Every year around 2 million people die worldwide from hemorrhaging or blood loss. Uncontrolled hemorrhaging accounts for more than 30% of trauma deaths. To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface of the wound is too bloody for glue? Drawing...

Rapidly evolving floods are a major and growing hazard worldwide. Currently, their onset and evolution is hard to identify using existing systems. However, seismic sensors already in place to detect earthquakes could be a solution to this problem. Researchers show that a seismometer can sense a flood, such as the devastating one that hit Germany in July 2021, up to 1.5 km away. This could act as...

A new study that links the location of brain injury to levels of depression in patients following the injury has identified two distinct brain networks; one associated with increased depression symptoms and one associated with decreased depression symptoms. The large-scale study expands on previous findings and suggests that these brain networks might be potential targets for neuromodulation...

Obesity has been a major global health issue in recent decades as more people eat unhealthy diets and fail to exercise regularly.

Using existing experimental and computational resources, a multi-institutional team has developed an effective method for measuring high-dimensional qudits encoded in quantum frequency combs, which are a type of photon source, on a single optical chip.

A recent study reveals a new dimension to the role of FA biosynthesis in plants by providing a direct link to the plant defense mechanism.

Virus capsids can be formed through the self-complementary assembly of a single class of protein molecules. However, mimicking nature by making higher-ordered structures from artificial molecules has proven difficult to achieve. A new assembly method can produce stable and controllable supramolecular structures, from hexamers to cuboctahedrons that include 6 and 108 monomer units, respectively,...

Researchers have discovered new RNA bacteriophages, viruses that attack bacteria, advancing understanding of virus evolution.

Scientists have created a model to study the role of RNA splicing defects in Alzheimer's disease, revealing degeneration and toxicity caused by neuron hyperexcitability.

Geographical pockets of vaccination behavior can be attributed to both pre-existing socio-demographic clusters as well as the way vaccine hesitancy spreads through neighboring societies, according to a new study.

Researchers demonstrated the direct counting of small electric charges in individual catalyst nanoparticles. Ultrahigh sensitivity and precision electron holography improved by the developed noise reduction process revealed the potential distribution around a platinum nanoparticle on a surface of titanium oxide and identified the individual nanoparticle's charge state -- the number and sense...

Scientists have developed a new material that can change from soft and stretchy to hard and rigid after exposure to a catalyst and visible light.

A study has shown that teaching children how to manage their attention and impulses in primary school has a positive long-term effect on their later educational success.

Adaptable and versatile, molecular qubits hold promise for numerous quantum applications. By altering the qubit's host environment, a team supported by the Q-NEXT quantum center has extended the length of time these qubits can maintain information.

A new tissue-clearing method simplifies and speeds up the process to render tissue optically transparent, enabling 3D imaging of entire, intact tissues or organs.

Elementary school teachers raised concerns about cyberbullying, students accessing inappropriate content online and other issues.

The strong winds and torrential rains that accompany a cyclone do tremendous damage to ecosystems, and this damage can make them more prone to future wildfires. As intense cyclones are projected to become more frequent worldwide, a team of researchers examines the links between cyclones and forest fires, how they fuel one another, and why we may see fires burning in unlikely places in the future.

Researchers examined whether the general public understands the medical jargon that physicians typically use in their introductions to patients. They found speciality names and seniority titles are sources of misunderstanding.

Researchers have developed an approach to accurately record and fully track the biodegradation of plastics in soils.

'Plant blindness' is caused by a lack of exposure to nature and could be cured by close contact through activities such as wild food foraging, a study shows.

Each year, 700,000 people die due to antibiotic resistance. A growing global population unfortunately generates a growing resistance to established antibiotic treatments -- a threat that has been met with insufficient funding and dwindling inspiration, as commercial incentives for developing new antibiotics have fallen. A new study addresses this growing problem in antibiotic development using a...

Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study suggests.

New research shows that a cold equatorial ocean current -- which provides a buffer for the Galápagos Islands against an otherwise warming Pacific Ocean -- has been getting stronger for decades. It's encouraging news, and another reason to safeguard this UNESCO World Heritage Site, according to researchers.

The metal-carbon dioxide battery is a promising and environmentally friendly technology, but its energy efficiency is limited. Recently, a research team has discovered an innovative way to overcome this problem by introducing an unconventional phase nanomaterial as a catalyst, boosting battery energy efficiency up to 83.8%. The study reveals a novel design of catalysts for the new generation of...