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Phys.org / Inspiration alone won't solve Australia's teacher shortage, study reveals
A $10 million Australian government campaign celebrating inspirational teachers risked overlooking the workplace conditions driving educators from the profession, according to new research led by Curtin University published ...
Medical Xpress / What are statins? And can healthy people use them to prevent heart disease and dementia?
Every month, around 2.7 million Australians have a statin dispensed to lower their risk of heart attack and stroke. Statins reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, the collective term for conditions involving the heart ...
Tech Xplore / Who should own the knowledge that underpins AI technology?
Russian mathematician Yurii Nesterov was recently awarded the Gauss Prize for outstanding mathematical contributions and his "groundbreaking work" on optimization. The award cited his work on gradient descent methods—and ...
Phys.org / Micro-dramas and the battle for attention
As tech companies like Meta, Google and TikTok face ongoing scrutiny over addictive platform design, the rapid rise of micro-dramas offers a glimpse into how AI, algorithms and commercial incentives could make digital entertainment ...
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify barriers to faster stroke treatment
When someone experiences a stroke, every minute can mean the difference between recovery and permanent disability.
Medical Xpress / Building stronger teams, in sports and beyond
A sports psychology intervention aimed at improving the culture of the McGill Redbirds football team provides valuable insights that can be applied in many organizational settings, researchers say.
Medical Xpress / Who gets the kidney? AI chatbots do not make the same moral choices humans do
Artificial intelligence (AI) models prioritize starkly different attributes than humans when making high-stakes decisions, and they don't express indecision like humans do, according to a new study led by Penn State researchers. ...
Medical Xpress / Are we really bad at reading people? Politeness may skew the evidence
A new ESMT Berlin study suggests that many widely held assumptions about social misjudgments may stem from flawed study designs. Previous research compared predictions about others' reactions with their self-reports, even ...
Medical Xpress / Pharmacogenomics: How your genes could help doctors choose the right medicine and dose
Two people can take the same dose of the same medicine and have very different results. One may improve, while the other gets little benefit or develops serious side effects. Part of the explanation often lies in their genes.
Medical Xpress / Researchers identify medulloblastoma molecular groups using noninvasive MRI spectroscopy
Research by Stefan Blüml, Ph.D., and colleagues investigates the use of in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (¹H-MRS) to identify medulloblastoma molecular subgroups before surgery, a noninvasive alternative to ...
Medical Xpress / Beating to a different drum: The hidden rhythms shaping heart rate
University of Melbourne researchers working on a large study of smartwatch data have found that the heart rates of 70% of people follow weekly, quarterly or even yearly cycles.
Medical Xpress / Europe's endocrine community calls for policy action as growing demand puts hormone health workforce under pressure
The Prague Declaration and accompanying white paper, "Endocrine Workforce 2026: Recommendations for a Healthier Endocrine Future," set out 29 recommendations informed by ESE's State of Endocrinology surveys, the first comprehensive ...