Why Google’s custom AI chips are shaking up the tech industry
Ironwood is Google’s latest tensor processing unit Nvidia’s position as the dominant supplier of AI chips may be under threat ...
It’s Possible to Get Addicted to Pot. Here’s What to Know.
(MedPage Today) -- Smita Das, MD, PhD, MPH, often hears the same myth: You can't get hooked on pot. And ...
New Review Exposes England’s Palliative Care Failures
A new independent review warns that palliative and end of life care in England remains fragmented, underfunded, and uneven, leaving ...
Upheavals to the oral microbiome in pregnancy may be behind tooth loss
Maintaining good oral hygiene may be particularly important during pregnancyKondoros Eva Katalin/Getty Images “Gain a child, lose a tooth”, or ...
Why Doctors Relocate Globally — And What LATAM Reveals
Spain emerged as the top destination for expatriate physicians, attracting 22% of all respondents and nearly two thirds of Latin ...
Device Screens Predict Craving in Problematic Internet Use
A study finds that highly exposed individuals with risky and pathologic internet use show heightened craving and arousal responses to ...
Bariatric Surgery Yields More Weight Loss, Glycaemic Control
Patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes who undergo metabolic bariatric surgery achieve greater weight loss and better glycaemic control ...
Ureteroscopy Safe and Effective for Stone Disease in Seniors
Patients aged 80 years or older with stone disease who undergo ureteroscopy have a low risk for major complications and ...
What Foreign Doctors Need to Know About Working in Spain
Spain is speeding up recognition of foreign medical degrees, but specialists from outside the EU still face long waits, rejected ...
Smoking, Hormones Raise Hand-Elbow Tendinopathy Risk
A French expert outlines how pregnancy, menopause, and smoking drive the risk for hand and elbow tendinopathy in clinical practice. ...
AI Diabetes Prevention Program Matches Human Coaching
An AI-powered diabetes prevention app performs as well as a human-led program in achieving weight loss, A1c reduction, and physical ...
Will Psilocybin Finally Have Its Day in Psychiatry?
Psilocybin-based therapies are nearing FDA review, raising hopes and concerns about safety, scalability, and the therapy’s intensive clinical demands. Medscape ...
Plastic can be programmed to have a lifespan of days, months or years
We throw away hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic each yearCavan Images/Alamy Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural ...
Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb
The Congo rainforest is the second largest in the worldguenterguni/Getty Images African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than ...
Our verdict on sci-fi novel Every Version of You: We (mostly) loved it
Every Version of You by Grace Chan was the November read for the New Scientist Book Club The New Scientist ...
Read an extract from The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks
“The man is a game-player called ‘Gurgeh’…”diuno/iStockphoto/Getty Images This is the story of a man who went far away for ...
Why sci-fi novelist Iain M. Banks was an ‘astounding’ world-builder
The late Iain M. Banks, author of the Culture series of science fiction novelsRay Charles Redman As a writer of ...
Italian Consensus Sets BRCA Testing Pathway
The Italian position paper provides guidance for predictive BRCA testing, defining pathways, and mainstreaming referrals to support timely treatment and ...
Novel Gene Therapy Accelerates Wound Healing in PAD
Treatment with an intramuscular hepatocyte growth factor reduced healing time and promoted full ulcer healing compared with placebo in patients ...
Lean Beef Safe to Eat, Study Says
Previous research has suggested a link between beef consumption and a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, especially in Western-style eating ...
