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Medical Xpress / Visual analog scale has comparable validity for perennial allergic, nonallergic rhinitis

The visual analog scale (VAS) demonstrates comparable validity for perennial allergic rhinitis (PAR) and nonallergic rhinitis (NAR) severity and quality-of-life (QoL) impairment, according to a study published online Dec. ...

Phys.org / Glowing urine and shining bark: Scientists discover the secret visual language of deer

During mating season, when male white-tailed deer want to get noticed by the opposite sex and warn off rivals, they rub their antlers against trees and scrape the forest floor. Then they pee on these patches. But there is ...

Dec 24, 2025 in Biology
Medical Xpress / Breast cancer drug boosts leukemia treatment: Unexpected duo shows promise in overcoming resistance

A research team at Oregon Health & Science University has discovered a promising new drug combination that may help people with acute myeloid leukemia overcome resistance to one of the most common frontline therapies.

Dec 29, 2025 in Medications
Phys.org / 'Weights of gold in bullion': How the ancients invested in precious metals

"All I want is an income of 20,000 sesterces from secure investments," proclaims a character in a poem by Juvenal (1st–2nd century CE), the Roman poet.

Dec 30, 2025 in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / I grew up in the world's coldest city without central heating. Here's what the world can learn from us

On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth.

Dec 30, 2025 in Engineering
Medical Xpress / Everyday conversations can delay eye movements, essential for safe driving

Talking while driving is widely recognized as a major source of distraction, but the specific ways conversation interferes with the earliest stages of visual processing have remained largely unclear. While previous research ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Inhibiting PGAM-Chk1 binding in the senescent cells of mice appears to slow aging

Aged and frail people often suffer a decline in tissue reserve capacity during aging. This reserve, called resilience, helps the body maintain homeostasis through various defense, compensation, modulation, and repair responses. ...

Dec 29, 2025 in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Medical Xpress / 'Attentional bias' reveals deep connection between numbers and space in the brain

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have studied the relationship between numerical information in our vision, and how it affects our perception of space.

Dec 29, 2025 in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Archaeologists discover unique mosaic patolli board at Guatemalan Maya city

In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique mosaic-style patolli game board discovered in the Classic Period city of Naachtun, Guatemala.

Dec 25, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses

In recent weeks, powerful atmospheric river storms have swept across Washington, Oregon and California, unloading enormous amounts of rain. As rivers surged, they overtopped or breached multiple levees—those long, often ...

Dec 30, 2025 in Earth
Phys.org / Early tests rule out lab as cause of Spain swine fever outbreak

Preliminary analysis rules out a lab leak as the cause of an African swine fever outbreak that has rocked Spain's lucrative pork industry, but further tests are needed, authorities said Tuesday.

Dec 30, 2025 in Biology
Phys.org / Ultra-hot lava world has thick atmosphere, upending expectations

A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our solar system. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, used NASA's JWST to reveal ...

Dec 28, 2025 in Astronomy & Space