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Phys.org / Medieval peasants probably enjoyed their holiday festivities more than you do

When people think of the European Middle Ages, it often brings to mind grinding poverty, superstition and darkness. But the reality of the 1,000-year period from 500 to 1500 was much more complex. This is especially true ...

7 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Report calls on the UK banking industry to consider interventions that 'design out' economic abuse

Researchers have published the findings of a new study that brought together victim–survivors and banking professionals to co-design ways of preventing economic abuse in the U.K. banking industry.

16 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / Wearable tech can create more stress for frontline retail staff

With the Christmas trading period peaking, traditional surveillance technologies like CCTV can help reduce job stress caused by customer aggression, but QUT research has found wearable devices may increase stress levels among ...

15 hours ago in Consumer & Gadgets
Phys.org / Secret lives of cats could hold clues for wildcat return in Wales

A new study exploring the secretive lives of feral and free-roaming cats in Wales could shed light on wildcats' return to the country.

17 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / How spatial scale shapes plant invasions

Scientists reveal that the scale of analysis determines whether invasive plants succeed by resembling or differing from native species, resolving decades of conflicting ecological evidence.

16 hours ago in Biology
Phys.org / New microfluidics technology enables highly uniform DNA condensate formation

A research group has developed a novel and highly accessible technology for producing uniform biomolecular condensates using a simple, low-cost vibration platform.

7 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Inside the FDA's vaccine uproar

Six days after a senior FDA official sent a sweeping internal email claiming that COVID vaccines had caused the deaths of "at least 10 children," 12 former FDA commissioners released an extraordinary warning in the Dec. 3 ...

15 hours ago in Pediatrics
Phys.org / Earthquake swarm continues to rattle Northern California city, seismologists say

A swarm of at least a dozen earthquakes reaching up to magnitude 3.9 rattled San Ramon near San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.

17 hours ago in Earth
Phys.org / Database integrates deep-sea multi-omics data to study adaptation in extreme environments

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), in collaboration with the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), has launched the world's first Deep Ocean Omics (DOO) database.

7 hours ago in Biology
Medical Xpress / Mixing lab rigor with real life, researchers craft new recipe for groundbreaking alcohol studies

Nearly 80% of Americans aged 12 and older have consumed alcohol at least once in their lives, and 10% of the population suffers from alcohol use disorder. And yet, scientists still know surprisingly little about how alcohol ...

16 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / New test could help enhance decision-making in treatment of chronic kidney disease in type 2 diabetics

Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd (ASX: PIQ) has announced the publication of a peer-reviewed Australian clinical utility study demonstrating that the PromarkerD blood test provides actionable information that significantly ...

16 hours ago in Diabetes
Medical Xpress / New cases of syphilis in Alberta drop after introduction of rapid testing with immediate treatment

University of Alberta-led research reports that new cases of syphilis dropped in Alberta following the introduction of rapid point-of-care testing and same-day treatment. The research team compared new syphilis positivity ...