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Medical Xpress / Alcohol intoxication, stress in adolescence linked with long-term impairments
Repeated alcohol intoxication or exposure to stress appears to change how adolescent brains respond to danger. These changes persist into adulthood. In a study published in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research, adolescent ...
Medical Xpress / There's one reason why so many cold and flu tablets don't actually work
You've got the sniffles, and your nose is running like a faucet. The tissues feel like sandpaper. Many Australians reach for cold and flu tablets, expecting them to "clear the sinuses" and get them through a cold. They often ...
Phys.org / Researcher creates seawater isotope database to improve climate data reconstructions and projections
A Florida State University paleoclimatologist led the creation of a global database hosting thousands of seawater isotope measurements collected over almost 50 years that will aid scientists in generating more accurate climate ...
Phys.org / Well-designed urban street plantings provide relief from summer heat
New research shows that improvements in tree, shrub and grass plantings along city streets in Queensland can substantially improve pedestrians' thermal comfort.
Phys.org / Lower-skilled workers could earn more in an AI world, research indicates
For anyone worried about AI's effects on jobs, here's good news: New research by Stanford economist Lukas Althoff concludes that artificial intelligence is likely to reshape jobs rather than eliminate entire occupations and ...
Medical Xpress / Mediterranean diet compounds may aid nerve cells as brains age, review finds
Natural plant compounds known as polyphenols, found in berries, tea, cocoa, coffee and extra-virgin olive oil, may positively influence biological processes linked to Alzheimer's disease and other disorders characterized ...
Tech Xplore / An AI lab says chatbots have what may be a key feature of consciousness. Are they right? And what now?
When you interact with a large language model (LLM)—one of the systems behind chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude—it can feel as though you are in contact with another conscious mind. But are you, really?
Medical Xpress / Don't blame the block: Study finds nerve blocks alone don't increase pain sensitivity in healthy volunteers
Nerve blocks—local anesthetic injections that block pain signals—are a valuable opioid-sparing technique for controlling pain after surgery. However, some patients experience temporary sharp increases in pain as the nerve ...
Tech Xplore / Researchers achieve remote, autonomous power control of a research reactor in real time
For the first time, researchers from Idaho National Laboratory, the Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Purdue University used a geographically distributed control system to ...
Medical Xpress / First diagnostic X-rays in space mark new era for astronaut health
A team of crew members aboard a commercial spaceflight acquired the first diagnostic X-rays during an orbital flight. Results of the mission were published today in Radiology.
Medical Xpress / Less than 3 in 100 US women are accepted to be egg donors
Though thousands of women in the United States step forward to donate their eggs each year, new research led by The University of Manchester in the U.K. published in Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology reveals only a tiny ...
Medical Xpress / Proportion of avoidable deaths among adults with a learning disability fell in 2024
A new report commissioned by NHS England and led by researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London and co-produced with the University of Lancashire and Kingston University ...
