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Medical Xpress / People with past or current criminal legal involvement pay significantly more visits to emergency departments

People with a history of criminal legal involvement have higher odds of visiting an emergency department (ED), particularly for substance use and mental health reasons, according to a study published in PLOS One by Vidya ...

16 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Is porn actually addictive? The science isn't straightforward

Porn is a topic we tend to avoid talking about—whether it be at school, work or around the dinner table. But in Australia, roughly three-quarters of men (76%) and more than one-third of women (41%) report to have looked at ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / Scavenger animals are the missing link in Australia's bird flu response. Three experts explain

Australia is racing to contain the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is now believed to have infected seven seabirds.

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Employees who feel overqualified view more work tasks as unreasonable

Employers typically seek out well-qualified candidates, but a new study by researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management highlights the potential risks associated with workers who feel overqualified for their ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / Another success for Hayabusa 2 as it completes a flyby of asteroid Torifune

Hayabusa 2's primary mission is now well in the past. JAXA's asteroid-sampling spacecraft rendezvoused with asteroid Ryugu in June 2018. It studied the asteroid for 1.5 years and gathered a sample that was returned to Earth ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Large language model guides discovery of catalysts for clean energy tech

Designing high-performance catalysts is essential for cleaner energy technologies, but the behavior of multi-element modern catalyst materials is difficult to predict. In a new study, researchers at Tohoku University with ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Think that fishes and amphibians don't have necks? Think again

New research is redefining the morphological and functional existence of anatomical "neck" regions to better include previously exempted vertebrates such as fishes and amphibians, changing the status quo of what it means ...

18 hours ago
Phys.org / Brain in a chip: Biocomputing infrastructure raises questions for urban planning

The world's first biological computers are here—but are cities ready for living data centers? Simon Marvin explores this in a new publication in Urban Geography.

19 hours ago
Phys.org / More than 90% of key nutrients degrading the Mar Menor lagoon come from recirculated underground flows

More than 90% of the key nutrients degrading the Mar Menor, such as ammonium, phosphorus and silica, do not come from streams or continental groundwater, but rather through a mechanism that has so far been overlooked: Water ...

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Sand could be key to safer, stronger structures

Engineers have been working for centuries to protect buildings, bridges and other structures from damage caused by severe weather and natural hazards, but one of the best methods may begin with sand, according to a newly ...

17 hours ago
Phys.org / In time but out of tune: Exploring the rapid evolution of Hawaii's songless crickets

New research finds that the "silent" mutant male crickets of Hawaii, first observed more than 20 years ago, have now become well established across the Hawaiian islands, and that the reproductive challenges caused by a lack ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / New comprehensive data platform could transform Alzheimer's research, treatment

With an increasingly aging global population and no available preventive treatments, Alzheimer's disease and related dementias are poised to become an even larger public health challenge. The mechanisms underlying Alzheimer's ...

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