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Phys.org / New details capture 13 years of wage-related laws, show increased protections for workers in the US

For more than a decade, local and state laws have been increasingly focused on providing more protection and agency to workers fighting wage theft, according to new data published on LawAtlas.org and analysis in a new article ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Cannabis may help some communities cope with gun violence

Yasser Payne grew up in Harlem, New York, where violence was all around him. A number of his family members and friends were shot. He himself was subject to gun violence and witnessed fights. And this ever-present threat ...

19 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Tech Xplore / Findings on phonetic reduction in speech could help make AI voices more natural-sounding

A speech study by a research team from The University of Texas at El Paso has identified an underappreciated aspect of speech in English and Spanish speakers that could lead to improvements in artificial intelligence (AI) ...

20 hours ago in Computer Sciences
Phys.org / Digital media breaks can improve well-being

What effect does it have on our well-being when we put our smartphones aside for a while or otherwise disconnect from digital media? Alicia Gilbert, a research associate at the Department of Communication at Johannes Gutenberg ...

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / World enters 'era of global water bankruptcy': UN scientists formally define new post-crisis reality for billions

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of global water bankruptcy, ...

23 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / VO2 max: What the gold standard metric for fitness means for longevity

VO2 max, the measure of how much oxygen the body consumes during exercise, has become a ubiquitous tool for professional athletes, but health experts increasingly say it's a measurement worthy of every exerciser's attention.

21 hours ago in Health
Medical Xpress / Fremanezumab reduces number of migraine days in children, teens

Fremanezumab yields a greater reduction in the number of migraine days and headache days than placebo among children and adolescents with episodic migraine, according to a study published in the Jan. 15 issue of the New England ...

19 hours ago in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / Strategic use of renewables could halve EU natural gas reliance by 2050

The war in Ukraine sent shockwaves through Europe's energy system, exposing how deeply the region depends on imported natural gas, and how vulnerable that dependence can be during geopolitical crises. A new Cornell-led study ...

21 hours ago in Business
Tech Xplore / P-type thin film can turn waste heat into power

A new material provides high-performance conversion of heat into electricity, offering a way to make electronic devices more efficient.

Medical Xpress / Certain antibiotics may may boost immune system

Research led by Lancaster University has discovered that a class of antibiotics—fluoroquinolones—can directly alter the potential bacterial killing ability of one of our immune cells called the macrophage.

21 hours ago in Medications
Medical Xpress / Cancer patients warned popular supplement may interfere with treatment

For many cancer patients, hair loss is one of the most distressing side effects of their therapy. Increasingly, they have been taking oral supplements of biotin, which are marketed to consumers for their potential to improve ...

21 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Medical Xpress / Physical therapy research highlights the toll of arthritis on the workforce, as well as the path forward

According to new research from the University of Delaware, nearly 40% of American adults ages 18 to 64 with arthritis—almost 10 million people—say the medical condition is limiting their ability to work.