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Tech Xplore / High gasoline prices are fueling interest in EVs. Here's how this could bring down electricity bills

With oil prices skyrocketing following the US and Israel's bombing of Iran, and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, motorists around the world have been looking for ways to save money.

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Does menopause cause a 'collagen cliff'? What you need to know

Collagen has become a staple of skincare advertising and social media wellness trends. But it is not just a buzzword.

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Informal educators get a powerful new way to speak their mind and boost their skills

Few elements of our culture are as firmly established in the 21st-century Western zeitgeist as the fact that teachers are underappreciated and poorly paid. That goes double for informal educators—those who work outside the ...

23 hours ago
Tech Xplore / EU tells Google to open Android to AI rivals

The EU on Monday laid out measures it wants Google to take to open up its operating system to rival AI services, in a move slammed by the US tech giant.

23 hours ago
Science X / An immense clean power source is pushing beyond volcanic hotspots and into the mainstream

Almost 6,000 degrees Celsius. That is how hot Earth's inner core is. Earth's heat is already being put to use in geothermal power plants in Iceland, for example, and many Swedish homeowners use geothermal heating to keep ...

20 hours ago
Phys.org / Neural network speeds tuning of attosecond light pulses for physics experiments

Researchers from Skoltech and the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics have developed an approach that helps optimize the parameters of a laser-plasma source of attosecond pulses—ultrashort flashes of light used ...

23 hours ago
Tech Xplore / US Supreme Court hears privacy case involving smartphone location data

The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Monday about law enforcement's use of "geofence warrants"—the collection of smartphone location data about everyone who was near a particular place at a specific time.

22 hours ago
Phys.org / How climate change affects nutrient dynamics in lakes and reservoirs

Changes in nutrient dynamics caused by rising water temperatures and altered stratification patterns due to climate change are promoting the growth of harmful algal blooms. This is the outcome of a new long-term study led ...

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Bacteria-resistant coating on catheters reduces infection and need for antibiotics

A new study shares the results of a clinical trial into the use of a catheter coated with a bacteria-resistant material. The Camstent Coated Catheters feature a bacteria-resistant polymer coating developed by scientists at ...

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / Microsoft cuts OpenAI revenue share in a fresh step to loosen their AI alliance

Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom.

23 hours ago
Medical Xpress / TBI survivors turn to psychedelics for symptom relief

A new study from the University of Victoria (UVic) has identified a segment of traumatic brain injury survivors who are using psychedelics to self-medicate for cognitive, mood and somatic symptoms such as headaches. In a ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Sustained changes in postoperative pain management after parotidectomy linked to AAO-HNSF opioid prescribing guideline

A new retrospective study published in OTO Open, the open-access journal of the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF), demonstrates that the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) Opioid ...

22 hours ago