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Medical Xpress / New Barbie with autism aims to help kids feel seen and included

For many children, toys are more than playthings, they're a way to feel understood.

4 hours ago in Autism spectrum disorders
Medical Xpress / Mercury exposure in northern communities linked to eating waterfowl

A new study led by researchers at the University of Waterloo found that members of many Indigenous communities who eat certain types of locally harvested waterfowl, especially ducks with mixed or fish-based diets, may have ...

9 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Study shows cognitive training improves resilience for warfighters

Results from the Warfighter Brain Fitness Study, which was published in the journal Military Medicine, show that the combination of two brain fitness programs delivered significant improvements across multiple key measures ...

8 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Disaster losses drop in 2025, picture still 'alarming': Munich Re

Natural disaster losses worldwide dropped sharply to $224 billion in 2025, reinsurer Munich Re said Tuesday, but warned of a still "alarming" picture of extreme weather events likely driven by climate change.

9 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / The solar boom has a dirty secret: How to avoid another mountain of waste that can't be recycled

Solar power has a dark side: panels are still built to be thrown away, and we risk creating a mountain of waste that locks away valuable minerals.

4 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Atmospheric physicists find error in widely cited Arctic snow cover observations

For decades, the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has offered a snapshot of the planet's changing climate—but University of Toronto researchers have found that some of the underlying data ...

21 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Preservative-free artificial tears aid eye symptoms in digital device users

Preservative-free artificial tears reduce subjective symptoms in people with digital eye strain (DES) and dryness symptoms, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.

4 hours ago in Medications
Tech Xplore / 'Are You Dead?': Chinese app for solo dwellers goes viral

"Are You Dead?", an app that sounds the alarm if a user doesn't check in every 48 hours, was one of China's top-selling paid apps on Tuesday as the country's growing class of solo dwellers flocked to download it.

4 hours ago in Software
Tech Xplore / Volvo Cars pauses battery factory after fruitless partner search

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars said Tuesday that it was pausing operations at a battery factory under construction, dismissing all 75 workers there, after failing to find a partner for the business.

4 hours ago in Automotive
Phys.org / Open-source robotic system cuts manual cell culture time by 61% while boosting seeding consistency

An automated cell culture system reduces hands-on time and improves seeding consistency in 96-well microplates. The research is published in the journal PNAS Nexus.

4 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Google's corporate parent joins $4 trillion club as investors continue to bet on AI breakthroughs

Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Monday became the fourth Big Tech powerhouse to be valued at $4 trillion, a once seemingly unfathomable milestone that's become more like a rite of passage amid an artificial intelligence arms ...

9 hours ago in Business
Phys.org / Kleptocratic networks should be treated as transnational enterprises and national security threats, new report warns

Kleptocratic "ecosystems" should be seen as transnational enterprises and national security threats, with the recovery of assets legally linked not only to the individual criminal acts but to the systemic harm caused to national ...

4 hours ago in Other Sciences