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The potential for record-breaking online sales this holiday season unfortunately signifies opportunities for holiday scams, and as technology advances, so do the tactics of scammers. Virginia Tech cybercrime expert Katalin Parti shared tips for new scammer tactics to guard against, through the holiday season and beyond.

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A new method of analyzing mammograms — developed by researchers at WashU Medicine — identified individuals at high risk of developing breast cancer more accurately than the standard, questionnaire-based method did. The new method, powered by artificial intelligence, could help diagnose cancer earlier and guide recommendations for earlier screening, additional imaging or risk-reducing medications.

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Epilepsy is the most common pediatric brain disorder, affecting nearly half a million children in the U.S. And yet, only about 1% of patients who should be seen at a comprehensive epilepsy center are ever referred to this care.That’s a devastating statistic, especially for children—whose uncontrolled seizures can sometimes lead to irreversible developmental deficits.

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Seven scientists affiliated with the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been named Battelle Distinguished Inventors in recognition of being granted 14 or more United States patents. Since Battelle began managing ORNL in 2000, 104 ORNL researchers have reached this milestone.

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Dr. Stephen Gao is available for comment related to the science behind the recent earthquake in California.

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Drew Ellis, a professor in the Department of Geography and an expert in climate science, explains the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's winter outlook, which predicts a mild winter for the mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, Australia created worldwide attention when the country approved a social media ban for children 16 years old and under, marking one of the most aggressive policies at curbing youth addiction to apps like Facebook, Instagram, X and TikTok.Vanessa Dennen, a professor of Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies at the Florida State University Department of Educational Psychology & Learning Systems, has been actively researching the cognitive, motivational and social elements of computer-mediated communication.

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Stem cell transplantation is used to treat several types of blood cancers, but carries the risk of a life-threatening side effect called graft-versus-host disease. Results from a clinical trial conducted by researchers at WashU Medicine showed adding the investigational drug itacitinib to standard care for "half-matched" stem cell transplantation may reduce rates of the disease, in which the donor’s stem cells attack the patient’s healthy tissues.

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Rutgers School of Public Health research found that New Jersey’s expansion of the Family Leave Insurance program in 2019 and 2020 was associated with a sharp increase in the use of family leave benefits among state residents.

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Severe hemophilia A is a genetic disorder that prevents blood from clotting properly, posing a constant risk of dangerous bleeding episodes. Infants with severe hemophilia A (HA) are at risk of brain bleeds, which can lead to serious long-term brain damage. Emicizumab (Hemlibra) was approved by the FDA in 2018 to prevent and reduce bleeding for patients who suffer from hemophilia A.

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A multinational consortium including the University of Utah has been awarded a $246 million federal contract by USAID to improve infectious disease detection and monitoring across the globe.

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The University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center has named Kyle Cuneo, M.D., its new associate director for clinical research. In addition, a new position of assistant director for clinical research will be filled by John Magenau, M.D. Cuneo and Magenau will collaborate with leaders across Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan to establish processes and infrastructure in support of cancer-focused clinical research.

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Scientists have discovered that the hummingbird bill is surprisingly flexible. While drinking, a hummingbird rapidly opens and shuts different parts of its bill simultaneously, engaging in an intricate and highly coordinated dance with its tongue to draw up nectar at lightning speeds.

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Astronomers have used Hubble to see closer than ever into an energetic monster black hole powering 3C 273, the first quasar ever discovered. The new image details a lot of weird things: filaments, lobes, and a mysterious L-shaped structure, all within 16,000 light-years of the black hole.

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Irvine, Calif., Dec. 5, 2024 — Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have uncovered the atomic-scale mechanics that enhance superconductivity in an iron-based material, a finding published recently in Nature. Using advanced spectroscopy instruments housed in the UC Irvine Materials Research Institute, the researchers were able to image atom vibrations and thereby observe new phonons –quasiparticles that carry thermal energy –at the interface of an iron selenide (FeSe) ultrathin film layered on a strontium titanate (STO) substrate.

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A Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher will share findings from a late-breaking abstract at the 2024 Society of Urologic Oncology Annual Meeting. The study demonstrated a potentially effective treatment for patients with bladder cancer who no longer respond to the common therapy, Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG).