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Tech Xplore / Smart building skins and eco-friendly hydrogen production technology
The JC STEM Lab of Circular Bio-economy (the Lab) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) has recently achieved a breakthrough in the field of sustainable development technologies. A research team led by Professor Lee Duu-Jong, ...
Phys.org / Many more US voters support gay candidates, but only if they look and act 'straight,' study finds
The period between 2018 and 2022, sometimes referred to as "the rainbow wave," featured an unprecedented increase in LGBTQ candidates elected to office. Pete Buttigieg's rise from mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to U.S. secretary ...
Medical Xpress / Patients find help with therapy donkeys at psychiatric hospital near Paris
Therapy donkeys are helping patients with mental health conditions recover in a psychiatric hospital unit outside Paris that's unique to France.
Medical Xpress / Tougher laws fail to cut coercion in youth psychiatry
Coercive measures are used recurrently in inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric care but vary greatly between services and countries, according to a new doctoral thesis from Karolinska Institutet. The results also suggest ...
Tech Xplore / Quantum computers could expose our digital secrets, but there are much better reasons to build them
Quantum computers are coming. Or, at least, that's what current predictions say. These machines harness the power of quantum mechanics, the set of rules governing how physics operates at atomic and sub-atomic scales.
Medical Xpress / Natural birth pressure is harming new mothers' mental health
Pressure on women from antenatal classes, social media and health care professionals to have a natural birth is causing lasting psychological harm when it does not go to plan, new research shows. The University of Reading ...
Tech Xplore / Smarter matchmaking—not just equal skill—could keep millions more gamers playing, study finds
For years, the video game industry has operated on a simple assumption: the fairest match is the best match. New research suggests that this assumption may be costing gaming platforms millions of player-hours.
Medical Xpress / Workout habits may protect against inherited heart problems, findings suggest
Folks who regularly exercise can lower their risk of heart attack and heart failure linked to a genetic heart condition, a new study says. People with higher levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity had lower rates ...
Medical Xpress / Gestational diabetes shares strong genetic links with type 2 diabetes
New evidence has emerged showing that diabetes developed during pregnancy is likely an early manifestation of type 2 diabetes, triggered by the stresses pregnancy places on the body. In the largest study of its kind, University ...
Medical Xpress / ChatGPT is getting remarkably good at diagnosing health problems, but doctors are still better at treatment options
A father is worried about his toddler, who has been running a fever for two days and pulling at one ear. A 65-year-old woman has been getting winded on her morning walks and feeling more fatigued than usual. Both reach for ...
Phys.org / COVID-era assistance policies may have reduced food insecurity, housing instability
In 2018, Caitlin Caspi started a five-year research project looking at how raising the minimum wage could impact nutrition-related health outcomes. Caspi is an associate professor of allied health sciences in the College ...
Medical Xpress / Short-term fasting could boost chemo response in ovarian cancer, study suggests
A simple change in meal timing may help improve outcomes for women with the most common and aggressive form of ovarian cancer, a new study suggests.
