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Medical Xpress / How natural daylight can help people with diabetes improve blood sugar levels

People with type 2 diabetes may be able to improve their blood sugar by doing something as simple as sitting by a window for a few hours each day. In a study published in Cell Metabolism, scientists showed that natural daylight ...

3 minutes ago in Diabetes
Phys.org / SN 2022ngb is a faint and slow-evolving Type IIb supernova, observations reveal

An international team of astronomers has conducted optical and near-infrared observations of a supernova designated SN 2022ngb. As a result, it was found that SN 2022ngb is a faint and slow-evolving Type IIb supernova with ...

3 minutes ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / How a simple animal folds itself with origami-like precision

Studying one of the simplest animals, Stanford's Prakash Lab uncovered how it folds itself into complex shapes—revealing new insights into a fundamental cellular feature and the origins of tissue folding.

3 minutes ago in Biology
Phys.org / Modifying chirality with electricity: Voltage-driven method enables reversible, tunable states

A way to electrically modify the chirality of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, in which chiral molecules adsorb onto inorganic surfaces, has been demonstrated by researchers at Science Tokyo. By using an electric double-layer ...

1 hour ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Life's first molecule: Borate boosts its formation, finds study

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists have been trying to solve for ages.

2 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Scientists who use AI tools are publishing more papers than ever before

Science is entering a massive publishing boom, in large part due to artificial intelligence. New research published in the journal Science has revealed that scientists who use large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT are ...

2 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast into space

A paraplegic engineer from Germany blasted off on a dream-come-true rocket ride with five other passengers Saturday, leaving her wheelchair behind to float in space while beholding Earth from on high.

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Hot, humid weather during pregnancy poses far greater risks to child health than heat alone

The dangers of heat and humidity are so well known it's become cliché to mention them. But the impacts can extend farther than even scientists and doctors realized.

7 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Virtual reality tool helping Indigenous people connect with Country

"It makes me feel like I am right there on Country." This was the response of a student after they used a new virtual reality (VR) tool I codeveloped to help Indigenous people around Australia learn on Country.

1 hour ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Quantum entanglement could connect drones for disaster relief, bypassing traditional networks

Any time you use a device to communicate information—an email, a text message, any data transfer—the information in that transmission crosses the open internet, where it could be intercepted. Such communications are also ...

23 hours ago in Physics
Tech Xplore / Industrial solar cells achieve 26.09% efficiency with reduced silver use and better bifacial performance

A research team led by Prof. Ye Jichun from the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with partners, has proposed a synergistic technical solution ...

21 hours ago in Engineering
Phys.org / Scientists urge governments not to wait for global plastics treaty as pollution continues to grow

Scientists are urging governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, warning that waiting for a binding Global Plastics Treaty could mean years of damaging delay while plastic waste continues to accelerate worldwide.

22 hours ago in Earth