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Phys.org / Supply chain resilience examined using the world of curry

With extreme weather, cyber-attacks, tariffs, and geopolitical instability, supply chain resilience has been one of the hot topics of 2025. Now, researchers at Cranfield University have spiced things up even further by investigating ...

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Tech Xplore / AI-driven software enables better and more efficient parking space planning

Many German cities have a shortage of parking spots. To design and map street-side parking, authorities require information about the street width. This allows them to plan as efficiently and precisely as possible, which ...

20 hours ago in Software
Phys.org / Half of women at nightclubs recently faced sexual comments, groping, or forced kissing—new study

A night out should be about friends, dancing and fun. But our new research shows sexual harm is an all-too-common experience.

20 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / The future of cancer detection could be just a blood test away, say scientists

The prospect of diagnosing cancer through painless methods—such as a simple AI-assisted blood or urine test that detects tiny particles known as exosomes—is becoming increasingly realistic. Scientists predict that this ...

19 hours ago in Oncology & Cancer
Phys.org / NZ is taking aim at feral cats. Are we ready for the ethical and practical implications?

Conservationists have long anticipated the recent announcement that the national effort to eradicate possums, stoats and rats will now include feral cats.

20 hours ago in Biology
Tech Xplore / Reliable 5G communication solution developed for civil protection and disaster relief

In a disaster, there are often massive network outages. When the Ahr, a small river in Rhineland-Palatinate, burst its banks in July 2021, the entire telephone and mobile network quickly collapsed as the floodwaters and mud ...

20 hours ago in Telecom
Phys.org / Midlatitude atmosphere-ocean feedback reinforces the east Asian winter monsoon

Researchers at University of Tsukuba and the Meteorological Research Institute have identified how atmosphere–ocean interactions in the midlatitudes reinforce the East Asian winter monsoon (EAWM). During strong monsoon ...

20 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / Study finds people on colchicine need less joint replacement

Gout is the most common form of inflammatory arthritis, with a worldwide prevalence of approximately 4%. The accumulation of monosodium urate crystals in gout leads to the clinical manifestations of the disease and, if left ...

19 hours ago in Medications
Medical Xpress / Almost half of all nursing home staff in Norway have witnessed elder abuse by relatives

For the first time in Norway, more than 3,000 nursing home employees shared what they have witnessed of violence and abuse from visiting relatives and friends. These figures come from the first major study in Norway to investigate ...

19 hours ago in Gerontology & Geriatrics
Phys.org / How unsustainable global supply chains exacerbate food insecurity

While there is more than enough food produced to feed the world's population, hunger and food insecurity persist.

19 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Contraceptive pills may affect women's mental health

The contraceptive pill has been hailed as one of the most revolutionary health technologies of the 20th century—a tool that gave women control over their fertility and paved the way for education and careers. But a new ...

20 hours ago in Psychology & Psychiatry
Phys.org / Immigration panic comes in waves. Data shows who worries most, and when

There are several predictable cycles in Australian public opinion, and one of them is the moral panic surrounding immigration.

19 hours ago in Other Sciences