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Tech Xplore / Should companies replace human workers with robots? Study takes a closer look
Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon's robotics team's ultimate goal was to automate 75% of the company's operations, replacing more than half a million human jobs in an attempt to pass cost savings onto ...
Phys.org / Mountain lion spotted in San Francisco, officials working to capture it
A young mountain lion spotted roaming the streets of San Francisco has been located near a park where wildlife officials are trying to capture it, authorities said Tuesday.
Medical Xpress / Researchers advance understanding of female sexual anatomy to improve pelvic cancer radiotherapy
Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with other leading institutions across the country, have published an innovative study that provides radiation oncologists with practical guidance ...
Phys.org / Heat waves could put millions of European cattle at risk by mid-century
Within the next few decades, intensifying heat waves could expose a significant share of Europe's cattle to dangerous levels of heat stress. New research maps where and how millions of animals may be affected by mid-century.
Phys.org / Through the looking glass: New framework gives language to representation in children's books
An international group of literacy education experts are calling on teachers and parents to adopt a new framework for teaching critical consciousness in children through the way they learn to view the books they read.
Medical Xpress / Retina-on-a-chip offers promising perspectives for rare eye diseases
Researchers at the University of Twente and Radboudumc are developing a promising new model to enhance understanding of the human retina. They are developing a retina-on-a-chip, in which the three main layers of the retina ...
Medical Xpress / Hidden fat in your body type may put you at greater brain risk
The effect of obesity on brain health may depend not only on how much fat is in the body, but also on the areas of the body where fat is stored, according to a study published today in Radiology.
Medical Xpress / Trial shows strong results for a first-of-its-kind stent for infants
A stent designed specifically for infants and young children with congenital heart disease has demonstrated strong safety and effectiveness in a pivotal multicenter clinical trial. Children's Hospital Los Angeles led the ...
Medical Xpress / A rich social environment is associated with better cognitive health outcomes for older adults, study finds
Research by an interdisciplinary team from McGill University and Université Laval provides new insights into the links between social factors and cognitive health among aging adults.
Medical Xpress / How social stress can worsen colitis, and what it reveals about the biology of IBD
For decades, patients with inflammatory bowel disease have reported a familiar and frustrating pattern: periods of intense stress are often followed by worsening symptoms or full-blown disease flares. Clinicians have observed ...
Tech Xplore / Scientists develop advanced low-damping impedance control for collaborative robots
Collaborative robots, or cobots, are required to maintain compliant interaction while delivering rapid response performance when subjected to sudden, strong forces, such as during impact riveting, resistance spot welding, ...
Tech Xplore / New method helps explain how solar cells can repair themselves using sunlight
Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally repaired. The new monitoring ...
