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Medical Xpress / Pre-warmup brain priming may help hit running personal bests
Runners adding a brain priming exercise to a warmup could hit a new personal best, after University of Birmingham academics showed a 3% improvement in test conditions. In a paper published in the European Journal of Sport ...
Medical Xpress / Final talks begin on missing piece for pandemic treaty
An extra week of negotiations to complete an international agreement on handling future pandemics kicked off in Geneva on Monday, with sharp divisions holding up an accord.
Phys.org / New method to raise investment funds for projects that restore coastal wetlands for climate adaptation
The Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, has partnered with The Nature Conservancy to develop a new tool for funding wetland conservation and restoration projects through ...
Medical Xpress / Say Cheese3D: A new model can help track facial expressions
Love, pain, joy, fear, desire: the full spectrum of emotion resides in facial expression. We grasp this almost intuitively. However, we still lack a quantifiable understanding of the nuanced relationship between the face ...
Phys.org / Looser mortgage lending rules, regulation may destabilize financial system
At least 10 million Americans lost their homes during the 2008–09 global financial crisis. In the aftermath, Congress passed the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, which was intended to promote financial stability, protect consumers from ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers develop AI tool to assess lung cancer surgery complication risk
Researchers from the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center are developing an artificial intelligence tool to help surgeons better identify lung cancer patients at risk for postoperative complications. ...
Tech Xplore / Tapping water supply systems for energy production
Scott DeNeale is a water resources engineer whose work at Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Water Power Program centers on how hydropower research can be applied to water-energy systems. His specialty is bridging the gap between ...
Tech Xplore / Perseverance doesn't always pay off for companies. Sometimes it's better to 'fail fast'
Across the business world, companies often double down on struggling ideas, retreating only after clear evidence shows they won't work.
Phys.org / The planet haul that changes everything
Finding planets used to be a painstaking business. Astronomers would fix their gaze on a handful of carefully chosen stars, watch and wait, and hope to catch the faint dip in starlight that signals a world passing in front ...
Medical Xpress / Why wildfire smoke is a rising health threat in the US
Wildfire smoke is no longer confined to distant regions. It is increasingly affecting communities throughout the United States, raising urgent questions about air quality, public health, and long-term risk. Researchers at ...
Tech Xplore / China blocks Meta from acquiring startup Manus as global AI rivalry deepens
China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta's acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing's concerns about the transfer of advanced technology.
Medical Xpress / Additional hours of business at bars linked to more alcohol-related ambulance call-outs
When bars are permitted to stay open for additional hours after midnight, alcohol-related ambulance call-outs and reported crimes can significantly increase, according to new research which is the first of its kind in the ...
