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Medical Xpress / Pollen season is lasting longer, worsening allergies and altering pollinators

Fall is in the air. Chicago evenings have a crisp breeze. But something has been bugging Annie Andrews.

3 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / Why some women experience side effects while taking the pill

Side effects experienced when taking oral contraception may be affected by women's expectations and beliefs about the pill, according to an exploratory study by psychologists.

3 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Counting fish in the sea without seeing them

There are plenty of fish in the sea, but how can you count stock levels or protect endangered fish without seeing or catching them?

3 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / How rural vs urban polarization can be repaired

Government scholars Suzanne Mettler and Trevor Brown both grew up in rural communities—and both were struck by how divided those small towns became.

2 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Copperhead snakes more active across Maryland with cooler weather

The Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that baby Eastern copperheads will start becoming more active as the weather becomes cooler and milder.

3 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / With Trump eyeing space station demise, NASA pushes for commercial replacements

President Donald Trump and his new interim head of NASA, Sean Duffy, are pushing for a renewed effort to shuffle off the responsibility of running the International Space Station in favor of becoming a customer of a commercial ...

3 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Tech Xplore / A security robot failed in NYC: Now, it's trying to protect downtown Kansas City

For 20 hours a day, seven days a week, a security robot rolls around the old Kansas City Star building on the 1600 block of McGee Street, like the 21st century version of a street patrolling beat cop.

3 hours ago in Robotics
Medical Xpress / Remote monitoring and artificial intelligence in treating patients with heart failure

An artificial intelligence (AI) program created by Cedars-Sinai may reduce hospitalizations in people diagnosed with heart failure, a new study reports.

3 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Understanding headaches: Types, triggers and new treatments

Everyone gets headaches, but not all headaches are the same.

3 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / South Korea's loot box law shows strong results, but players still left in the dark

A new study in Acta Psychologica finds that South Korea's new law requiring mobile games to disclose loot box probabilities is more effective than industry self-regulation.

2 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Medical Xpress / When should I get my flu shot? Can I get COVID vaccine at the same time?

As fall approaches, it's time to start preparing for the start of flu season as well.

4 hours ago in Health
Tech Xplore / Researchers develop tailored pulsed power modulator for bias in semiconductor processing

A research team led by Dr. Jang Sung-roc at the Electrophysics Research Center of the Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) has developed a "tailored pulsed power modulator for bias," which can be applied in ultra-precision ...

2 hours ago in Engineering