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Image: Wikimedia Commons On March 28, President Trump signed a long-awaited Executive Order establishing a federal task force to make the District of Columbia safe and beautiful again by fighting crime while beautifying federal and local facilities and monuments. During President Trump’s four-year comeback that culminated in the 2024 election, President Trump frequently campaigned on…
The Denver Police Department will independently review more than 400 sex assault cases handled by now-discredited Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods to ensure the DNA testing was valid.The police department’s crime laboratory started a process to review the reports from at least 422 sexual assault evidence kits that Denver police submitted to CBI for DNA testing over the last 12 years, spokesman Doug Schepman said in a statement Friday.From that initial review, the lab will determine how many kits should be re-tested, he said. If re-testing reveals new DNA evidence, police will investigate the sex assault cases further, Schepman said.The move to review the cases comes after CBI discovered Woods mishandled DNA testing in more than a thousand cases during her nearly 30-year tenure as a DNA analyst at the statewide law enforcement agency. Woods retired in lieu of termination in late 2023 after an internal investigation found she deleted, omitted or manipulated DNA data in at least 1,003 criminal cases.She was charged with 102 felonies in January; the criminal case against her is ongoing.The review by the Denver Crime Laboratory is separate from — and redundant to — CBI’s internal review of Woods’ cases. CBI reviewed more than 10,000 cases that Woods handled — including the 422 Denver cases — and found problems in 1,003 cases.The agency did identify problems in a subset of the 422 Denver cases, CBI spokesman Rob Low said. He and Schepman both declined to give a specific number.“We welcome the opportunity to work with the Denver crime lab in its assessment to determine if any Denver PD cases warrant retesting,” Low said in a statement.During CBI’s internal investigation, Woods admitted to taking shortcuts when she was testing Denver sex assault cases, an internal affairs report shows. She said she did so after Colorado legislators passed a law in 2013 that required authorities to test nearly all sexual assault evidence kits, regardless of whether the case was likely to result in an arrest or prosecution.Woods told internal affairs investigators that she believed the Denver crime lab sent CBI the sex assault cases it did not expect to solve, so she took shortcuts in the DNA testing process — she deleted data about low quantities of male DNA so that she wouldn’t have to complete additional testing that was unlikely to produce conclusive results, according to the internal affairs report.“Denver PD gave us all the cases that they knew they weren’t going to prosecute and they told us that,” Woods said in a November 2023 interview with investigators. She then cited the 2013 law change and said CBI was overwhelmed at the time.The agency reported in 2016 that the law more than tripled the number of sex assault evidence kits submitted to CBI.During the internal affairs interview, Woods agreed with an investigator’s suggestion that her flawed work on the Denver sex assault testing might have been “a method of triage.”“Possibly,” she said, according to an excerpt in the internal affairs report. “Again, no excuse for it.”The 2013 law was aimed at clearing Colorado’s backlog of untested sexual assault evidence kits, which are sometimes called rape kits. In 2016, CBI announced it had worked through the backlog and tested more than 3,000 old cases.But it didn’t last. The agency now has a backlog of more than 1,400 untested rape kits. It currently takes about 558 days for kits to be tested after they are submitted to the state, according to CBI. The agency’s goal is to turn around testing in 90 days.The current backlog was exacerbated by Woods’ misconduct because the agency pulled scientists from casework to handle the review of Woods’ cases, officials have said.Schepman said police would work with CBI as the city’s review goes forward.“We intend to collaborate with the CBI on our results of the review, in the interest of working together to serve victims in the best way possible,” Schepman said.Denver Post reporter Nick Coltrain contributed to this report. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.Originally Published: April 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM MDT
