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Medical Xpress / Texting helps reach more patients with needed care

A combination of outreach methods—including texts, automated messages, and live phone calls—can significantly improve follow-up care for hard-to-reach patients after they have been discharged, according to a new nursing ...

9 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Novel repository provides valuable physical function reference data, outcomes to medical researchers

Designed to generate data and outcomes on bone and muscle health in both healthy people and those with disease, a novel repository at the Indiana University Indianapolis School of Health & Human Sciences is helping researchers ...

Medical Xpress / Antidepressant use tied to lower prevalence of periodontitis

Antidepressant use is linked to a lower prevalence of periodontitis, according to a study published online Oct. 29 in the Journal of Periodontology.

10 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Monsoon storms will bring heavier rains but become weaker

Climate change will make monsoon storms in South Asia wetter and weaker, with more storms pushing further inland across India.

10 hours ago in Earth
Tech Xplore / Research provides new design specs for burgeoning sodium-ion batteries

As the world's need for energy storage increases, sodium-ion batteries are emerging as a less expensive and more environmentally friendly complement to lithium-based batteries. Research by Brown University engineers sheds ...

9 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Tech Xplore / Data centers' insatiable demand for electricity is changing the entire energy sector, say researchers

When the first large language models were unleashed, it triggered a headache for authorities around the world as they tried to figure out how to satisfy data centers' endless demand for electricity.

4 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Medical Xpress / Auditory illusions: New research discovers how our ears play tricks on us

Inspired by owls and their amazing ability to find their prey by hearing alone, my team decided to test how good humans are at discerning sounds.

9 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Groundwater, a missing link in coastal carbon storage

As global efforts intensify around restoring coastal wetlands to curb climate change, a new JCU-led study published in Reviews of Geophysics is the first to link wetland restoration and carbon cycling with groundwater dynamics, ...

10 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Australia's algal bloom catastrophe has left more than 87,000 animals dead. What will happen this summer?

An underwater bloom of toxic algae has wreaked havoc off the coast of South Australia since mid-March 2025. After eight months, this harmful algal bloom is the longest and one of the most environmentally devastating events ...

10 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / 'A mini pot of gold': Researchers discover new tiny fungi species in Alberta

Several species of tiny fungi completely new to science—and all from Alberta—have been discovered through University of Alberta research.

11 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Could a kid have painted that? Jackson Pollock's famous pour-painting has child-like characteristics, study shows

What makes art art? Is it the method or the creator? Does it need a color palette and oil paints, or a canvas laid flat on the floor and paint splattered across it? Does it require a critically acclaimed painter, or a toddler ...

21 hours ago in Physics
Phys.org / Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft

Imagine you're in southeast Cape York Peninsula, heading north from the tiny town of Laura—population 133. You're in a dusty four-wheel drive, bumping over a rough gravel road to a remote location known only to traditional ...

11 hours ago in Other Sciences