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Phys.org / MLB swing-tracking data helps researchers examine baseball's long-debated two-strike approach
When baseball fans watch a batter strike out with runners in scoring position, the reaction is often immediate: Shorten the swing. Put the ball in play. Stop swinging for the fences, they lament.
Phys.org / Finding hidden catalytic knowledge from literature data
Exciting new research at Tohoku University's Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR) explains how to transform decades of scattered literature data into computable design rules for catalysts. By using human intelligence, ...
Medical Xpress / ADHD 'masking' may help people blend in but harms mental health, say researchers
It can be incredibly difficult for adults with ADHD to fit in socially. But trying to hide the telltale signs of ADHD could cost their mental health and well-being, a study says. Adults with ADHD might better fit in if they ...
Phys.org / Expedition to Antarctica advances research on potential melanoma treatment
Deep beneath the icy waters surrounding Antarctica, a small marine organism may hold clues to a future cancer treatment. Researchers from USF recently returned from a six-week expedition in one of the most remote environments ...
Medical Xpress / Online therapy cuts insomnia and anxiety in adults 65 and older, trial suggests
Cognitive behavioral therapies for insomnia (CBT-I) are increasingly being delivered online to improve accessibility. However, although insomnia and anxiety frequently occur together in older adults, few interventions address ...
Phys.org / 50 years of data reveals true extent of climate change impacts on kelp forests
New research from the University of Victoria (UVic) has found that some kelp forests around Vancouver Island were disappearing far earlier than scientists previously thought, highlighting that climate change has been altering ...
Phys.org / California's tectonic stress has reached record level, earthquake model reveals
Earthquakes usually occur along fracture zones in Earth's crust, where large tectonic plates slide past one another and become locked. Stress builds up over long periods and is suddenly released in the form of an earthquake. ...
Tech Xplore / Brazil must overcome environmental and technological obstacles to make rare earth mining viable, say experts
Despite having the world's second-largest reserve of rare earth elements, second only to China, Brazil still needs to overcome technological and environmental obstacles to establish a local production chain. This group of ...
Phys.org / Politicization in humanities scholarship may compromise scholarly standards
A national report co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa sociologist has found that while the humanities and social sciences continue to produce rigorous and valuable scholarship, some disciplines are experiencing ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: A physician discusses reducing stroke risk
Last year, one of Rebecca DiBiase Blumenreich's patients had a hemorrhagic stroke. A life-threatening emergency, this type of stroke happens when a blood vessel in the brain ruptures and bleeds. For the patient, the course ...
Phys.org / Newfound sound wave scattering rule may lead to less bulky, more effective soundproofing
Researchers in China recently uncovered a quantum-inspired rule governing how sound is scattered by certain physical properties of a material. Their research, published in Physical Review Letters, may lead to the ability ...
Medical Xpress / Online portal keeps cancer trial participants engaged and open to future studies
In a step forward for patient-centered cancer research, a new pilot project reveals that 84% of participants had a positive experience using a newly developed online tool created by the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology ...