The Denver Police Department will independently review more than 400 sex assault cases handled by now-discredited Colorado Bureau of Investigation scientist Yvonne “Missy” Woods to ensure the DNA testing was valid.The police department’s crime laboratory started a process to review the reports from at least 422 sexual assault evidence kits that Denver police submitted to CBI for DNA testing over the last 12 years, spokesman Doug Schepman said in a statement Friday.From that initial review, the lab will determine how many kits should be re-tested, he said. If re-testing reveals new DNA evidence, police will investigate the sex assault cases further, Schepman said.The move to review the cases comes after CBI discovered Woods mishandled DNA testing in more than a thousand cases during her nearly 30-year tenure as a DNA analyst at the statewide law enforcement agency. Woods retired in lieu of termination in late 2023 after an internal investigation found she deleted, omitted or manipulated DNA data in at least 1,003 criminal cases.She was charged with 102 felonies in January; the criminal case against her is ongoing.The review by the Denver Crime Laboratory is separate from — and redundant to — CBI’s internal review of Woods’ cases. CBI reviewed more than 10,000 cases that Woods handled — including the 422 Denver cases — and found problems in 1,003 cases.The agency did identify problems in a subset of the 422 Denver cases, CBI spokesman Rob Low said. He and Schepman both declined to give a specific number.“We welcome the opportunity to work with the Denver crime lab in its assessment to determine if any Denver PD cases warrant retesting,” Low said in a statement.During CBI’s internal investigation, Woods admitted to taking shortcuts when she was testing Denver sex assault cases, an internal affairs report shows. She said she did so after Colorado legislators passed a law in 2013 that required authorities to test nearly all sexual assault evidence kits, regardless of whether the case was likely to result in an arrest or prosecution.Woods told internal affairs investigators that she believed the Denver crime lab sent CBI the sex assault cases it did not expect to solve, so she took shortcuts in the DNA testing process — she deleted data about low quantities of male DNA so that she wouldn’t have to complete additional testing that was unlikely to produce conclusive results, according to the internal affairs report.“Denver PD gave us all the cases that they knew they weren’t going to prosecute and they told us that,” Woods said in a November 2023 interview with investigators. She then cited the 2013 law change and said CBI was overwhelmed at the time.The agency reported in 2016 that the law more than tripled the number of sex assault evidence kits submitted to CBI.During the internal affairs interview, Woods agreed with an investigator’s suggestion that her flawed work on the Denver sex assault testing might have been “a method of triage.”“Possibly,” she said, according to an excerpt in the internal affairs report. “Again, no excuse for it.”The 2013 law was aimed at clearing Colorado’s backlog of untested sexual assault evidence kits, which are sometimes called rape kits. In 2016, CBI announced it had worked through the backlog and tested more than 3,000 old cases.But it didn’t last. The agency now has a backlog of more than 1,400 untested rape kits. It currently takes about 558 days for kits to be tested after they are submitted to the state, according to CBI. The agency’s goal is to turn around testing in 90 days.The current backlog was exacerbated by Woods’ misconduct because the agency pulled scientists from casework to handle the review of Woods’ cases, officials have said.Schepman said police would work with CBI as the city’s review goes forward.“We intend to collaborate with the CBI on our results of the review, in the interest of working together to serve victims in the best way possible,” Schepman said.Denver Post reporter Nick Coltrain contributed to this report. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day.Originally Published: April 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM MDT
Is nuclear energy the clear path to the future? Many people would say so, and in recent years, there’s been a renewed interest in producing small, efficient nuclear reactors. However, in 2024, the Prohibiting Uranium Imports Act issued a blow to the industry. Suddenly, the demand for domestic enriched uranium skyrocketed. LIS Technologies is rising to the challenge. LIS Technologies is a company that uses advanced laser technology that will create enriched uranium, which is essential for fueling nuclear reactors. It might sound futuristic, but it’s a sophisticated revival of a third generation laser enrichment technology from decades ago before the U.S. stopped developing its own nuclear fuel and instead switched to cheap Russian imports. “Russia is the world’s biggest producer of enriched uranium,” explains LIS Technologies CEO Christo Liebenberg. “In 1989-1991, the Soviet Union collapsed which led to significant economic changes and a shift in global markets. As the world markets opened up to Russia, and they needed money to stimulate their economy, Russia sold enriched uranium for less than half price compared to what it was.” The US switch to imported enriched uranium effectively brought the domestic development of nuclear technology to a halt. That included Condensation