Modernizing the management of health records

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The U.S. health-care system exchanges tens of millions of patient records a day. Thanks to recent technological advances, the ability to analyze such large amounts of…

Why Qualcomm Lost Its Early Lead

Since Microsoft launched Copilot+, the past few months have been a battleground for PC manufacturers. Qualcomm initially had a huge lead, but then AMD and Intel came out with Copilot+…

How to resuscitate 1.5°C by identifying accountable countries

Thomas Hahn is associate professor at the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stockholm University research leader for FAIRTRANS. Robert Höglund is a carbon removal advisor with Marginal Carbon. Mikael Karlsson is associate professor…

Government chiefs and tech leaders gather in Paris for AI summit

Paris’ Grand Palais will be the scene for the two-day gathering. Political and tech industry leaders were set to descend on Paris Monday for a two-day summit on artificial intelligence,…

Opioid prescriptions in the ED linked to small increases in future opioid use, hospitalizations

Credit: Pixabay from Pexels Opioid prescriptions in the emergency department (ED) were associated with small increases in later opioid prescriptions and hospital admissions, found new research published in the Canadian…

Trump’s Ideological corruption of science: Political appointees censor formerly independent CDC report documenting soaring bird flu cases

Trump administration political appointees have taken steps in recent weeks to exert unprecedented influence over the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s flagship medical research publication, the Morbidity and Mortality…

What is botulism? How this ‘nerve-paralyzing illness’ can be linked to dodgy botox

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The news last week that three people in Sydney were hospitalized with botulism after receiving botox injections has raised questions about the regulation of the cosmetic…

Auction offers Neil Armstrong’s reply to NASA engineer’s Apollo 11 mission patch ideas

Neil Armstrong was appreciative, but as explained in his handwritten letter, it was too late. The Apollo 11 commander and his crewmates had already arrived at a design to represent…

Elon Musk says has no plans to acquire TikTok’s US operations

US President Donald Trump has said he would be open to Musk — the owner of social media platform X, Tesla and a slew of other companies — buying TikTok’s…

Scientists deplore sharp US cut in medical research funding

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The US agency overseeing medical research has announced a major cut in funding to universities and research centers, a move strongly condemned by scientists and academics…