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Phys.org / Researchers have spent decades breeding better potatoes for chips, and their work isn't done

There's a surprising amount of science in a bag of potato chips. Researchers have spent decades developing potatoes for chip makers that can grow in all kinds of climates, avoid diseases and pests, sit in storage for months ...

21 hours ago
Phys.org / Engineers develop a new system to track material design processes

Discovering and characterizing new materials is important for unlocking advances in fields like clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and improved infrastructure. Researchers use machine learning and other computational tools ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Five health conditions mothers can develop after giving birth

During pregnancy, a mother's body undergoes vast structural and functional changes. But what many might not know is that the after-effects of these changes can last long after giving birth—and can even result in the development ...

18 hours ago
Medical Xpress / How a free medical telesimulation platform is saving children's lives

A new study on sepsis training in Ghana builds on prior research showing the impact of Annenberg Hotkeys, a free platform developed in 2020. It is being used in other medical settings—and its co-creator sees potential in ...

19 hours ago
Phys.org / In age of AI, art's real power no longer lives in image alone but in who chooses what survives

Every year on 21 April, World Creativity and Innovation Day invites us to celebrate human ingenuity. Traditionally, that meant celebrating creativity through art, science, and new ideas. Today, it also means asking a more ...

22 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Smart laser dimmer cuts neural crosstalk in brain-circuit imaging and control

A cross-disciplinary team led by Prof. Qu Jianan from the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Prof. Julie L. Semmelhack from the Division of Life Science at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ...

17 hours ago
Medical Xpress / A glimmer of hope for people living with chronic fatigue syndrome

Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), long known as chronic fatigue syndrome, is now recognized as a complex, multi-system disease. However, it remains a medical enigma whose underlying causes are poorly understood, leaving those ...

21 hours ago
Medical Xpress / Encouraging dieting and weight loss can shape youth body image into adulthood

Young adults spend hours a day on social media platforms filled with exercise influencers, fitness trends, and other appearance-focused content that can reinforce unrealistic body ideals. And for many of these younger people, ...

18 hours ago
Tech Xplore / New twist on generative AI is quietly reshaping who wins when uncertainty hits hardest

Generative AI is best known for creating images and text. Now, it is helping industries make better planning decisions. Georgia Tech researchers have created a new AI model for decision-focused learning (DFL), called Diffusion-DFL. ...

21 hours ago
Tech Xplore / The end of oil? As fuel shocks cascade, 53 nations gather to plan a fossil fuel phaseout

US President Donald Trump is a longtime climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as "drill, baby, drill." Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up the global shift from fossil fuels ...

22 hours ago
Phys.org / Research shows AI can catch financial errors before they cost millions

What if auditors could predict when errors are more likely to occur in financial reporting? Instead of simply improving techniques for detecting errors, they could focus on how to stop them from happening.

23 hours ago
Phys.org / Global push for reuse stalls as fragmented policies hold back progress of tackling plastic pollution

Reuse systems, as a model to reduce plastic pollution, are beginning to emerge across the world but remain constrained by fragmented policies, weak financial incentives, and gaps in infrastructure, according to a trio of ...

22 hours ago