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Tech Xplore / South Carolina's abandoned nuclear plants could be revived as company offers $2.7 billion

South Carolina's stalled nuclear power project could finally finish construction as a private company has offered to pay $2.7 billion to the state-owned utility and a small share of the power if they can reach an agreement ...

21 hours ago in Energy & Green Tech
Phys.org / New report outlines science priorities for human Mars exploration

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and steered by scientists at Penn State lays out a detailed science strategy ...

20 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Dual-action arts and well-being program transforms dementia care

A new arts and well-being program co-developed by the University of South Australia, Flinders University and the University of Adelaide shows that supporting the social needs of people living with dementia and their caregivers ...

Medical Xpress / Inconsistent sleep patterns in adolescents found to have widespread negative effects on the developing brain

Adolescents often sleep less than recommended and have substantially different sleep patterns on weekdays and weekends. Their mismatch in sleep timing between school and free days, known as social jet lag, has been linked ...

18 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Conscious perception of hunger, not just glucose levels, can drive mood swings

When we are hungry, our mood often drops—a phenomenon known colloquially as "hangry." A new study by the University Hospital Bonn (UKB), the University of Bonn, and the University Hospital Center Tübingen now shows that ...

20 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Medical Xpress / Powerful new brain PET scanner is opening new research pathways

At the Yale Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, an ultra-high-performance brain-dedicated scanner called the NeuroEXPLORER (NX) is redefining what is possible in brain PET imaging.

19 hours ago in Neuroscience
Medical Xpress / Growth hormone directly regulates stem cells in bone growth plates, revealing a delicate balance

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg can now demonstrate previously unexplained processes behind growth therapy. It involves hormonal mechanisms at the cellular level, with focus on a sensitive balance between stem ...

20 hours ago in Medical research
Tech Xplore / What's my age again? The tech behind Australia's social media ban

Tech giants will apply multiple layers of security to weed out young users under Australia's world-first ban on social media for under-16s.

21 hours ago in Internet
Phys.org / Museum staff are overwhelmingly in favor of behind-the-scenes tours

If natural history museums can be said to have a problem, it's that they have too many specimens for any one person to see and not nearly enough exhibit space to show them off. The Florida Museum of Natural History, for example, ...

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Astrophysicist helps decode one of the universe's strangest explosions

A Rutgers astrophysicist is helping to solve a cosmic puzzle that has astronomers scratching their heads. The mystery centers on a powerful explosion in space that lasted far longer than anything they have seen before.

23 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Q&A: Why knowing your family's surgical history might be key to preventing emergency gallbladder surgery

People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of indigestion, but Rutgers Health researchers suggest that knowing your family's surgical past could pinpoint ...

Phys.org / Lower-cost space missions like NASA's ESCAPADE are starting to deliver exciting science, but at a risk

After a yearslong series of setbacks, NASA's Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers, or ESCAPADE, mission has finally begun its roundabout journey to Mars.

21 hours ago in Astronomy & Space