Repression Isotope Selective Laser Activation (CRISLA), a technology developed by LIS Technologies co-founder Jeff Eerkens in the late 80s and up to the early 1990s In 2013, Eerkens teamed up with Liebenberg, a lifelong laser enrichment scientist. Together, they planned the revival of the CRISLA process to create an even more efficient uranium enrichment process. That process is critically important for two reasons. First, the ban on Russian imports has created a supply deficit. Second, modern nuclear reactors, which are highly efficient, depend on higher enriched fuel or High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU). The ban on Russian imports may have created a temporary disruption, but considering rapidly changing geopolitical tensions, it was necessary to protect national security. Shortly after the ban, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of its low-enriched uranium acquisition program and awarded contracts to six companies, including LIS Technologies. The program aims to build a sustainable fuel pipeline to power the next generation of civilian nuclear reactors. Light-water reactors rely on low-enriched uranium (LEU) enriched to 3.5-5%. Advanced reactors, such as SMRs and MMRs, typically rely on high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) enriched at up to 20%. LIS Technologies is preparing itself to become a nuclear fuel producer for both light-water reactors and advanced reactors. “We’re only doing up to HALEU,” explains Jay Yu, the company’s president. “So we’ll do low-enriched uranium (LEU), which is up to five percent, and then we’ll go to HALEU, which is up to twenty percent. We’re not looking to go beyond twenty percent because that’s weapons grade.” The percentages Yu mentions refer to concentrations of U-235, a specific isotope that plays a pivotal role in nuclear fuel. In its natural state, uranium has about 0.7% U-235, a concentration too weak to power anything. Through the process of uranium enrichment, companies like LIS Technologies increase the concentration of U-235. The higher the concentration, the more potent the fuel. Once the concentration of U-235 exceeds 20%, the fuel becomes powerful enough to be used to create nuclear weapons. Yu stresses the fact that LIS Technologies doesn’t enrich uranium for weapons applications. “We’re building nuclear fuel for peaceful use,” he says. However, the entire LIS Technologies team is aware that its enrichment process could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Because LIST has created a single-stage LEU enrichment method, creating concentrated nuclear fuel in a couple of additional stages has become faster and easier than ever before. “Single-stage means you hit the uranium once and it’s enriched all the way from natural to the LEU level,” explains Liebenberg. “If you hit it again — if you take that LEU product and use it as your feed in the second stage — you can go all the way to HALEU or 20%.” This uber-efficient process is excellent news for the development of domestic nuclear power, but it also calls for a healthy dose of caution. “Our technology will be classified by the United States,” says Yu. “The government will come down and put security measures around us, and our patent will be removed from the public domain.” Although LIS Technologies has just begun its DOE contract, the future of nuclear energy in the U.S. is already looking brighter. Because the laser-enrichment process is so efficient in terms of time, money, and conservation of resources, the U.S. likely isn’t far off from having clean, safe, high-quality nuclear fuel for virtually every application. The country may have lost some ground when it halted domestic nuclear development all those years ago. However, thanks to LIS Technologies and some of the other awardees of the DOE LEU program, catching up likely won’t take as long as one might think. “There’s a huge resurrection, a huge resurgence of nuclear power. We are in the middle of a second nuclear age,” Liebenberg says. . “We need all enrichment companies to be successful if we want to meet the target to triple nuclear power by 2050. That’s why we encourage collaboration, not competition. It’s an all-hands-on-deck approach to meet these targets.”
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Imagine China with thousands of empty warehouses. Communities decimated by the once strong industries taken from the U.S., now ghost towns. If American companies wake up, Trump has a chance to reshape and re-energize our ridiculous reliance on Asian made goods. I’m not hoping for pain to come to the Chinese people, or the continent…
The Hashgraph Group, a Switzerland-based venture capital and technology firm supporting the Hedera blockchain network, has announced a strategic investment in agritech company AgNext Technologies.
According to details in a press release on April 7, the collaboration will see the Hedera (HBAR) blockchain network support AgNext’s growing artificial intelligence-driven agricultural solutions.
