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Phys.org / Coastal regions and climate change: How better risk assessment can help protect infrastructure and livelihoods

Coastal regions, where dense clusters of critical infrastructure are found, are facing the sharpest edge of climate change. The threats include paralyzed transport networks and disrupted supply chains. To stay ahead, we need ...

9 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Visual thinking: The strategy that could help you spot misinformation and manipulated images

A fake photo of an explosion near the Pentagon once rattled the stock market. A tearful video of a frightened young "Ukrainian conscript" went viral: until exposed as staged. We may be approaching a "synthetic media tipping ...

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Federal funding cuts are only one problem facing America's colleges and universities

Higher education is under stress. The highest-profile threat has been the Trump administration's efforts to cut funding to several universities, including Harvard, Columbia and Northwestern.

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Chikungunya and dengue outbreak in Cuba has left 33 dead, officials say

A severe mosquito-borne virus outbreak in Cuba has led to dozens of deaths since midsummer, including many young children, health officials there have reported.

Medical Xpress / Diabetes drugs may help older adults slow frailty

A new study shows that older adults with type 2 diabetes who start treatment with sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT-2) inhibitors—such as empagliflozin (Jardiance) and dapagliflozin (Farxiga)—or glucagon-like peptide-1 ...

9 hours ago in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / Sneaky senescent cells that resist cancer treatment can provide druggable lung cancer target

Senescent fibroblasts are aging cells that no longer divide and protect against tumor development. Yet two decades have gone by since cell biologist Judith Campisi, Ph.D., paradoxically demonstrated that these same cells ...

9 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / Zero waste in schools? Why factoring in labor is essential

Over the last decade, I've worked closely with Montréal educators and students to better understand how climate change education occurs in schools—and how climate change curricula and policies shape everyday experiences ...

9 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Lemon shark caught preying on invasive freshwater fish in Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Researchers recorded lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) preying on an invasive species, the jaguar cichlid (Parachromis managuensis), for the first time. This observation was made in Sueste Bay in March 2024. Sueste Bay ...

9 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Why we remember the source of an opinion better than the source of a fact: New research

In public discourse, we spend a great deal of collective energy debating the accuracy of facts. We fact-check politicians, monitor social media for misinformation, and prioritize data-driven decision-making in our workplaces. ...

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Death may suggest we belong to a broader whole

Shisei Tei claims he is clumsy with technology and doesn't even own a smartphone, yet he has found himself thinking a lot about what we call generative AI.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Human gene maps are biased towards European ancestries, study reveals

Human gene maps contain major blind spots because they were built largely from the DNA sequences of people with European ancestry, according to a study published in Nature Communications.

17 hours ago in Genetics
Medical Xpress / Walking to work can be faster—and healthier—than you think

A new proof-of-concept study from researchers at Bar-Ilan University reveals a surprising finding: incorporating more walking into public transportation commutes can improve health—without adding extra travel time.

9 hours ago in Health