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    Shop prices fall for first time in nearly three years

    Summer gross sales by style retailers attempting to shift inventory helped store costs to file their first annual fall for practically three years, analysis suggests. Prices in August have been down 0.3% from a 12 months in the past, the bottom charge since October 2021, in accordance with the British Retail Consortium (BRC). The drop […] More

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    New device monitors levels of inflammation-associated C-reactive protein in real time

    Graphical summary. Credit: ACS Sensors (2024). DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.4c00249 As irritation is the physique’s pure immune response to illness or an infection, it will increase blood circulate within the physique and helps the physique’s cells to defend themselves in opposition to viruses, infections or cell harm. Fast diagnostics of irritation is essential for efficient therapies, so […] More

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    Late summer and early autumn can be a uniquely challenging time for those who suffer from allergies

    Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Runny noses and watery eyes are an indicator of spring for a lot of allergy victims, however late summer time and early autumn might be simply as troublesome. Mariam Hanna, an assistant medical professor within the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, is aware of higher than most how environmental allergy […] More

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    Iceland volcano erupts for sixth time in eight months

    Timelapse footage reveals red-hot lava and smoke spewing into the air within the area of Reykjanes in Iceland. It is the sixth time since December {that a} volcano has erupted within the space – south of the nation’s capital Reykjavik. The Icelandic Meteorological Office stated the eruption started at 21:26 native time (22:16 BST) following […] More

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    Thailand confirms Clade 1b strain for first time in Asia

    Thailand has introduced its first confirmed case of a brand new, doubtlessly deadlier pressure of Mpox – the primary in Asia, and second outdoors of Africa. According to Thailand’s Department of Disease Control, the contaminated 66-year-old European man arrived in Bangkok from an unnamed African nation on 14 August. He started displaying signs the following […] More

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    Novel PET/CT technique accurately detects neuroblastoma in children with short scan time and no anesthesia

    [18F]MFBG LAFOV PET/ULD CT (prime) and [123I]MIBG scintigraphy with SPECT/LD CT pictures (backside) of 7-wk-old woman with neuroblastoma. [18F]MFBG picture reveals intraspinal and bone marrow involvement not seen on [123I]MIBG picture. [18F]MFBG PET/ULD CT picture reveals uptake in tumor in proper hemithorax with intraspinal involvement with direct extension into neural foramina and spinal canal between […] More

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    GCSE results day 2024: What time do results come out?

    Grade boundaries present the minimal variety of marks you want for every grade. They are determined by examiners and revealed on outcomes day. Qualifications Wales, which oversees Welsh exams, had been ready to make use of statistics to set the grade boundaries to forestall marks dropping considerably beneath 2019 ranges, exterior, due to a priority […] More

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    Why you might be feeling ill all the time

    Getty Images How are you feeling? There has been a vibe in BBC HQ that associates, colleagues and household have been having a grottier 12 months than regular – shaking off one chilly solely to quickly catch one other, rolling from an infection to an infection. “The actuality is we’re missing knowledge and so we’ve […] More

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    Iran Says Retaliation To Haniyeh Killing May Take Time

    Yahya Sinwar, the alleged architect of the lethal October 7 assault on Israel and shock appointment as the brand new chief of the U.S.- and EU-designated terror group Hamas, is thought to have shut ties to Iran. His appointment on August 6 as the pinnacle of the Palestinian group’s political bureau adopted the assassination of […] More