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Newswise — Every year, millions of women get mammograms to screen for breast cancer. About 10% of them are called back for further testing. And 7% to 12% of those women receive a false-positive result, meaning that the mammogram detects something that looks like cancer, but turns out not to be. It’s not hard to imagine the…
WASHINGTON — “I love you, China. My dear mother,” former U.S. President Donald Trump, standing in front of a mic at a lectern, appears to sing in perfect Mandarin. “I cry for you, and I also feel proud for you,” Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump’s Democratic opponent in this year’s election, appears to respond, also…
Newswise — The world’s most powerful supercomputer is helping resolve conflicting research results that have puzzled scientists for more than a decade, which could also shine new light inside collapsing stars. Nuclear physicists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory recently used Frontier, the world’s most powerful supercomputer, to calculate the magnetic properties…
Russia’s state-controlled Russia Today (RT) television broadcast vans are seen parked in front of St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin next to Red Square in Moscow on March 16, 2018. Mladen Antonov | Afp | Getty Images Social media giant Meta on Monday announced that it is banning Russian media outlet RT, days after the…
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo listens as President Joe Biden participates virtually in a meeting on the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act at the White House on July 25, 2022. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Intel has been badly beaten down of late, losing 60% of…
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., during an event at Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, US, on Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. Apple Inc. unveiled a new version of its smartwatch with a bigger screen and the ability to detect sleep apnea, part of an event Monday that will also include the iPhone…
Newswise — LOS ANGELES (Sept. 12, 2024) — The Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute is creating a resource laboratory to help advance stem cell-based technologies throughout Cedars-Sinai and across California. The institute will serve as a hub for the development of organ-on-a-chip and organoid models that bring precision to patient care and research. “We’ve developed extensive…
BYLINE: Karen Olsen Newswise — The analysis of human tissue samples—taking thin slices, staining them, mounting them on slides, and viewing them through a microscope—hasn’t fundamentally changed for more than a century. While this technique can help diagnose and predict disease progression, it is inherently limited by its two-dimensional nature. Humans, after all, aren’t flat,…
Ransomware has long been plaguing American municipalities. It appeared to be another typical ransomware attack that impacted the city of Columbus, Ohio, this past July. The city’s response to the hack, however, was not, and it has cybersecurity and legal experts across the country questioning its motives. Connor Goodwolf (legal name is David Leroy Ross) is an…
Newswise — ROCHESTER, Minn. — About 8 to 10 million Americans over age 40 have an overabundance of cloned white blood cells, or lymphocytes, that hamper their immune systems. Although many who have this condition — called monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) — do not experience any symptoms, a new study shows they may have an…
