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Medical Xpress / Shoes that can warn you of injuries? How wearable technology is transforming foot care
Your feet work hard every day supporting your body, absorbing impact and adapting to different surfaces. But they often get ignored until something goes wrong.
Medical Xpress / Short-term reactivation of brain between encoding of memories enhances recall, study finds
Past neuroscience and psychology studies have shown that after the human brain encodes specific events or information, it can periodically reactivate them to facilitate their retention, via a process known as memory consolidation. ...
Phys.org / Study proposes new mechanism underpinning intrinsic strange metal behavior
Quantum critical points are thresholds that mark the transition of materials between different electronic phases at absolute zero temperatures, around which they often exhibit exotic physical properties.
Phys.org / How humans across cultures and historical periods conceptualize relationships
Throughout the course of their lives, humans are known to establish and navigate an intricate web of social relationships, ranging from friendships to family bonds, romances, acquaintances, professional relationships and, ...
Phys.org / Plant stomata pressure dynamics illuminated by laser-based method offer water efficiency insights
Every time the temperature drops, a cloud passes overhead, or the sun sets, a plant makes a choice: Keep its microscopic pores, called stomata, open to absorb carbon dioxide and continue photosynthesizing or close them to ...
Medical Xpress / Use of antidepressant medication linked to substantial increase in risk of sudden cardiac death
Sudden cardiac death (SCD) refers to an unexpected death of a person, believed to be caused by a heart-related issue. It occurs within one hour of the onset of symptoms in witnessed cases or within 24 hours of the person ...
Tech Xplore / PAWS: Four-legged robot can reproduce animal movement with fewer actuators
Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs, cheetahs and horses. By replicating the agile movements of these animals, quadruped robots could ...
Phys.org / Rocket carrying European orbital vehicle crashes after launch
The first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off Sunday, dealing a blow to the continent's bid to build a new space economy.
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop new design and fabrication method to make lightsails for interstellar travel
In a potential step toward sending small spacecraft to the stars, researchers have developed an ultra-thin, ultra-reflective membrane designed to ride a column of laser light to incredible speeds.
Medical Xpress / Chinese woman is third person to get a gene-edited pig kidney
A Chinese woman is the third person in the world living with a gene-edited pig kidney, and nearly three weeks after surgery, doctors say she's doing well.
Medical Xpress / AFib diagnosed in midlife linked to 21% increased risk of dementia at any age, 36% higher risk of early-onset dementia
New research presented at the EHRA 2025, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology, shows that the presence of atrial fibrillation (AFib) increases the risk of future dementia by 21% in patients diagnosed ...
Tech Xplore / 'Something is rotten': Apple's AI strategy faces doubts
Has Apple, the biggest company in the world, bungled its generative artificial intelligence strategy?