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Medical Xpress / Global food systems driving twin crises of obesity and global warming, says review

A major review in Frontiers in Science highlights how tackling unsustainable food systems—reflected by our changing food environment—is urgent for both health and climate.

7 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Researchers co-develop new deep learning platform to advance precision medicine

Researchers from Marshall University and the University of Missouri have developed G2PDeep, an innovative web-based platform that uses advanced AI to analyze multiple types of biological data and more accurately predict complex ...

8 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / The shortest day of the year is descending on the Northern Hemisphere. Here's what to know

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead. Sunday is the shortest day of the year north of the equator, where the solstice marks the start of astronomical winter. It's the opposite in ...

8 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / AI video translation shows promise but humans still hold the edge

AI video translation is not yet a perfect substitute for human translation, according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

7 hours ago in Hi Tech & Innovation
Medical Xpress / Breaking the silence on women's pelvic floor disorders

Many women assume pelvic floor health issues are simply their fate—part of having vaginal deliveries, getting older, gaining weight or entering menopause. Perhaps they have watched their mothers and grandmothers live with ...

7 hours ago in Obstetrics & gynaecology
Phys.org / Uninhabited Caribbean islet blossoms into love nest for critically endangered iguana

Silence used to prevail in the forest of a private Caribbean islet until environmentalists transformed it into a love nest for the critically endangered Lesser Antillean iguana.

8 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / A precision nanomedicine approach to drug-resistant UTIs

UTIs are among the most common bacterial infections worldwide, but inappropriate use and overuse of antibiotics is driving antimicrobial resistance. Once dependable, antibiotics now take longer to work or fail entirely, with ...

2 hours ago in Nanotechnology
Phys.org / Prehistoric elephant footprints documented for first time in Murcia's fossil dunes

An international team, involving researchers from the University of Seville, the Andalusian Institute of Earth Sciences in Granada and the University of Huelva, has identified the first fossilized vertebrate footprints from ...

17 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Could cheese protect your brain health? Study links high-fat cheese and cream to lower dementia risk

Eating more high-fat cheese and high-fat cream may be linked to a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology. This study does not prove that eating high-fat cheese and high-fat cream ...

20 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Chill factor: Body's skin and organs feel cold through distinct molecular sensors

A research team led by Félix Viana, co-director of the Sensory Transduction and Nociception laboratory at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint research center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and ...

Phys.org / Perseverance Mars rover ready to roll for miles in years ahead

After nearly five years on Mars, NASA's Perseverance rover has traveled almost 25 miles (40 kilometers), and the mission team has been busy testing the rover's durability and gathering new science findings on the way to a ...

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / An 'origami' airless wheel to explore lunar caves

A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed a transformative wheel capable of navigating the moon's most extreme terrains, ...

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space