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Medical Xpress / Self‑harm treatments less effective for men compared to women: New research
Men are more likely to die by suicide globally.
Phys.org / Ending birthright citizenship would impact Asians and Latinos most, study finds
Established in 1868 with the ratification of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, birthright citizenship grants citizenship to all persons born on U.S. soil regardless of the parents' citizenship status. If birthright ...
Phys.org / Why teens are more self-serving than adults in social situations
Researchers have found that adolescents focus more on their own interests compared to adults when navigating social dilemmas, even when their interaction partners show greater willingness to cooperate. The study, published ...
Tech Xplore / Aging societies and more people living alone could slow decarbonization and worsen energy poverty
In Japan, alongside rapid population aging, the number of older adults living alone is increasing. New research has revealed that rapid demographic changes—population aging together with the increase in single-person households—pose ...
Phys.org / Study highlights role of risk attitudes in crop insurance outcomes
Crop insurance plays a critical role in agricultural risk management by providing financial protection when disasters such as flooding, hail, or fire occur. It is also a large part of the spending in the Farm Bill, as the ...
Phys.org / Unlocking designer roots for future cereal crops
A plant signaling gene has been identified as a promising target for breeding cereal crops to produce a steeper, narrower root system architecture, but with associated yield penalties in barley. University of Queensland Ph.D. ...
Phys.org / AI creates quasi-atoms: A new approach to materials study
Understanding how a crack grows in metal requires simultaneously calculating the behavior of hundreds of billions of atoms: At the crack tip, where atomic bonds break, and in the surrounding volume of material, where the ...
Tech Xplore / AI turns simple text into realistic building designs
When working on projects, architects must quickly turn rough concepts into visual representations. Text-to-image models offer an opportunity in this field, where high-quality designs can be generated simply by typing a description. ...
Phys.org / A new way to eavesdrop on ocean temperature in the Arctic
New research led by scientists at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds that the travel time of underwater sounds moving across the Arctic Ocean can be used to precisely measure ocean temperature under ...
Tech Xplore / Self-driving cars may need to adapt to share roads safely with runners, study reveals
A new study on how runners may choose to interact with self-driving cars is challenging assumptions on how automated vehicles will navigate safely on the roads of the future. Researchers at the University of Glasgow and KAIST ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers investigate the Planetary Health Diet in pregnancy
Following The Planetary Health Diet in pregnancy can meet key nutrient requirements, suggesting that women who eat more sustainably in pregnancy may have higher intakes of several key pregnancy-related nutrients, including ...
Medical Xpress / Strongest evidence yet that vaping likely causes cancer
As early as the 1880s, there was evidence that smoking tobacco damaged your lungs. But it took almost 100 years to definitively show that smoking causes lung cancer.
