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Medical Xpress / New app to detect social interactions after stroke may help improve treatment, recovery

A smartwatch app designed to measure social interactions of hospitalized stroke survivors may enable new treatments to preserve or enhance cognition, social engagement and quality of life after a stroke, according to a preliminary ...

15 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Study finds most college students rebounded after pandemic, but to varying degrees

New research from Michigan State University finds that in the four years after the COVID-19 pandemic upended campus life, the majority of college students successfully bounced back. Students experienced rising life satisfaction ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Medical Xpress / Older adults' driving habits offer window into brain health, cognitive decline

Older adults' driving habits reveal clues about their brain health and may provide early warning signs of cognitive decline or dementia, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association's International ...

16 hours ago in Neuroscience
Phys.org / Earliest launch window to ISS set for February 11: NASA

The next NASA crew rotation to the International Space Station could launch as early as the morning of February 11, the U.S. space agency said Wednesday.

17 hours ago in Astronomy & Space
Medical Xpress / Study establishes new risk model for surgery after transcatheter aortic valve replacement

At the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Annual Meeting, investigators presented a late-breaking study focused on surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) following prior transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), ...

4 hours ago in Cardiology
Phys.org / Extending free shipping to outside sellers can strengthen online marketplaces, study suggests

Extending membership-based free shipping programs to third-party sellers can strengthen online marketplaces rather than cannibalize them, according to a new study published in the INFORMS journal Information Systems Research. ...

17 hours ago in Other Sciences
Phys.org / Climate change worsened rains and floods which killed dozens in southern Africa, study shows

Human-caused climate change worsened recent torrential rains and floods that devastated parts of southern Africa, killing more than 100 people and displacing hundreds of thousands, researchers said Thursday.

18 hours ago in Earth
Medical Xpress / New risk assessment tool may help predict dementia after a stroke

A new risk calculator accurately estimated the likelihood of adults developing dementia within 10 years after a stroke, according to a preliminary study presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke ...

16 hours ago in Neuroscience
Tech Xplore / One Tech Tip: Fed up with AI slop? A few platforms will let you dial it down

AI slop seems to be everywhere. Low-quality digital content made with artificial intelligence has flooded our feeds, screens and speakers. Is there anything we can do about it?

18 hours ago in Internet
Medical Xpress / Tear in inner lining of neck artery may not raise stroke risk in first 6 months of diagnosis

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall), a known cause of stroke, particularly in young adults, did not have an increased risk of stroke ...

16 hours ago in Cardiology
Medical Xpress / Immunotherapy before surgery helps shrink tumors in patients with desmoplastic melanoma

New results from a clinical trial co-led by UCLA investigators demonstrate how treating desmoplastic melanoma, a rare and aggressive skin cancer, with immunotherapy before surgery can dramatically shrink or even eliminate ...

17 hours ago in Immunology
Phys.org / Map shows the far-flung places Colorado's wolves traveled in the past month

At least one of Colorado's collared wolves roamed widely across southwestern Colorado in the last month, a new map of wolf locations released by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows. One of the state's 19 collared wolves traveled ...

10 hours ago in Biology