The investment sees The Hashgraph Group join AgNext’s recent fundraising initiative led by Denmark-based Novo Holdings, but more than that, is a key integration milestone for the Hedera blockchain ecosystem.
In particular, AgNext is looking to leverage Hedera’s distributed ledger technology to digitize trust in the supply chain ecosystem, including around insurance and traceability across the food supply chains.
“With this strategic co-investment alongside Novo Holdings, we look forward to embarking on the tech-enablement journey with AgNext to drive the convergence of AI and Blockchain/DLT, while jointly bringing to market Hedera-powered AgriTech solutions that will enhance AgNext’s competitive edge in the web3 era,” said Stefan Deiss, co-founder & chief executive officer of The Hashgraph Group.
The 49th Annual Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) officially commenced on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Kano State.
The event, held in collaboration with the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), centers around the critical theme of national food security.
The five-day conference is themed “Promoting Soil Health and Resilience through Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development.”
It aims to address urgent concerns surrounding soil health, agricultural productivity, and innovative scientific development.
The high-level gathering brings together scientists, researchers, academics, government officials, industry stakeholders, and development partners to deliberate on soil management, sustainable agriculture, and environmental resilience.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, is expected to attend the event.
Speaking at a press conference, the Director of the Centre for Dryland Agriculture and President of the Society, Jibrin Mohammed Jibrin, highlighted the growing synergy between research institutions and government policy.
He commended the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for establishing a Soil Health Task Team, describing it as a demonstration of renewed national commitment to data-driven agricultural development.
“The Minister is currently spearheading an ambitious project to map soils across Nigeria and establish a centralized, accessible soil information database.
“This will serve farmers just like medical records guide clinical decisions—interventions will become site-specific and knowledge-based,” Jibrin explained.
He emphasized the inclusion of both the CDA and the SSSN in the technical implementation committee for the soil mapping project, showcasing the collaborative effort toward achieving sustainable agricultural outcomes.
Jibrin also revealed that over 350 abstracts have been submitted for presentation, addressing five major sub-themes: Land Resource Assessment and Management; Soil Health and Nutrient Management; Soil Physics and Conservation; Capacity Building and Extension; and Advances in Soil Research.
He acknowledged the support of several partners, including OCP Fertilizer, for their continued support of the Society’s activities particularly in empowering young scientists and advancing research in specialty fertilizers.
Other partners include Soil Values, Extension Africa, Ramasys, and institutions such as Sierra Leone University, Northwest University, and the Federal College of Agricultural Produce.
In his remarks, Muhammad Auwalu Hussain, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at BUK, reaffirmed the university’s commitment to promoting academic excellence and innovation.
He commended the CDA’s transformation into one of Africa’s top centers of excellence, noting its success in securing competitive international grants, especially from the World Bank.
“Bayero University is proud to host this important event,” Hussain said.
“The University is ranked among the top five in Nigeria, and agriculture remains one of its most distinguished faculties.”
He expressed optimism that the conference would not only generate groundbreaking research but also foster lasting collaborations among local and international participants.
As part of the conference highlights, the Society will confer honorary fellowships on two distinguished Nigerians, including the Governor of Borno State, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to agriculture and soil science.
The conference runs through Friday, April 11, 2025, with scientific sessions, exhibitions, networking events, and policy dialogues expected to shape the future of soil health and sustainable agriculture in Nigeria and beyond.
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The 49th Annual Conference of the Soil Science Society of Nigeria (SSSN) officially commenced on Monday, April 7, 2025, in Kano State.
The event, held in collaboration with the Centre for Dryland Agriculture (CDA) at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), centers around the critical theme of national food security.
The five-day conference is themed “Promoting Soil Health and Resilience through Research and Innovation for Sustainable Development.”
It aims to address urgent concerns surrounding soil health, agricultural productivity, and innovative scientific development.
The high-level gathering brings together scientists, researchers, academics, government officials, industry stakeholders, and development partners to deliberate on soil management, sustainable agriculture, and environmental resilience.
The Minister of Agriculture and Food Security, Abubakar Kyari, is expected to attend the event.
