In a new study, researchers analyzed power outage data and corresponding weather records from several major service territories on the east coast of the United States. They found that excessive weather stress and planning vulnerabilities at specific grid nodes are key drivers of prolonged local outages, which spread to the whole system. The authors use their findings to suggest ways to reduce customer outages.

MedAxiom, the premier source for cardiovascular organizational performance solutions, has released its 2025 Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey report that includes data from the largest number of programs since its debut. With 232 cardiovascular programs submitting 2024 data, MedAxiom’s 13th annual survey saw a 15% increase in program participation and a 21% increase in cardiovascular providers represented. The survey is powered by MedAxcess, the cardiovascular industry’s leading business intelligence application and proprietary database. 

Consumers are more likely to choose a higher-priced item when it’s correlated with messages that emphasize an increase in the product’s positive attributes—rather than a reduction in its negative ones.

New study on a ‘portfolio approach’ to carbon removal enables firms to mix expensive tech-based solutions that inject carbon deep underground with lower-cost and currently more available nature-based options.

Poorer health is linked to a higher proportion of votes for the populist right wing political party, Reform UK, indicates an analysis of the 2024 general election voting patterns in England, published online in the open access journal BMJ Open Respiratory Research. The findings should prompt policy-makers of all political stripes to step up efforts to improve public health and tackle health inequalities, suggest the researchers.