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Medical Xpress / Sugar starts corroding your teeth within seconds. Here's how to protect your pearly whites from decay

Between Halloween candy, Thanksgiving pies and holiday cookies, the end of the year is often packed with opportunities to consume sugar. But what happens in your mouth during those first minutes and hours after eating those ...

5 hours ago in Health
Phys.org / Rising heat leads to minimal losses for California processing of tomatoes

California's $1 billion tomato processing industry is highly efficient and likely will be able to withstand higher temperatures and traffic congestion with minimal postharvest losses, according to research conducted at the ...

5 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / Half of women at nightclubs recently faced sexual comments, groping, or forced kissing—new study

A night out should be about friends, dancing and fun. But our new research shows sexual harm is an all-too-common experience.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean feedback reinforces the east Asian winter monsoon

Researchers at University of Tsukuba and the Meteorological Research Institute have identified how atmosphere–ocean interactions in the midlatitudes reinforce the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM). During strong monsoon ...

11 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?

Conservationists have long anticipated the recent announcement that the national effort to eradicate possums, stoats and rats will now include feral cats.

12 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / The future of cancer detection could be just a blood test away, say scientists

The prospect of diagnosing cancer through painless methods—such as a simple AI-assisted blood or urine test that detects tiny particles known as exosomes—is becoming increasingly realistic. Scientists predict that this ...

11 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Stem cell vesicles show promise for treating kidney injury

Researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have published a review analyzing the therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stem cells to address kidney injury. The ...

11 hours ago in Biomedical technology
Phys.org / Image: Sagittarius B2 molecular cloud

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured glowing cosmic dust heated by very young massive stars in unprecedented detail in this image of the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud ...

12 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Phys.org / Immigration panic comes in waves. Data shows who worries most, and when

There are several predictable cycles in Australian public opinion, and one of them is the moral panic surrounding immigration.

11 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / OpenAI CEO Sam Altman declares 'code red' to improve ChatGPT amid rising competition

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has set off a "code red" alert to employees to improve its flagship product, ChatGPT, and delay other product developments, according to The Wall Street Journal.

12 hours ago in Business
Medical Xpress / Contraceptive pills may affect women's mental health

The contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century—a tool that gave women control over their fertility and paved the way for education and careers. But a new ...

12 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Synchrotron radiation sources: Toolboxes for quantum technologies

Synchrotron radiation sources generate highly brilliant light pulses, ranging from infrared to hard X-rays, which can be used to gain deep insights into complex materials.

12 hours ago in Physics