Speaking at a press conference, the Director of the Centre for Dryland Agriculture and President of the Society, Jibrin Mohammed Jibrin, highlighted the growing synergy between research institutions and government policy.
He commended the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security for establishing a Soil Health Task Team, describing it as a demonstration of renewed national commitment to data-driven agricultural development.
“The Minister is currently spearheading an ambitious project to map soils across Nigeria and establish a centralized, accessible soil information database.
“This will serve farmers just like medical records guide clinical decisions—interventions will become site-specific and knowledge-based,” Jibrin explained.
He emphasized the inclusion of both the CDA and the SSSN in the technical implementation committee for the soil mapping project, showcasing the collaborative effort toward achieving sustainable agricultural outcomes.
Jibrin also revealed that over 350 abstracts have been submitted for presentation, addressing five major sub-themes: Land Resource Assessment and Management; Soil Health and Nutrient Management; Soil Physics and Conservation; Capacity Building and Extension; and Advances in Soil Research.
He acknowledged the support of several partners, including OCP Fertilizer, for their continued support of the Society’s activities particularly in empowering young scientists and advancing research in specialty fertilizers.
Other partners include Soil Values, Extension Africa, Ramasys, and institutions such as Sierra Leone University, Northwest University, and the Federal College of Agricultural Produce.
In his remarks, Muhammad Auwalu Hussain, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at BUK, reaffirmed the university’s commitment to promoting academic excellence and innovation.
He commended the CDA’s transformation into one of Africa’s top centers of excellence, noting its success in securing competitive international grants, especially from the World Bank.
“Bayero University is proud to host this important event,” Hussain said.
“The University is ranked among the top five in Nigeria, and agriculture remains one of its most distinguished faculties.”
He expressed optimism that the conference would not only generate groundbreaking research but also foster lasting collaborations among local and international participants.
As part of the conference highlights, the Society will confer honorary fellowships on two distinguished Nigerians, including the Governor of Borno State, in recognition of their outstanding contributions to agriculture and soil science.
The conference runs through Friday, April 11, 2025, with scientific sessions, exhibitions, networking events, and policy dialogues expected to shape the future of soil health and sustainable agriculture in Nigeria and beyond.
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BEIJING- China has denounced the recent tariffs enacted by US President Donald Trump, labeling them as an act of “bullying”.The US tariffs amount to “typical unilateralism and protectionism, and economic bullying”, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said on Monday.Lin made the comments during a press conference in response to a question regarding the effects of US tariffs on more than 180 countries and regions around the globe.
He added that the US under the guise of reciprocity, acts in a hegemonic manner, sacrificing the legitimate interests of other countries and placing “America First” above international rules.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman called on countries to jointly oppose all forms of unilateralism and protectionism, and safeguard the international system and the multilateral trading system according to the United Nations and World Trade Organization values respectively.
Trump announced the tariffs on Wednesday which included 34% levies on all Chinese goods entering the United States. Since his return to the White House on January 20, Trump has already implemented two rounds of 10 percent extra duties on all Chinese imports.
In response to the latest round of US tariffs, Beijing implemented its own 34% tariffs on all American imports on Friday, along with additional actions such as export controls on rare earth minerals and trade limitations targeting specific US companies.
Trump initiated a trade war against China in his first term (2017-2021). Nonetheless, China’s remarkable progress in the technology sector has served as a game changer, mitigating the effects of the trade conflict.
Since the onset of the U.S.-China trade war during Trump’s first administration, Chinese enterprises have gradually built resilience by developing indigenous technologies, says CGTN’s Zhao Chenchen
Zhao Chenchen, a multimedia reporter at CGTN, says the trade conflict initiated by Trump during his first term prompted China to advance its domestic technological capabilities.
“Since the onset of the U.S.-China trade war during Trump’s first administration, Chinese enterprises have gradually built resilience by developing indigenous technologies and diversifying their global supply chains. This transformation is closely tied to China’s broader industrial shift toward high-value sectors such as semiconductors and new energy,” Zhao, who covers major technological and scientific breakthroughs with a focus on aerospace, artificial intelligence, and engineering innovation, told the Tehran Times.
She noted that the US sanctions, which have restricted China’s access to advanced electronic components, have also motivated the nation’s companies to enhance their self-sufficiency.
“Despite U.S. sanctions that have blocked China’s access to advanced ASML lithography machines, Chinese semiconductor firms are working to build domestic capabilities across the entire value chain. Homegrown equipment is now capable of producing 28nm or older-generation chips, which remain sufficient for many consumer electronics that do not require cutting-edge nodes. Meanwhile, Chinese semiconductor firms are actively pursuing advancements in chiplet technology–a design approach that breaks down complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs into smaller, modular integrated circuits, a method increasingly adopted by many chip manufacturers,” the CGTN reporter said.
Zhao further said China has systematically prioritized basic research in its national strategies, with the 2025 Government Work Report explicitly pledging to “establish a mechanism to increase funding for industries of the future” like quantum computing and AI.
Citing an article by the CDI China Development Zone Innovation Research Institute, Zhao said the compound tariffs will “fundamentally reshape the competitive dynamics between Chinese and U.S. manufacturing, forcing China to undergo a difficult three-to-five-year transition from cost-driven exports to technology-driven globalization.”
A new study has found why MRI scans may leave harmful metals behind in a person’s body.The University of New Mexico (UNM) study explored health risks caused by toxic rare earth metal gadolinium, which is used in MRI imaging.Gadolinium-based contrast agents, which create sharper images of the scan, are injected into the body before an MRI to explore any potential issues in the body.And while the metal is usually excreted from the body, and most people experience no adverse side effects, previous research has shown some gadolinium particles have been left behind. These particles have been found in the brain, kidney, and even in the blood and urine years after an MRI.According to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the main adverse health effect related to gadolinium retention is a condition called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), found in patients with pre-existing kidney failure.NSF can cause a thickening and hardening of the skin, heart and lungs—and cause painful contracting of the joints.The FDA has logged reports of adverse events involving multiple organ systems in patients who had had normal kidney function, but a causal association between these events and gadolinium retention could not be established.Now the new study, led by UNM professor Brent Wagner, MD, has found a connection between gadolinium and oxalic acid, a molecule found in foods which binds with metal ions, leading to medical issues such as kidney stones.
Pictured: Stock image of a man undergoing an MRI scan, as medics discuss a chart in the background.
Pictured: Stock image of a man undergoing an MRI scan, as medics discuss a chart in the background.
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The research team used test tube experiments and found that oxalic acid caused tiny amount of gadolinium to precipitate from the contrast agent and form nanoparticles, which infiltrated cells of different organs.Oxalic acid also forms in the body when people eat foods or take supplements containing vitamin C, and Wagner said in a statement that he “wouldn’t take vitamin C if I needed to have an MRI with contrast because of the reactivity of the metal.”He said a person’s “metabolic milieu” may determine whether a patient forms the nanoparticles.”It might be if they were in a high oxalic state or a state where molecules are more prone to linking to the gadolinium, leading to the formation of the nanoparticles,” he said. “That might be why some individuals have such awful symptoms and this massive disease response, whereas other people are fine.”In their study, it was found that almost 50 percent of the patients with gadolinium traces in the body had only been exposed to the contrast agent one time, meaning there was “something that is amplifying the disease signal.”The nanoparticle formation “might explain why there’s such an amplification of the disease. When a cell is trying to deal with this alien metallic nanoparticle within it, it’s going to send out signals that tell the body to respond to it.”Wagner’s team is currently researching ways to identify who may be at the biggest risk from gadolinium contrast agents, by building an international patient registry including blood, urine, fingernail hair samples to gather evidence of gadolinium accumulation in the body.Do you have a tip on a science story that Newsweek should be covering? Do you have a question about medicine? Let us know via science@newsweek.com.ReferenceHenderson, I. M., Benevidez, A. D., Mowry, C. D., Watt, J., Bachand, G. D., Kirk, M. L., Dokładny, K., DeAguero, J., Escobar, G. P., & Wagner, B. (2025). Precipitation of gadolinium from magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents may be the Brass tacks of toxicity. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 119. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2025.110383