by COVID-19 patients in intensive care who have chronic kidney disease (CKD) or, those who develop new (acute) kidney injury (AKI) as a result of developing COVID-19.