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Medical Xpress / Creatine for women: Should you add this supplement into your diet?

Creatine is one of the most popular sports supplements out there. It's shown to help build muscle and improve strength, boost speed and power in athletes and benefit sports performance all around.

Phys.org / Journey to center of Milky Way with upcoming NASA Roman core survey

At the heart of our own galaxy, there is a dense thicket of stars with a supermassive black hole at the very center. NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will provide the deepest-ever view of this zone, revealing stars, ...

7 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / The masters behind Bronze Age rock art

For more than 200 years, Nordic Bronze Age rock art has sparked the interest of academics. Yet we still know surprisingly little about the individuals who carved these figures into the rock. A new doctoral dissertation at ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / How the polar vortex and warm ocean intensified a major US winter storm

A severe winter storm that brought crippling freezing rain, sleet and snow to a large part of the U.S. in late January 2026 left a mess in states from New Mexico to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power ...

7 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Are meat eaters really more likely to live to 100 than non-meat eaters, as a recent study suggests?

People who don't eat meat may be less likely than meat eaters to reach the age of 100, according to a recent study. But before you reconsider your plant-based diet, there's more to these findings than meets the eye.

7 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Knee braces offer low-risk and effective option for managing painful arthritis, research shows

Using a knee brace can help people with painful knee osteoarthritis manage their symptoms, according to new research led by Professor Melanie Holden at Keele University and Professor George Peat at Sheffield Hallam University.

7 hours ago in Arthritis & Rheumatism
Phys.org / Feeling unprepared for the AI boom? You're not alone

Journalist Ira Glass, who hosts the NPR show "This American Life," is not a computer scientist. He doesn't work at Google, Apple or Nvidia. But he does have a great ear for useful phrases, and in 2024 he organized an entire ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Practice using bags and lunchboxes: How to build your child's confidence as they start school

Starting school is a big moment in a child's life. It is a time filled with new routines, new people and new places. These changes can also mean it is sometimes a stressful time. But it doesn't have to be.

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Cannabis-infused beverages may help people cut back on alcohol consumption

Cannabis-infused beverages may provide a unique opportunity for helping people drink less alcohol, according to the findings of a small study led by public health researchers from the University at Buffalo.

7 hours ago in Addiction
Medical Xpress / Why U.S. middle-aged adults report more loneliness and poorer health than peers abroad

Americans born in the 1960s and early 1970s report higher loneliness and depressive symptoms and show poorer memory and physical strength than earlier generations. Such declines are largely absent in peer countries, particularly ...

13 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Your brain can be trained, much like your muscles—a neurologist explains how to boost your brain health

If you have ever lifted a weight, you know the routine: challenge the muscle, give it rest, feed it and repeat. Over time, it grows stronger.

7 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Dealing with a difficult relationship? Here's how psychology says you can shift the dynamic

Relationships can feel like both a blessing and the bane of your existence, a source of joy and a source of frustration or resentment. At some point, each of us is faced with a clingy child, a dramatic friend, a partner who ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences