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Phys.org / Certifying third-party repairs retains customers, signals utility left in goods
Certifying a third-party repair service can help companies retain customers by signaling that there's value, or "unused utility," left in broken products, according to a team led by Penn State researchers. The researchers, ...
Medical Xpress / Genome editing in rats enables more accurate estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer models
Rat disease models have played an integral role in scientific discovery and cancer research, including Nobel Prize–winning work from Charles Huggins on hormone therapy for prostate cancer in 1966. However, technical challenges ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 use hits record high as Medicare opens access to weight-loss drugs
The share of U.S. adults taking GLP-1 medications to lose weight has reached a record 11%.
Phys.org / Hummingbirds and pineapples: Why this ancient relationship hits the evolutionary sweetspot
High above the rainforest floor, tiny ponds form in the leaves of plants perched on tree branches. Frogs breed in these ponds, alongside insects, microbes and even tiny crustaceans, creating miniature ecosystems suspended ...
Phys.org / Heat waves: Why British trees are shedding branches and dying
If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak tree. The tree, known as the climate-changed oak, succumbed in the heat wave of 2022. Instead of ...
Medical Xpress / Societies combine to issue recommendations on use of incretin drugs in obesity therapy
Obesity and dietitian societies have joined forces to issue a new consensus statement on recommendations surrounding the use of obesity drugs for weight loss treatment. The statement, which is published in The Lancet Diabetes ...
Phys.org / Earth's deep memory is thawing with the Arctic permafrost, degrading records of our ancient world
Permafrost usually hits the news as a hazard, a planetary risk. When this ice-rich ground thaws, it damages roads and building foundations. It drains lakes and tips trees into drunken forests. It releases greenhouse gases ...
Tech Xplore / Microsoft emissions surge 27% as AI buildout crimps climate goals
Microsoft's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 27% in its latest fiscal year, the tech giant disclosed Thursday, adding to a wave of worsening environmental reports from an industry racing to build AI infrastructure.
Medical Xpress / Unmedicated women with depression do not tolerate heat as well as those on SSRIs
Media stories, social media posts and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have asserted that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)—a class of medication commonly used to treat mental health conditions ...
Medical Xpress / Looks good, feels bad? New review explains why modern design can strain your brain
Modern, human-made environments that feature certain design elements can overload the brain, causing visual discomfort and stress, according to a new University of Stirling study. Visual discomfort refers to the unpleasant ...
Medical Xpress / Study explores the emotional burden of being a family caregiver
One in four Canadians is a caregiver—often taking on the role overnight, with little time to prepare for what comes next. Sharon Tonner-Clarkson, a patient family partner (PFP) at Unity Health Toronto, knows that reality ...
Medical Xpress / How random sounds played while sleeping impair memory formation
For several years now, sleep research has been focusing intensively on the question of whether targeted auditory stimulation during sleep can improve the consolidation of new memories. A research team in Freiburg led by the ...
