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Medical Xpress / Physical and mental capacity linked to disability before death

For many older adults, aging well means remaining independent—being able to do everyday activities like buying groceries or cooking dinner without help. A new Yale School of Medicine study suggests that changes in mental, ...

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Tech Xplore / 'Agrivoltaics' can both power AI data centers and increase food production: New study

Artificial intelligence (AI) use is exploding. More than 50 percent of new internet content was generated by AI in 2025, according to an industry report. We even train AI on AI-generated content now, and although this can ...

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Medical Xpress / Early neuron development influenced by unexpected gene-like behavior, researchers report

Cells have surface receptors that couple with proteins and other molecules to initiate or inhibit certain behaviors. Typically, the number of these receptors increases as the cell matures, but researchers have now identified ...

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Medical Xpress / Gene therapy shows promise for life-threatening inherited heart disease

A new gene therapy appears to be safe in patients diagnosed with Friedreich ataxia cardiomyopathy, a progressive and fatal inherited cardiac disease, according to a phase 1 clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. ...

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Medical Xpress / Legal system contact tied to years of worse mental health in teens

Youth who have contact with the U.S. legal system may be at increased risk of mental health symptoms, including anxiety, depression, hostility and psychoticism, according to a study published in PLOS One by Raquel V. Oliveira ...

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Tech Xplore / Why states are walking back their own climate and energy laws, and what they could do instead

States and cities, tired of waiting for the federal government to deal with energy and climate challenges during the first Trump administration, started writing their own laws.

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Medical Xpress / Restaurant inspection data could help prevent foodborne illness and outbreaks

Each year, about 60% of all foodborne illness outbreaks in the U.S. occur in restaurants. While inspections performed by local health officials routinely identify food safety risks and violations, the information collected ...

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Medical Xpress / When health matters, status doesn't

People become much less concerned about being better off than other people when health enters the picture, according to new research.

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Medical Xpress / Does screen time mean children are missing out on play?

In Toy Story 5, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the gang are up against a new challenge: Bonnie's tablet. Even Rex, the toy dinosaur, is worried about going extinct again.

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Phys.org / Dangerous flooding from Tropical Storm Arthur, first of the Atlantic season, threatens Gulf Coast

A disorganized cluster of storms that had been plaguing the Gulf Coast for days came together to form Tropical Storm Arthur on Wednesday—the first tropical cyclone of the season in the Atlantic basin.

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Medical Xpress / Screen time, BMI, and mental health may be linked to sleep quality in Chinese adolescents

A teen's mental health, as well as their body mass index (BMI) and screen time, is significantly associated with sleep quality, according to a new paper published in PLOS One by Jianying Li of Shanxi University in China and ...

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Tech Xplore / Humanizing robots makes factory workers more productive

When factory workers treat industrial robots as co-workers—even attributing certain human qualities to them—productivity and well-being improve, according to new research out of the Alberta School of Business.

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