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Medical Xpress / Planned birth at term reduces pre-eclampsia in those at high risk, clinical trial finds

Planned birth at term reduces the incidence of preeclampsia in women at high risk of the condition, without increasing emergency Cesarean or neonatal unit admission, according to new trial results.

Dec 4, 2025 in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / US vaccine advisers say not all babies need a hepatitis B shot at birth

A federal vaccine advisory committee voted on Friday to end the longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they're born.

Dec 5, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / AI in the classroom: Research focuses on technology rather than the needs of young people

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) such as ChatGPT has arrived in classrooms and sparked an intense debate about its role in education. These technologies raise the fundamental question of which human skills will still ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Childhood instability accelerates women's sexual strategies, study suggests

California State University, Sacramento, researchers traced how disordered childhood social worlds in women connected to faster life history traits and greater mating effort, with those traits explaining 22.2% of the association ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Sugars, 'gum,' stardust found in NASA's asteroid Bennu samples

The asteroid Bennu continues to provide new clues to scientists' biggest questions about the formation of the early solar system and the origins of life. As part of the ongoing study of pristine samples delivered to Earth ...

Dec 2, 2025 in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / A direct leap into terahertz: Dirac materials enable efficient signal conversion at room temperature

Highspeed Internet, autonomous driving, the Internet of Things: data streams are proliferating at enormous speed. But classic radio technology is reaching its limits: the higher the data rate, the faster the signals need ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Physics
Tech Xplore / Netflix to acquire Warner Bros. studio and streaming business for $72 billion

Netflix struck a deal Friday to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind "Harry Potter" and HBO Max, in a $72 billion deal that would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Business
Medical Xpress / Although public overwhelmingly supports hepatitis B vaccine for a newborn, partisan differences exist

On December 5, 2025, the Trump administration's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), whose members were handpicked by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary and vaccination critic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ...

Dec 5, 2025 in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Increasing plant diversity in agricultural grasslands boosts yields, reducing reliance on fertilizer

Higher plant diversity in agricultural grasslands increases yields with lower inputs of nitrogen fertilizer. That is the headline finding of a landmark, international study led by Trinity College Dublin that paints a promising ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Biology
Tech Xplore / Zinc-ion batteries get a boost from protective film that reduces dendrite formation

While burning electric vehicles, exploding e-bikes and melting smartphones no longer make the headlines, the issue of battery safety has yet to be fully resolved. To address this, UBC researchers recently made a crucial breakthrough ...

Dec 4, 2025 in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / AI chatbots can effectively sway voters—in either direction

A short interaction with a chatbot can meaningfully shift a voter's opinion about a presidential candidate or proposed policy in either direction, new Cornell University research finds.

Dec 4, 2025 in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Using video games to get kids interested in learning

Though some might see video games as a distraction, a recent study from the University of Georgia suggests they can actually serve as a place to practice key science skills—with the help of some adorable cats, of course.

Dec 5, 2025 in Other Sciences