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Phys.org / NASA rolls out Artemis III moon rocket core stage

Following the recent successful test flight of NASA's Artemis II mission around the moon, NASA rolled out the core stage, or the largest section, of the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket that will launch the crewed ...

11 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Redo mitral valve surgery outperforms transcatheter option

A new multicenter study published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery finds that reoperative surgical mitral valve replacement (rSMVR) is associated with significantly better long-term survival compared to transcatheter mitral ...

9 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Fat cells' 'memory' of prediabetes could make maintaining weight loss after bariatric surgery more difficult

Prediabetes may leave a lasting molecular "footprint" on adipose (fat) tissue which appears to make maintaining weight loss after bariatric surgery more difficult, according to new research being presented at the European ...

5 hours ago
Dialog / When pomegranates meet the artery wall: How gut-derived metabolites may stabilize atherosclerotic plaques

For years, pomegranates have enjoyed a reputation as a "heart-healthy" fruit. As a cardiovascular researcher, I have often been asked a seemingly simple question: If pomegranates are so good for us, how exactly do they work? ...

5 hours ago
Phys.org / Researchers develop, validate new scale to measure use of evidence in evidence-based management

Evidence-based management is increasingly used by organizations to aid in decision-making, but research in this area is limited. In a new study, researchers developed and validated a new measure—the Evidence-Based Management ...

5 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Apple's new CEO John Ternus steps into the spotlight after flying under the radar for years

Apple's next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker's hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile.

9 hours ago
Tech Xplore / From floppy disks to Claude Mythos, how ransomware grew into a multibillion‑dollar industry

When evolutionary biologist Joseph Popp coded the first documented piece of ransomware in 1989, he had little idea it would become a major criminal business model capable of bringing economies to their knees.

9 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How school grades can affect mental health, particularly for girls

Schools increasingly rely on testing, grading and performance accountability. In England, Ofsted inspections and school league tables sharpen the focus on measurable performance. Similar developments have taken place in Sweden, ...

9 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Slanguage: Why AI's stylistic negation—'it's not X, it's Y'—is both annoying and doesn't work

If you spend any amount of time on LinkedIn, you'll have certainly come across this type of phrasing: "This isn't a job, it's a calling" or "This isn't marketing, it's a movement" or "This isn't a tool, it's a paradigm shift."

10 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Yelp introduces an AI chatbot to help users sift local recommendations

Online review aggregator Yelp wants to harness artificial intelligence to make it easier for users to find information curated by other people.

10 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Decommissioned wind turbines may leave 20,000 blades landfilled or burned by 2040

Europe's oldest offshore wind turbines are now being dismantled, after having delivered clean energy since the early 1990s. These turbines have transformed offshore wind into clean power on land, but decommissioning the oldest ...

10 hours ago
Medical Xpress / High-resolution brain atlas expands with 18 tasks across 11 repeatedly scanned volunteers

The Individual Brain Charting (IBC) project has released its fifth and largest update of high-resolution fMRI data, adding a new set of cognitive tasks to one of the most detailed brain-mapping datasets available today. The ...

5 hours ago