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Phys.org / Left-handed people may have a psychological edge in competition

Left-handers are more competitive than right-handers, according to a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports. The findings may help explain why left-handedness has persisted throughout evolution despite the ...

56 minutes ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / High-fat diet accelerates triple-negative breast cancer growth in engineered tumors

A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Princeton University conducted a study to find out what patients diagnosed with breast cancer should eat to ensure the best prognosis. "We took the approach of building identical ...

16 minutes ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Reduce rust by dumping your wok twice, and other kitchen tips

When you reach the bottom of a container of milk or honey, you might be tempted to tip the container over to get that last pesky little bit out. After all, you only need another teaspoon for that recipe, and you're sure it's ...

16 minutes ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / TweetyBERT parses canary songs to better understand how brains learn language

A new machine learning model, TweetyBERT, automatically segments and classifies canary vocalizations with expert-level accuracy, offering a scalable platform for neuroscience, providing insights into the neural basis of how ...

16 minutes ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Phys.org / Newly excavated Maya wetland settlement shows the civilization's adaptation to changing climate

Past civilizations have been significantly affected by climate change, but how they adapted to new conditions centuries ago is less clear. In research newly published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

36 minutes ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Deciding for others can lower confidence in one's own judgments

From the moment we wake to the time we hit the bed at night, we make numerous decisions, some big but mostly small. Although decision-making is a fundamental part of human life, researchers have found that the level of difficulty ...

1 hour ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Hidden atomic dichotomy drives superconductivity in ultra-thin compound

Physicists in China have unveiled new clues to the origins of high-temperature superconductivity in an iron-based material just a single unit-cell thick. Led by Qi-Kun Xue and Lili Wang at Tsinghua University, the team's ...

3 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Brazilian fossil site yields smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded

A study published in the Journal of Systematic Palaeontology describes the smallest rhynchosaur fossil ever recorded from the Brazilian Triassic, with the reconstructed skull only measuring around 2.5 cm (~1 inch). Additionally, ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Fecal transplants from older mice found to significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in younger mice

A new study details how fecal transplants from older female mice significantly improve ovarian function and fertility in young mice. The surprising results reveal a direct link between the microbiome (the collection of all ...

2 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Deadly soil fungal pathogen puts Australia's reptiles at risk of extinction

University of Queensland researchers say Australia's reptiles are at risk of extinction because a little understood fungus is infecting species throughout the environment. Associate Professor Celine Frere from UQ's School ...

2 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Did plants nearly wipe out all marine life on Earth—twice?

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the Ordovician Period, when global sea levels were much higher than today. In a paper published in Nature ...

1 hour ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Tiled amplicon sequencing could transform tuberculosis care

When the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, and multiple variants were threatening lives around the world, scientists relied on a process called "tiled amplicon sequencing" to track the virus's spread. Now, an international ...

1 hour ago in Genetics