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Tech Xplore / Why harmful content keeps reaching children online, and what advertising has to do with it
Children today can encounter harmful material online with alarming ease, including violent, sexual and self-harm content. While this is often treated as a moderation failure, the deeper cause is economic.
Tech Xplore / Formula 1's 2026 rules: New sustainability rules are changing the way races are won
The first races under Formula 1's new regulations delivered exactly what the sport's rule-makers had hoped for: more overtaking. At the recent Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, passes on track nearly tripled compared with ...
Medical Xpress / A brain pathway that allows people to quickly detect scary sounds and respond
Preclinical studies on animals have identified brain pathways that drive quick, protective fear responses to "scary" sounds. Emmanouela Kosteletou-Kassotaki and colleagues, from the University of Barcelona, expand on this ...
Medical Xpress / Anxiety and ADHD can overlap: Here's how to untangle these widespread mental health disorders
For decades, one of the greatest challenges to treating neurological disorders like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is that its symptoms often resemble those of several other conditions. Overlapping disorders are ...
Medical Xpress / Results support use of weekly extended-release buprenorphine for opioid use disorder during pregnancy
In a clinical trial, a research team found that administering weekly injectable extended-release buprenorphine for treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) during pregnancy led to higher rates of abstinence from illicit opioids ...
Medical Xpress / Parthanatos pathway behind neuron loss in multiple sclerosis identified
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS). This disease causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the protective sheath surrounding nerve ...
Medical Xpress / Marathon training: Why hot baths might help you run faster
For decades, elite runners have traveled the world to train at high altitude. When oxygen levels in the air are low, the body responds by producing more red blood cells—the cells responsible for carrying oxygen around the ...
Medical Xpress / Workshop to examine ethical sharing of research data in Alzheimer's and related dementias
Researchers from academia, federal agencies and national organizations, and participants enrolled in research studies focused on neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's disease will gather at Georgia State University ...
Medical Xpress / Here's what you need to know about cancer vaccine development
Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for over 613,000 fatalities in 2023, per the Centers for Disease Control. But the field of cancer vaccines, which can be used as a form of treatment, ...
Phys.org / How an unlikely all-female clonal fish species copied and pasted itself free from extinction
The tiny Amazon molly (Poecilia formosa) has always fascinated researchers because, according to the rules of evolution, it shouldn't have survived as a species, let alone thrive as a species for over 100,000 years. Using ...
Phys.org / Volunteers find oddly high solar flare rates
Patches of the sun's surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these ...
Medical Xpress / Regular support sessions reduce burnout among midwives
Midwives across the world are under growing pressure, with many reporting exhaustion, stress, and a desire to leave the profession. Australia is no exception. A 2024 national review commissioned by the Nursing and Midwifery ...