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Tech Xplore / Social media can be understood as a role-playing game like Dungeons & Dragons

It's a cliché that any "geek" who knows how to program computers will also probably play Dungeons & Dragons, or D&D. If you need to find someone at work who can explain to you the latest episode of Stranger Things, then ...

8 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Endings and beginnings: Atacama Cosmology Telescope releases its final data, shaping the future of cosmology

There's always a touch of melancholy when a chapter that has absorbed years of work comes to an end. In the case of the Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT), those years amount to nearly 20—and now the telescope has completed ...

20 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Rejuvenating the blood: New pharmacological strategy targets RhoA in hematopoietic stem cells

Aging is defined as the deterioration of function over time, and it is one of the main risk factors for numerous chronic diseases. Although aging is a complex phenomenon affecting the whole organism, it is proved that the ...

15 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / School matters: Resource program curbs high absenteeism rate

A program that puts caseworkers in schools where students struggle to regularly attend is apparently working in Michigan: The chronic absenteeism rate dropped by 8%.

8 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Pattern of chronic rejection for liver transplants decoded

Liver transplants often save the lives of seriously ill patients. However, there remains a risk that the body will reject the new organ. Doctors distinguish between acute and chronic rejection. While acute rejection is easy ...

8 hours ago in Immunology
Medical Xpress / APOE gene raises delirium risk even without dementia, global analysis reveals

A major genetic risk factor for delirium has been identified in a study that analyzed the DNA of more than 1 million people worldwide.

15 hours ago in Genetics
Phys.org / 'Forever chemicals' contaminate more dolphins and whales than we thought—new research

Nowhere in the ocean is now left untouched by a type of "forever chemicals" called "per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances," known simply as PFAS.

9 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Researchers develop a system that helps block illegal timber from entering the EU market

Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union (EU) strengthened controls in the timber sector to prevent sanctioned raw materials from entering the market from Russia and Belarus. Yet recent studies reveal that ...

3 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Double harvest from the fields: Experts discuss potential and challenges of agrivoltaics

What are the benefits of placing solar panels over agricultural land? Where do they make sense, and who is already using them today?

9 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / Worker honey bees can sense infections in their queen, leading to revolt

When the results of Canada's national honey bee colony loss survey were published in July 2025, they came as no surprise. According to the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists, an estimated 36% of Canada's 830,000 ...

9 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Intensive NYC housing remediation effort cut violations in half but did not yield immediate health improvements

New York City's most aggressive housing quality enforcement programs reduced hazardous housing violations in targeted buildings but did not lead to measurable changes in short-run health care utilization, according to a new ...

9 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / The world lost the climate gamble. Now, it faces a dangerous new reality

Ten years ago the world's leaders placed a historic bet. The 2015 Paris agreement aimed to put humanity on a path to avert dangerous climate change. A decade on, with the latest climate conference ending in Belém, Brazil, ...

10 hours ago in Earth