Older women who require heart bypass surgery are more likely than men to receive care at low quality hospitals — where they also die in greater numbers following the procedure, a Michigan Medicine study finds.
Prenatal exposure to ozone is increasingly recognized as a potential risk factor for childhood obesity, with significant implications for public health. A new study investigates the association between ozone levels during pregnancy and the growth trajectories of children, offering insights into the early-life origins of obesity. The research found that a 10 μg/m³ increase in ozone concentration during pregnancy significantly raises BMI, weight-for-age, and weight-for-length Z scores in children. This exposure is linked to accelerated BMI gain and higher obesity risk in early childhood, highlighting the urgent need to address air quality to protect children's health.
Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT), has developed technology for producing construction materials using in-situ resources from the moon.
A smartphone's unique Bluetooth fingerprint could be used to track the device's user--until now. A team of researchers have developed a simple firmware update that can completely hide the Bluetooth fingerprint, eliminating the vulnerability. The method was developed by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego.
In comparison with conventional pyrolysis processes, the researchers developed a rapid thermal shock method to achieve a uniform dispersion of metal nanoparticles on carbon supports. This approach effectively prevented nanoparticle aggregation, ensuring the full utilization of active sites.
A UCLA-led team has developed a machine-learning model that can predict with a high degree of accuracy the short-term survival of dialysis patients on Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT).
New research led by UCLA Health revealed that Black patients with Huntington's disease in the U.S. and Canada received their diagnoses, on average, one year later compared to White patients after symptoms first appear.
A trove of ancient plant remains excavated in Kenya helps explain the history of plant farming in equatorial eastern Africa, a region long thought to be important for early farming but where scant evidence from actual physical crops has been previously uncovered.
A groundbreaking new study led by Georgia Institute of Technology's Aawaz Pokhrel and published in Nature Physics has revealed that geometry influences biofilm growth more than anything else, including the rate at which cells can reproduce.