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Medical Xpress / Inhibiting a stress protein prevents the consequences of childhood trauma
A new study, co-led by Mathias Schmidt from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich and Juan Pablo Lopez from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, focused on the FKBP5 gene and its encoded protein, FKBP51, a well-established ...
Phys.org / New Horizons watches the solar wind as it slows down
Where does the solar system end and interstellar space begin? That's a question scientists have been working to answer using spacecraft traveling beyond the sun's influence. A team of researchers from the Southwest Research ...
Tech Xplore / When shareholder activists attack a company, its rivals may feel the heat too and change their ways
Shareholder activists are investors who leverage their ownership in a company to push for change.
Medical Xpress / AI-guided outreach increased cancer screenings and reduced mortality, new study finds
A machine learning program that identified patients overdue for colorectal cancer screening helped increase screening rates and was associated with significantly lower mortality, according to new research published in the ...
Tech Xplore / How you walk could identify you: New AI boosts long-range security checks
Artificial intelligence (AI) can identify people by the way they walk. The technology focuses on how a person's joints move, rather than on body shape alone, and could improve long-distance identity verification for security ...
Phys.org / New study finds clear‑cut logging can dramatically increase flood risk
In the past 30 years, floods have affected more than 2.8 billion people worldwide and caused more than 500,000 deaths. In Canada, flooding has caused significant damage and disruption to communities across the country. The ...
Phys.org / Tracking your employees doesn't make them more productive
In June, TD Bank told staff that it would begin running software called WorkiQ on their work computers, tracking time spent in browsers, internal chat and meeting apps. The rollout has revived public debate about workplace ...
Medical Xpress / GLP-1 'secret shopper' study finds gaps in online prescribing
Getting a GLP-1 prescription online can be quick and convenient, but new research suggests it may come with surprisingly little medical oversight. The findings are published in the journal JAMA.
Phys.org / Red cards have more than tripled since the last World Cup, data show
In a reversal Sunday, FIFA announced that it was suspending U.S. striker Florian Balogun's one-game red-card ban, allowing the star player to compete in the U.S.'s World Cup Round of 16 match against Belgium on Monday.
Medical Xpress / Parental Holocaust trauma linked to higher risk of schizophrenia in offspring, new study finds
Can the trauma of a parent rewrite the mental health of a child born decades later? A new study reveals that children born decades after the Holocaust to parents who were older than 5 at the time of the initial Nazi persecutions ...
Medical Xpress / Heroin-assisted treatment improves patients' health along with their quality of life
At two clinics in Oslo and Bergen, a small group of patients have been given a new treatment option for opioid addiction. Twice daily, they receive pharmaceutical heroin as medication, administered under close supervision ...
Phys.org / If you flirt with an AI companion, does that count as cheating?
AI romantic companions—digital agents that can text, speak, flirt and are always available—are a rapidly growing social phenomenon.
